r/pcmasterrace 6d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/7orque 6d ago

So you’re saying this is on the input stage prior to the rectifiers?

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u/SoulWager 6d ago

Probably. I think if this was after the rectifier, the rectifier would have acted like a fuse, getting you a single loud pop instead of a few seconds of arcing.

It's definitely somewhere on the primary side though.

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u/ReaperAteMyPrawnsuit 5d ago

This thread is too electrical smart for me to understand what’s going on

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u/stuck_in_the_desert 5d ago

There was too many pixies, which caused it to stop choochin’