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Question

Pc randomly freezing after blown fuse in house

Aug 28, 2015 3:29PM PDT

After a Fuse blew in my apartment and shut off everything, ever since then my pc has been freezing at random moments mostly before windows even boots up, I wanted to know if this means motherboard is shot or something like power supply, Thanks in advance.

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Answer
PSU most likely problem
Aug 28, 2015 3:34PM PDT

secondary might be blown caps on the motherboard. You can open and look to see if they are bad or not. Google "bad cap".

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How to check psu
Aug 28, 2015 3:40PM PDT

I have a very basic knowledge of pc hardware, how can I specially check if it is the power suply? Thanks for your quick reply.

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Most can't check that. Here's why.
Aug 28, 2015 4:22PM PDT

Post was last edited on August 28, 2015 4:55 PM PDT

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Psu questions
Aug 28, 2015 4:40PM PDT

So it can be the psu even though it does turn on and then freezes randomly, I thought if it was psu it would not turn on at all. Again thanks for all your help. Paper clip test ok for psu?

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Paper clip is not for when ...
Aug 28, 2015 4:56PM PDT

It's working as above. That test is on the web but I never use it with gear I don't want to fry.

A freezing PC has some million posts out there. Here we have no reason to write it's this or that.

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clip test
Aug 28, 2015 5:13PM PDT

It only tells you if some electricity is coming through. You can then test the wires for voltage and even if that's correct you haven't tested for amps, most home testers don't have anything that will put a power draw on the PSU to rate it's shutoff amperage.