Alright, I bought a new power supply for my exploded PC last week.

Today, I finally took the power supply out of the box, unplugged the wires noting where they go to, and removed the old exploded one, and tried to fit the new power supply in the empty space where the old one used to be.

All was well until the last step.

The new power supply, although the guy at Fry’s Electronics said that it was “standard-size” and that it should work, turned out to be the wrong size. While it should work theoretically, the physical dimensions of the device makes it impossible to secure it to the system unit and prevent it from moving or, even worse, detaching and crashing down through the five expansion cards below it.

So…I have to now take it back to Fry’s, return it, and show the dude my old power supply and see if they carry those as well.

No PC for another few weeks :/

~DC

Well, I got my new power supply today from Frys. I still have to carefully remove the broken one and note what wire goes where. Since my computer is about a decade old, there is still the question of compatibility in terms of the connectors and such. Anyway, when I get around to installing the new power supply, I will finally know if the power supply was the only component damaged in the epic frying last week. We’ll see.

~DC

Well, my nearly decade-old comp just died on me. I was doing my usual work when a loud BOOM came from the system unit and the machine shut off. My first thought was, oh crap! power surge. But then, I went down there to see what was wrong and I smelled the dreaded stench of burning plastic.

While I couldn’t find anything apparently wrong at first glance after opening the tower, the burning plastic smell seemed to be coming from the power supply. If the mobo/CPU or power supply are the parts damaged, I will be able to sleep. Yes, I know, my comp’s dead but right now, I am most worried about the hard drives because in the past with my messing with OS’s, MBR, etc., I made sure that I preserved my data as its pretty much my soul :D. Dead mobo, I can live with since I’m getting a new machine soon. Lost data will give me MANY sleepless nights.

Well..for now, I am on a borrowed machine with my trusty USB-stick-lifeboat with a backup of my website stuff, the files I need for work (which I would usually sync with my comp), and my faithful handful of portable apps. Hopefully, I can either fix my machine or figure something else.

~DC

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