Re: Can a bad MB fry a PSU?

Alright, here are the pics. Oh, and I forgot to mention, I've never done any work on the motherboard which would cause the shorting.

NewMB.jpg - The new motherboard caps

OldMB-Burst.jpg - Gigabyte board, showing capacitor burst

OldMB-SideCPs.jpg - Gigabyte board, showing two swells. One is near the PSU connector, the other right under the heatsink. (In this picture, to the left)

OldMB-Swelling.jpg - Gigabyte board, showing two swells near the heatsink.

OldMB-SwellTop.jpg - Gigabyte...

Re: Can a bad MB fry a PSU?

Pics are very hard to come by for me because my camera doesn't focus too well. As soon as I am done processing the pictures I've taken, though, I'll post them. They're very low quality, though, because of the focus issue.

The new MB isn't perfect, but it's probably just like you said. It was listed among the known brands which use the bad caps, though.

I have a Gigabyte 7I-XEH motherboard that had some distinctively bad capacitors; it had 8 and a half years of service before it finally died (and before I learned about this problem!). Anyway, I removed it after a catastrophic failure that fried my severely overheated video card. I've spent $260 already in replacement parts, and not interested in spending too much more.

In any case, considering the incident, is it possible that the old MB fried my PSU, by either a feedback or a short, or did I just get a really bad MB replacement? The replacement is also showing very minor signs...