> Yeah, I hadn't thought of the power supply. A few days ago my computer shut down just > when I was just in Windows... I was adjusting the power strip's plug so I thought I > might have pulled it out too far, but my computer turned back on soon after so I > didn't think much of it... > > It's a Corsair GS700 PSU and the machine is less than a year old. At least whatever > is broken is probably still under warranty, if I can figure out what it is. I'm not > too confident about opening up a PSU but I guess it couldn't hurt to look.
Take off the cover of the PSU and look at it, just don't touch any of the caps with your bare hands or screwdriver and you'll be fine. Every bad PSU I've ever looked at has had visible physical damage, scorched pcb and or caps.
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