just the PSU or worse?

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LaVanil

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I recently built my own computer back in US, which I now know runs computers at 110v, i moved to New Zealand and found out that they run computers on 230v. Sadly, i found this out after i hooked up my computer and burnt something.

When i hooked up my computer in New Zealand with just an adapter to support the V shaped pins, not a power converter, I saw something sparked in my box. I want to find out what blew. Is it just my PSU, or could it be worse like my motherboard, or any of my other hardware and is it fix-able?

I'm new here, and not quite sure how the protocol goes, so if you have any questions about my machine, i will be happy to answer them. Or if you need more information about the question.
 
Sometimes psus take other things with it, sometimes they dont. To be safe, get a new one. If that fails, well your going to be needing to get some more new stuff too
 
I have seen this happen to one of my PSU's, usually what happens when you flick the voltage over is that a thermal diode in the PSU will blow, and can actually be repaired by a professional.

My dad is an audio electrician but he did work with computers and electronics for 20 years so he knows his stuff, he looked inside my blown PSU. at first he thought it was a resistor but after some research it turned out that it was just a thermal diode.

I don't know how much it would cost to have one repaired or if it would still work, so your best bet is to buy something new.

Nothing apart from the PSU fried when my brother input the wrong voltage, we use 230/240v here in Australia too, and he changed the switch on the PSU to 110v... magic blue smoke :eek: but nothing else was dead.
 
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