I powered up an atx pc here, which ran for three seconds before there was a
LARGE flashand everything went quiet.
Picking over the entrails of the psu, I find a capacitor case (100uF 10V)
empty and loose. It apparently lived in the output area of the power supply
on the low volts side. The fuse is vaporised. It looks grim - like some HV
got accross. Capacitors don't normally do that!
What's the best route now? The psu is toast - I'm wondering about the m/b
and hesitant to slap another psu on it, as I have enough toast. But it might
be OK, or some of it might.
I have a lab supply here (2 x 30V 2.5A @ 1x5V 2.5A or 1-15V 1A), a Signature
analyser even, but I'd like to hear opinions. How do you trick an atx board
into life anyhow?
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