Can overheating cause the PSU fail for good? I have a gaming rig and been playing demanding games. My PSU just failed on me this morning. I can't turn on the power or anything, it just went dead all of a sudden. I took it out and it was pretty hot on the top.I'm just wondering if this is even possible? Or is there like a fuse that melts when it gets too hot?
No, there are usually no fuses. The power supply overheats and the circuitry fries. Get another that is rated above the minimum most of your computer components are rated to work. If you have a high end, add-on video card, look at the documentation that came with it, or manufacturers website to find those specs. Look at links for power supplies.
Get it out of the cabinet you purchased it crammed into and enable it breathe. Did you sparkling out the front intake ports under the front bezel? As you ought to enable air bypass and out of the case. every time you separate heatsink from the GPU you ought to continually replace the thermal compound. Your skill grant is a few distance under spec and could not be the reason for over heating as you assert the fan is kicking up in speed. first of all i'd recommend to returned off the clock speed in case you OC'ed it. try yet another stable heatsink and fan. yet what you're able to locate out is that the wear and tear has already been carried out and you will ought to replace it.
yes it can can also fry the motherboard and the memory good luck!!!!!!!
