PSU blown

[ArjunKiller]

The PSU in my PC just blew up this morning when I tried to turn it on. There was a thick white smoke coming out of it. Just gave it to kaizen infoserve for RMA, guys are my other parts also gone? Or are they safe..

What could be the reason behind it exploding like this? Specs are mentioned in my sig. I also need a suggestion for a UPS which can support this configuration for atleast 5 minutes in case of a power failure.

Thank you.

 

[rijinpk1]

for ups, go for apc 600va or 1100va if you need more back up. is there some burned marks on your mobo or so? i assume , your other pc components are fine.

 

[ArjunKiller]

no idea about other pc components. will the 600va suffice for this pc, because in my older 600va ups, the pc used to always shut down in case of power failure.

 

[saswat23]

Nope, 600VA is not sufficient.
You need atleast 800VA. But better get APC 1KVA.

 

[bssunilreddy]

Nope, 600VA is not sufficient.
You need atleast 800VA. But better get APC 1KVA.

APC 1KVA is around 5500+tax so are there any UPS in the range of 2500-4000 which have at least 800VA as their specs.

 

[gameranand]

APC 800VA is good for you but of you have budget then go for APC 1KVA.

 

[rijinpk1]

APC 800VA is good for you but of you have budget then go for APC 1KVA.

apc 800va ups is not available in india afaik. they stopped the production ,i think.

 

[gameranand]

Then only one option remains APC 1KVA because 600VA can't handle his PC for sure.

 

[ArjunKiller]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, will be going for APC 1KVA. Does anyone have any idea behind the cause of PSU blast?

 

[gameranand]

It could be power fluctuation, or power surge.