Boom. And not in a good way....

Felino · Post by **Felino** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:26 am

OK, in australia, we use 240 volt power points, therefore our computer PSUs must be set to 230-240v. One of my friends at school, thought it would be funny to see what happened when you turn the switch to the 110 mark. I said not to, he did it. There was lots of smoke, sparks and a sound like a gunshot. The computer no longer works in any way, durr.

How much do you think this got to, jus the PSU, or the entire mobo and, well, everything...? Would that mean that the mobo got 24v, not 12 like normal? Smelt like burning caps to me.

Opinions. This was one of the best computers in the school btw.. noone know bout its condition yet.... help?

-Fel

Post by **Skyone** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:43 am

Unless they were 20 cent power supplies, they should have some protection circuit. Just swap it out.

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:43 am

whats going to happen to him now?

sounds like a pretty big offense to me; fire hazard, endangerment, destroying school property...

Post by **bicostp** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:09 am

Sounds like just the PSU went. Swap it out with a new one and you should be good to go. (Any decent one should have at least one fuse to protect the motherboard.)

TheOnlyOneHeFears · Post by **TheOnlyOneHeFears** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:48 am

Hah, I did that to one of the computers at our school. I genuinely had no idea what would happen, I just like messing with things

I've noticed they've covered the slider with hot glue now on every PC

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Tue May 08, 2007 10:09 am

yeah in the US the PSUs do nothing when we switch it from 120v to 240v They still run the same

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As longs as the computer you blew the PSU in isnt a Dell, you shouldnt have a problem finding a replacement PSU.