My Corsair CMPSU-650TX PSU blew up last night!

[phildaant]

Hello.

 

I came home last night into my hot room (~80F degrees), turned the old Windows XP Pro SP3 desktop computer on, paid one of my monthly paper bills while waiting to let it boot up, heard loud crack/popp)ing noises (thought it was from outside/downstair making firecracker type noises), saw and heard PC shut down (was idling at the login screen), looked at it, heard more noises, smelled and saw smokes from my rear Corsair TX650 power supply unit (PSU) area at the bottom of my mid-tower Antec P180 ATX case, heard more loud noises, and then quickly turned off PSU's switch and unplugged power cable (avoiding a possible fire, more damages (hope it didn't damage my PC -- will check after getting a new PSU), etc.). I quickly looked inside my case, but didn't see any strange colors, popped caps, etc. I need to dig deeper later. I did touch the PSU and it was hot even after a few minutes of uptime. Oh and it smells! Ugh (still is now).

 

This is not normal, right? Or am I just having a bad luck? Once a few months ago, my desktop PC turned on by itself while I was out all day. No one used it too. I am not sure if that was related. I was reading comments on Amazon and NewEgg that a few people had this PSU blow up problem too. :( I will definitely RMA it since I got it in the end 2010. Will I be getting the same PSU model or a newer one? IIRC, the one I have was based on SeaSonic which I love because I have a 600 watts PSU, from 2006 or so, that still works as I post this!

 

Thank you in advance. :)

[JKeifer]

Although your symptoms such as the smoke coming from the TX, etc., sure indicate that the PSU cashed it in, are you certain it couldn't have been something else? I ask because I wasn't certain that you swapped the 2006 PSU to get the smoking computer back up.

 

The 650-TX still appears to be a current model so you'll probably get that one if you need an RMA.

 

(PS. 80 degrees, as far as a computer is concerned, is not that hot. We keep our house at 82 in the summer and the computers all seem to run fine.)

[phildaant]

Although your symptoms such as the smoke coming from the TX, etc., sure indicate that the PSU cashed it in, are you certain it couldn't have been something else? I ask because I wasn't certain that you swapped the 2006 PSU to get the smoking computer back up.

 

The 650-TX still appears to be a current model so you'll probably get that one if you need an RMA.

 

(PS. 80 degrees, as far as a computer is concerned, is not that hot. We keep our house at 82 in the summer and the computers all seem to run fine.)

My friend replaced my dead PSU with an Antec PSU, so I could use the PC and RMA the dead PSU. PC is fine (nothing seems to be damaged). So, PSU was confirmed to be blown out. 3.6 years seems to soon to die already?

[JKeifer]

Yes, three and a half years is a bit short and some parts may indeed last a "lifetime" but at least you will get the one that smoked replaced by a shiny new one. It's good that nothing else was taken out when the PS blew up.

[phildaant]

Yes, three and a half years is a bit short and some parts may indeed last a "lifetime" but at least you will get the one that smoked replaced by a shiny new one. It's good that nothing else was taken out when the PS blew up.

Yeah. Thanks God nothing was damaged (no crashes, errors, etc.). I always hated seeing that after a PSU blow up with other PSUs. So far, my other PC's SeaSonic S10 PSU is still kicking butt since 2006. :O

 

Question on RMAed PSU: Will it be five/5 years again?

 

Also, my computer hardware friend and I tried to see through the vents for any issues (can't open or void the warranty!). We could not see any obvious. No budged caps, etc. I did see a reddish color on that yellow part. I am not sure if that is a burn mark or glue. Speaking glue, I did see shiny coating. I don't know if that was melted parts or actual glue. PSU did sure smell bad. Hahah.