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Smell of smoke from PC

  • 28-06-2017 07:00AM
    #1
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭


    Likely a bad cap on the psu?

    Extreme 4 mobo, i7 4790k, gtx 1070, corsair rm 1000w

    Read some reviews and they said that psu uses cheap caps. I think I've had it 2 years and the pc has gone through heavy use. I've noticed it running choppy lately too, browser unresponsive, games stuttering a bit etc.

    The smoke wasn't visible I just shut the computer down when I got the whiff so I don't know for certain where it came from.


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  • #2
    Xenoronin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭Xenoronin


    Best to just take it out and open it up. Have a look at the caps for any scorch marks. That Corsair may not have the best caps but I doubt it's far from a bad PSU from what I recall. Also worth having a look at the motherboard and GPU while you are in there. Which model of 1070 do you have?

    Also, make sure no one in your house burnt toast...


  • #3
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    Xenoronin wrote: »
    Best to just take it out and open it up. Have a look at the caps for any scorch marks. That Corsair may not have the best caps but I doubt it's far from a bad PSU from what I recall. Also worth having a look at the motherboard and GPU while you are in there. Which model of 1070 do you have?

    Also, make sure no one in your house burnt toast...

    It's deffo the PC. I took off the case and turned it on for a few seconds to be sure.

    The 1070 is a Palit.

    I'll have a closer look today.


  • #4
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,217 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    How is the airflow in your PC? It could be dust. Give it a good cleaning with compressed air (I suggest going outside :P).

    The burning could come from any part of the PC, but my first guess would be the PSU also. Can you swap out the PSU for another, just to test it out?


  • #5
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,049 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Even if they are cheap caps, you're barely running that PSU to 35% of its max under load.


  • #6
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    Carter Curved Lounge wrote: »
    How is the airflow in your PC? It could be dust. Give it a good cleaning with compressed air (I suggest going outside :P).

    The burning could come from any part of the PC, but my first guess would be the PSU also. Can you swap out the PSU for another, just to test it out?

    Yup got another machine here so I'll swap out the power supply and run some temp checks.

    Thanks all will update tonight.


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  • #7
    hank scorpio89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭hank scorpio89


    Ask it has it ever seen a man say goodbye to his shoes..


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