Hey guys my 500W PSU burnt out 2 weeks after i upgraded from my old ASUS A8V-E Deluxe motherboard to a new Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe - x16 SLI Motherboard. I think my psu could not come with the new features on the motherboard. i turned it on last night the motherboard light turned on and i could just smell metalic burning. when i noticed i unplugged everything, and opened up my comp to see where it was coming out of, everything seemed to be fine, i tuck out the cpu the memory and everything seemed fine, then i smelled the fan on the PSu and it stank of burnt metal, i took it out opened it and it smelled even worst, there were no burn marks or anyhting in it just a bad smell. what was viers is that the smell was comming out of my PSU, but it was still sending power to my motherboard led, it was wierd...

my system is custom built:

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe - x16 SLI Motherboard
AMD 64 Dual core 3800
Nvidea Geforce 6800 PCI
3gig ram
PSU 500w Burnt out...

Hi goca

Sounds like your CPU is fried, your Motherboard > Asus - A8N32-SLI Deluxe review is compatible with the AMD 64 Dual core 3800, so i am thinking a problem with the CPU fan or the heat transfer between CPU and heatsink.

EDIT sorry i was thinking CPU

I will try again

What make of PSU are or did you use with your Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe - x16 SLI Motherboard ?

Cat

Hi

Some more info on your Motherboard ---

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe A64-939 Motherboard | silentpcreview.com

ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe — a Motherboard on the Top Gaming Chipset (NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16)

500w and up seem to be fine with this Motherboard, if your PSU was new please make sure to file a claim via its guarantee

Cat

The PSU was the one i recieved with my comp when i bought it i dont know what make it is? i just upgraded my motherboard and everything semed to be working fine untill the other day the comp just wouldnt turn on, and the smell was coming out of my PSU. i bought a new 600w unit and put it in my comp, but it still wouldnt turn on, not even the led light on my motherboard? i wast thinking of taking everything down to a pc repair shop so they can check out which component is broken. does anyone know how much this would cost?

Hi goca

The 600w PSU does it run (fan) when you hit the start on the PC ?

Cat