exploded power supply?

[tired carbon]

this morning my computer was on while I was doing something else and I heard a noise and the smell of smoke and then saw that it was off. The breaker was tripped and the fuse was blown (5A). I have a 3060 and ryzen 3800 which should should be uner 400 watts and a corsair tx650m power supply. I've got a new fuse, but I'm nervous to just plug it in again if the power supply might be dead. Any advice?

[umbral canyon]

Where is this fuse? is it inside the pc or part of the breaker? also what voltage is your mains

[tired carbon]

240v

the fuse is in the plug, I'm in britain

[umbral canyon]

it is possible that the fuse went bad. Im not sure if I can recommend plugging it back in, but it seems like you don't have much of a choice

[carmine pawn]

Find another circuit to plug it into

Or outlet

[tired carbon]

I've never heard of a fuse going bad, though I'm sure its possible, every plug here is individually fused

[umbral canyon]

it is extremely rare that a fuse goes bad, but not impossible

I have something you could try without risk of damaging your important parts

[tired carbon]

ok, well I think I'll put a new fuse in and try, and hope it doesn't fry anything if it isn't already

[tired carbon]

I could disconnect everything and check if the voltage is correct

or just disconnect my boot drive and see if it boots/posts

[umbral canyon]

You can disconnect all the power cables from the PSU, then bridge pin 15 & 16 on the 24 pin cable

[umbral canyon]

if the psu fan turns on, your PSU is probably alive

or just plug the PC back in and #yolo

[soft spade]

that will just show if the psu is on/off

so, it’s quite useless to do that

there could be something wrong with the psu and for example insane amount ripple could kill the components

[umbral canyon]

that is possible, but then what would you suggest

you could measure all the voltages with a multimeter

[soft spade]

new psu

[tired carbon]

so do you think I should just get a new psu and not turn this on?

[soft spade]

yup

[umbral canyon]

seems a bit wasteful, but there will at least be no risk of damaging anything

[soft spade]

also, he could get shocked by those caps

but pretty sure he discharged them

[umbral canyon]

I never recommended getting anywhere near the caps

[soft spade]

still, just opening the psu is kinda hazzard itself

[tired carbon]

I didn't but its been several hours, and I haven't opened the psu

[umbral canyon]

I never recommended opening the psu either?

[soft spade]

they can stay charged for up to months

[tired carbon]

good to know

[soft spade]

just get a new psu, C tier 650w is plentiful

[tired carbon]

do you think this would work? https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANTEC-0-761345-11615-2-EarthWatts-Gold-EA550G/dp/B078WYT4SW/ref=sr_1_10?crid=3RWY4UL38X2FO&dd=HL5ik377ECgNiHywkaoTDQ%2C%2C&keywords=650+power+supply&qid=1693157024&refinements=p_90%3A22415809031&rnid=5381144031&sprefix=650+power+supply%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-10

I know its only 550w, but that should be enough and it looks like its in a tier

[soft spade]

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/