"RobW" wrote in message
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I pulled the case and found a fuse that now resembles a used
firecracker which I guess came out of the PSU. (the PSU has a bottom
intake fan with large gaps).
I am going to take Leythos's suggestion and investigate which fuse on
the PSU is blown. I may have to get someone who knows what they are
looking at to examine it, :-).
I am in Australia and the mains is 240VAC.
The power leads have no fuses.
Thanks again and I will post the outcome for anyone who is interested.


That fuse usually means you are drawing too many amps from the PSU. You
are overheating and overloading the PSU. See my other post regarding
the use of cheapie power supplies and why you cannot simply rely on the
stickered wattage rating. It also shows that you are using cheapie
PSUs. The better ones use a reset circuit that will reset after awhile
(when the heat dissipates). A fuse is cheaper.

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