Repairing a Power Supply

CubicZirconia

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A friend of mine recently "blew out" a power supply of his. He hit the power button on the front of his case, the psu made a popping sound, and it hasn't worked since. Although he got the pc working with a different psu, I'm wondering if there is anyway I can repair the old psu...please help. Thanks.
 

Theslowone

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In some power supplys there is a fuse, if that one has one opening it up and changing it out shouldn't be a problem.
 

jamarno

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The only practical repairs are fixing bad connections or replacing bad fuses, electrolytic capacitors, transistors, and diodes. If a new fuse pops, suspect the high voltage inverter transistors, and you can often substitute a pair (they almost always blow in pairs) from an old supply, even a 200W AT model. But before substituting a different component, first verify the original's parameters - type. Transistor types include NPN and PNP if bipolar, MOSFET are N-channel or P-channel and also either logic level or standard level, diodes are usually regular or Schottky, and you also have to worry about maximum voltage, power, and amp ratings.
 

Superdoopercooper

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Ok... if you or your friend are McGuiver (or FLETCH)... then all's it should take is some Duct Tape, 30-weight ball bearings, and some Prestone anti-freeze.

Anyways... it's probably fixable... but at what expense. Likely a power rectifier diode crapped out... or a solid state fuse (or even a normal fuse). If it takes you 1 hour and $3 worht of parts to fix it... is it worht it? Would be a fun experiment though. If it were me... I'd get out my digital voltmeter, and start at the beginning of the circuit (the wall plug input) and work my way inward. Of course, this is after I visually inspect for burn marks, fire, or crusty parts that have had the smoke let out.

See, all semiconductors run on smoke. if you let the smoke out... they no worky anymore.
 
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