Santiak Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Hi, A good 3 months ago now, I replaced most of my rigs components - all except for my GPU and PSU. When I was about to place my PSU into the new case, I noticed a rattling sound. After a bit of fiddling, I managed to pull the object out through the grid plating - appeared to be a piece of solder. Should I be concerned about the state of the PSU, or just let it slide? For reference, the computer has been running fine - no instabilities at all. According to HWMonitor, the PSU usually sits around 42/36°C and 78% on idle, and 49/41°C and 92% on load (gaming), never had the fan actually start, but I've tested it and it does work - both via the physical switch on the PSU itself, and by manually setting RPM via Corsair LINK. Only iffy bit, is that it does produce a slight, single click sound when it shuts off - but I can't quite recall whether it also did that in the old rig or not. Either way, I've visually inspected it for sparks, and there was none that I could see (checked in complete darkness; no sudden lightsource within the PSU either), so I assume it's just relays discharging(?). Pics of the piece of solder that come out: https://imgur.com/a/FmQPv So, to reiterate: - Computer runs fine, I'm just being paranoid for no reason other than "what if". - No instability or temperature issues. - No odd smells or sparking. - One slight click when PSU powers down. 1) No reason to worry about the solder that came off ~3 months ago? 2) Is the noise simply relays discharging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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