Couple of days ago when working on my computer, i smell something burning started coming from my CPU. First it was not much so I didn’t care about it and ignored it. After some three to four days, the smell became nastier and stronger. I first thought that the problem must be with the cooling fan or radiator. So I tried using my friend’s liquid cooling system to see if there is any change or not. But the smell continued to fill the CPU. I took a look at my motherboard, graphic card and other cooling devices to see if they were giving the smell.
It may have happened that some small piece of plastic or rubber must have got stuck on it and emitting smells when temperature increases. But I couldn’t figure out any problem in them. Just three days back. My computer failed to boot. I tried many times, but there was no response from it. One of my friends who have good experience in working with hardware peripherals pointed out that the Corsair HX1000W PSU had being burned because of its failure to stop excessive current from flowing within it. Due to this flow of excessive current, the ESP12V connector on my motherboard where PSU was connected was burned.
I wanted to ask if I should get myself a new PSU or should I just replace the burnt ESP12V connector?
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