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PSU died one hour in. Assistance please?

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Hi guys. I'm devastated right now. I just finished my new PC build today, after hours of rerouting cables and wires to keep it as neat as possible. I fired it up, installed the drivers and got to playing Diablo 3 for about an hour before everything in my room turned off (speakers/comp/lamp etc). I happened to be going out then, so when I got home I went to fire it up again.. it wouldn't turn on. I realized in my power box my room circuit had switched off. I switched it back on, went to fire up the computer again and.. nothing. Everything else is turning on again, except my computer tower. I'm assuming my power supply somehow fried/shorted itself.

Does anyone have any idea why an hour into a game with a new PC that a power supply (I'm assuming a power supply) would crap itself and short out, never to turn on again? I'm really pissed, and I'm really not looking forward to undoing all my beautiful wiring and having to do it all over again with a new PSU.
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Hi guys. I'm devastated right now. I just finished my new PC build today, after hours of rerouting cables and wires to keep it as neat as possible. I fired it up, installed the drivers and got to playing Diablo 3 for about an hour before everything in my room turned off (speakers/comp/lamp etc). I happened to be going out then, so when I got home I went to fire it up again.. it wouldn't turn on. I realized in my power box my room circuit had switched off. I switched it back on, went to fire up the computer again and.. nothing. Everything else is turning on again, except my computer tower. I'm assuming my power supply somehow fried/shorted itself.
Does anyone have any idea why an hour into a game with a new PC that a power supply (I'm assuming a power supply) would crap itself and short out, never to turn on again? I'm really pissed, and I'm really not looking forward to undoing all my beautiful wiring and having to do it all over again with a new PSU.

What make and model psu? What are your rig specs? There are some knowledgeable psu people on this forum.
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acer 27 in razor black widow ultimate 2012 corsair gs800 nzxt switch 810 
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Originally Posted by Ghost12 View Post

What make and model psu? What are your rig specs? There are some knowledgeable psu people on this forum.

Sorry I should have mentioned.. a Corsair AX750. Paired with i5 3570k, Z77 Extreme4, GTX570.
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Nothing else to do now except RMA, check the motherboard as well... the VRM more precisely (around the CPU socket and underneath it), look for burned/charred marks/spots, the mobo might be dead as well.

Does anything else connected to that outlet functions?
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