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chalky · 2006-09-26 08:09:26

I'm just after doing something very stupid. I had a PC set to 115V and I plugged it in. There were sparks, a fuse was blown, my heart nearly stopped. What dammage could I have done to the PC?

26-09-2006 8:09am

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chalky

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I'm just after doing something very stupid. I had a PC set to 115V and I plugged it in. There were sparks, a fuse was blown, my heart nearly stopped.
What dammage could I have done to the PC?

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#2 26-09-2006 8:18am

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chalky wrote:

I'm just after doing something very stupid. I had a PC set to 115V and I plugged it in. There were sparks, a fuse was blown, my heart nearly stopped.
What dammage could I have done to the PC?

I would say your power supply is fooked.

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#3 26-09-2006 8:47am

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Power supply blown, but normally everything else will be okay.

Is this a rite of passage for all men?

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#4 26-09-2006 10:08am

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Yes... your heart nearly does stop especially when I was trying to "fix" my 250 watt on and it blew up about 10cm from my head!

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#5 26-09-2006 12:04pm

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Your power supply is most definitely headed for the skip. It could have done other damage to your motherboard, have a look for burn marks near the other components, otherwise you won't know until you replace the power supply unit.

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