Burning smell.......

[Masta_Gomes]

I'm worried, for about 2-3 days noow I've noticed a burning smell in my room, seems something is going wrong with the PC. I suspect the PSU, even though it wasn't bought too long ago, and it's a Smartpower 2.0 so I'm a bit confused but stuff happens.

I did buy a new graphics card about a month or so ago, could it be that?

Though I must say if i feel the back of the PSU where the fan is, the smell seems strongest there! What should I do?!

 

[Cappy]

I ran into the same scinerio Enermax PS was emitting a smell.
Not long after, it went down .I inspected the board and found a flashy diode burnt , replaced it and works fine now but the smell is still saturated into the unit .

 

[Masta_Gomes]

PSU has 3 years warranty, so should i go to where i bought and send it off....?

P.S. 3-4 weeks to get it back, that's a long time without a computer, and i don't want to use my old power supply, which restarted my computer playing games on my 9600XT, and now that i have a 6800XT.........shouldn't risk connecting it....

 

[Blind_Arrow]

how much Watt is your old PSU? better to replace your PSU ASAP, before it burns out your motherboard components.

 

[Cappy]

i no its $ but its good to have a decent backup , i wouldnt waist time RMA before any damage occurs

 

[Masta_Gomes]

Strange this morning i've used it for about 10 minutes and no smell, though i touched he back of th PSU this morning and it's kind of warmish.......

My backup PSU is my old one that has a 500W sticker but only has 20A on the 12 volt rail and considering i have a 6800XT GPU.......but i can i can put it in and just not play games i guess?

With it not smelling this morning even though it's not 10 minute use, what can i deduce from that?

By the way it's not exactly a new PSU, i've had it for about 2-3 months now.

 

[Blind_Arrow]

then it may be some seals burning off, which already have burnt now. so better keep using. or if still in confusion, get RMA.

 

[Masta_Gomes]

Well I went straight to the source to check it out, and ifI go right next to the back PSU fan, the smell is still there, maybe a bit of use and it comes back........so do you think chucking in my old PSU even though i got a power supply will be ok? considering my old one restarted my computer when i palyed games.......?

Is it normal after a whole night of the computer being off the PSU being slightly warm? eminating some sort of slight heat?

 

[krazieaznboi]

thats odd. if ur computer was off the whole night it shouldnt be warm.

 

[Masta_Gomes]

well back in went the generic Ritmo PSU. Now to see how that turns out.

It's probably just as much a liability!