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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 4404533" data-attributes="member: 41321">The power supply did die immediately.&nbsp; As soon as I turned the PC on the lights flickered and died and the computer became unresponsive (further presses of the power button did nothing).&nbsp; The smoke didn't come until later, but there was a problem from the moment I turned it on.&nbsp; It's likely that the power supply was damaged as soon as I turned it on but the heat or whatever didn't build up to smoking/crackling levels until some time later.And now that both the place I bought it from and the manufacturer refuse to have anything to do with it I think I'll just throw out that cord.&nbsp; I have plenty of spares.&nbsp; I kept it with the idea that if somebody was going to replace my power supply they'd probably want to see the cord to &quot;prove&quot; that it was faulty.&nbsp; Even if it's not faulty, I don't want to risk destroying another (more expensive) power supply when I have plenty of cords that I know work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 4404533, member: 41321"] The power supply did die immediately. As soon as I turned the PC on the lights flickered and died and the computer became unresponsive (further presses of the power button did nothing). The smoke didn't come until later, but there was a problem from the moment I turned it on. It's likely that the power supply was damaged as soon as I turned it on but the heat or whatever didn't build up to smoking/crackling levels until some time later. And now that both the place I bought it from and the manufacturer refuse to have anything to do with it I think I'll just throw out that cord. I have plenty of spares. I kept it with the idea that if somebody was going to replace my power supply they'd probably want to see the cord to "prove" that it was faulty. Even if it's not faulty, I don't want to risk destroying another (more expensive) power supply when I have plenty of cords that I know work. [/QUOTE]

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