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MikeSty · 01-09-2009, 04:33 PM

I'm aware that for some things, they won't start if they are not grounded or grounded improperly. I've seen this happen a lot, it's just fundamental electronics.

I also know on cheap hardware, capacitors can burst. I've seen a lot of cheap power supplies filled with cat hair that have destroyed capacitors. Like Lasereth said in the other thread, I think it was him at least, the PSU is a very underrated component.

But my question is, how does stuff permanently fry all of a sudden? I had a nice GeForce 6600GT back in the day and it worked great for a year or two. I am always careful when I work my my machines - I wear rubber-soled sneaks and always have my hand on a metal part of the case to ground myself. But once and a while it seems like a component just "dies" - no exploded capacitors, no improper grounding, it's just "fried" and I can't figure out why.

01-09-2009, 04:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	How does stuff "fry" ? I'm aware that for some things, they won't start if they are not grounded or grounded improperly. I've seen this happen a lot, it's just fundamental electronics. I also know on cheap hardware, capacitors can burst. I've seen a lot of cheap power supplies filled with cat hair that have destroyed capacitors. Like Lasereth said in the other thread, I think it was him at least, the PSU is a very underrated component. But my question is, how does stuff permanently fry all of a sudden? I had a nice GeForce 6600GT back in the day and it worked great for a year or two. I am always careful when I work my my machines - I wear rubber-soled sneaks and always have my hand on a metal part of the case to ground myself. But once and a while it seems like a component just "dies" - no exploded capacitors, no improper grounding, it's just "fried" and I can't figure out why.