A few days ago, something in my lounge started making a loud "phut" noise when plugged into the wall, and sometimes a smell like a hot glue gun was present in the room momentarily.
I tracked it down to the NTC thermistor in my Corsair CX400. It has cracked and burnt. It measures 50kOhm+ cold... strangely, the PSU still seemed to work fine the whole time (?), so shorted MOSFETs or such seem unlikely!
The problem is that the damage to the thermistor has resulted in the part number becoming unreadable, save the "SCK" on top.
Does anyone know the value of the thermistor used in the CX400, or can advise on how to pick a suitable replacement? I did find a thread on the Corsair forums: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=112161 but nobody answered.
How similar does a replacement have to be? I do have some pulled thermistors from scrapped PSUs. An SCK 054, a CT 5D-11, and a DSC 8D-11.
I tracked it down to the NTC thermistor in my Corsair CX400. It has cracked and burnt. It measures 50kOhm+ cold... strangely, the PSU still seemed to work fine the whole time (?), so shorted MOSFETs or such seem unlikely!
The problem is that the damage to the thermistor has resulted in the part number becoming unreadable, save the "SCK" on top.
Does anyone know the value of the thermistor used in the CX400, or can advise on how to pick a suitable replacement? I did find a thread on the Corsair forums: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=112161 but nobody answered.
How similar does a replacement have to be? I do have some pulled thermistors from scrapped PSUs. An SCK 054, a CT 5D-11, and a DSC 8D-11.
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