dtiao7eb Member Mar 6, 2011 #1 today my pc @ work has been constantly shutting off randomly. like complete power loss. I opened my up psu and found this brown smear near the capacitor. is this the problem? or just random jelly? Last edited: Mar 23, 2012
today my pc @ work has been constantly shutting off randomly. like complete power loss. I opened my up psu and found this brown smear near the capacitor. is this the problem? or just random jelly?
PohTayToez Active Member Mar 7, 2011 #2 Ehhh, hard to tell, but it doesn't really look like a leaky capacitor to me. Still, the problem you're describing does point to a bad power supply.
Ehhh, hard to tell, but it doesn't really look like a leaky capacitor to me. Still, the problem you're describing does point to a bad power supply.
dtiao7eb Member Mar 7, 2011 #3 i just took the board off the mounts and there are definite "burned" spots all over the board lol POS power supply...
i just took the board off the mounts and there are definite "burned" spots all over the board lol POS power supply...