Lame...

[maynard]

so I'm sitting there on my PC, enjoying my last night off work, playing some skyrim when a half a foot wide electrical flash shoots out the back of my PC followed by a "POP" noise that scares the piss out of me and fries the entire fucking thing.....

I be a sad panda...

[StarsMine]

And this is why you never skimp on a PSU, ever.

at least I assume your PSU is what did this.

[maynard]

And this is why you never skimp on a PSU, ever.

at least I assume your PSU is what did this.

I'm not sure... but the thing has been running for like 5 years now lol... and gamed on quite heavily... it's paid it's dues.... it's just a few days after xmas is a really lame ass time for this 2 happen.

I'm quite sure that most if not all of the PC is totaled... the amount of current that shot out of the PC, and through it was crazy, ive never seen anything like it... it was like this.

[Spasm]

I'd change the PSU anyways if your lucky thats all that got damaged, if not so lucky prolly guna need anew comp.

[StarsMine]

yea a good psu should have the safty features that would make it so it only blew that out. hopefuly the rest is fine, might have blown the mobo, depends on what rail blew.

[maynard]

yeah.. replaced power supply... still wont fire up.

guess ill just start shopping for PC parts.