r/pcmasterrace • u/Front_Cookie_1198 • 1d ago

Hardware PSU fails dramatically

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u/maxwells_daemon_ Ryzen 7 5800X, RX6600, 16GB (Arch, btw) 1d ago

Seems suspiciously like a PSU set to 110v and plugged into 220v

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u/Busy-Distribution-45 1d ago

Was going to say, last time I saw something like that was when I thought a power supply was auto-switching and plugged it into a customer’s machine. Turns out it was manual, and had been on 110 power as we are in the US (industrial machine was stepped up to 220).

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u/Krell356 22h ago

What kind of trash PSU explodes into flame over that though? Every one ive ever seen blow from that just makes a loud pop and starts breathing the mysterious blue smoke of death.

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u/falcrist2 7h ago

the mysterious blue smoke of death.

It's called "magic smoke", and there's a whole wikipedia page about it.