*Please read before commenting* - I'm going to attempt to answer a bunch of things that people keep continuously commenting so I suggest you read this first before commenting something that has already been done a million times :P *Comment:* "You said you had a glass of water in case it went on fire, if you put water on an electrical fire you'll die.etc" *Response:* Yes, it would be stupid to pour water on it if it was still live however I'd have disconnected the power first, notice how quickly I pulled the power cable out when I first noticed smoke. At that point it's nothing more than a bunch of plastic/fibreglass on fire. I could have also used a powder fire extinguisher I had nearby but this would have cost money to replace and would have made a complete mess of the room. *Comment:* "You talk too fast" *Response:* Yes, I know, I talk fast generally and was rushing this video. I've tried to improve on this in my newer content including investing in higher quality audio recording hardware to improve speech clarity, this was recorded using the built in microphone on a pretty outdated camcorder in a room with pretty poor acoustics. *Comment:* "You're shaking too much and that deeply upsets me for some reason" *Response:* Yes, I was somewhat shaky in this video, probably a combination of me rushing and also because I was filming this shortly after carrying this machine home on the bus from work which meant my arms were pretty tired. *Comment:* "You're an idiot if you didn't know that the /4 on the end of the RAM stick model number was the capacity" *Response:* It's not particularly easy to notice these things when most of my attention is focused on creating the video rather than deciphering model numbers under pressure. This is also something that is different between manufacturers and I hadn't really dealt with much Kingston RAM in the past. Also notice that towards the end of the video (26:08) I pointed out that the /4 meant the capacity after I'd had more time to look at it off camera. *Comment:* "A PSU having an 80mm fan or voltage selection switch doesn't mean it's junk" *Response:* Agreed, I was a bit harsh with that statement. However, having a voltage selection switch does indicate that it's at very least a pretty outdated design and outside of a few models, 80mm fans are pretty uncommon on retail PSUs nowadays (although still used in some OEM machines). The combination of the two along with the low weight of the machine and cheap punched metal fan grille was generally what made me assess it as being pretty rubbish *Comment:* "That Winpower PSU isn't junk/That FSP PSU is junk" *Response:* The Winpower is junk IMO, it'll work but it's the bare minimum that you'd get away with, it's far below the quality you'd get in pretty much all OEM machines from Dell/HP.etc. The FSP isn't amazing but it's a pretty solid PSU, they don't really sell on the retail market which is probably why people don't recognise the name although they are very common in many OEM machines and also make PSUs for other well known brands (pretty sure several EVGA ones are made by FSP) *Comment:* Did you find anything interesting on the hard drive? *Response:* I make a point of fully wiping any drive that comes into my possession without going through someone else's personal files, sorry for being boring! And finally, no, I'm not going to give away this hardware (this also goes to people who have emailed me asking for the hardware for free) - I've scrapped the hardware that didn't work and I'm now using the majority of the working hardware in various machines I have or keeping them as spare parts. I also realise this video is not my finest work, you'll notice that my newer content is much better!

Started playing, switched to another tab "Oh that's an SSD!" *QUICKLY SWITCHES TABS* WHAT

I got a computer the other day out of a dumpster opened it up and had a 256gb SSD talk about a fine I was so happy

nice steal for only 10 pounds!

Those FSP power supply are really reliable and cheap as well.

But did you find any decent porn on the hard disks?

Power Supply Damage appears to be from lightning strike. It was hit so hard that while the fuse element went instant plasma and the expansion of plasma metal exploded the glass body and plasma then condensed quickly to the PCB. Plasma is conductive and so in that instant that it got hit the fuse still allowed that spike most likely from lightning strike to blow the MOV and leg damage on other component looks like pitting from an arc. The part that you didnt know the name of is a MOV used to protect circuitry from spikes. www.circuitstoday.com/metal-oxide-varistor-mov

You've inspired me to take this up as a hobby, thank you!

17:01 You said you have a glass of water on standby I hope you don't mean for the fire that might happen. You should never use water on an electrical fire.

That power supply was killed because it was plugged into 240v when set at 120v, and blew the shit out of the fuse

Please make this a regular series. I would be really entertained by these long and interesting videos. Video enjoyed! :P

I am 16 years of age and have actively been working with computers ever since I was about 8 and watching this entire video helped me a lot with older hardware for computers thanks very much and have a good day.

@11:40 That green component with the corner blown off is a Metal Oxide Varister. They are typically used as one side on the incoming power and the other side to earth so that if you get a large enough voltage spike the resistance on the MOV collapses and shorts to earth rather than the voltage going through all of the components on the load side. [Edit: after posting I noticed another comment where the same information was posted.]

Looks to Me the MOV and Fuse took a serious power spike. The MOV did what it was intended to do DIE a quick Death in hopes of saving the Fort. The Computer. LOL My bet is the power supply is selectable and they plugged it into 220 while it was switched to 120.

Wow I just watched a video almost 3 years old, GG KZfaq for recommending it haha. That being said fair play you had a good deal there. The SSD alone was well worth the £10 especially 3 years ago. Good video :) new sub here

Love it when these kids build a few computers and all of a sudden they become 'experts'.

adolf put his name on the ram

That Hard drive will probably outlast every other component..I have a Hitachi 7K500 from 2005 that still runs fine

The explosion may have been due to flicking the red switch on the PSU. I learnt that mistake once on a old dell LMAO you get a huge pop and it trips the surge protecter in the main switchboard of your house!

Water and electricity very good man keep up the googd work!

The red voltage switch on the PSU is not a sign of its age. My modern PC has one.

Interesting video but you said "emm" about a million times. You really need to work on that.

Interesting video I been fixing pcs for nearly 3 decades and its so true how some shops cut corners when it comes to cheap components they simply don't care .. but at least you got some decent parts out of it in the end.. best being the solid state drive only small but it will do !!

i dont know why i found this video so interesting, great haul.

Cut the shorted cap off the board with side cutters and try the board again. If something is getting hot, then it is shorted. I repaired quite a number of these boards and usually FET shorts or the NIC chip goes and after removing it will work again.

u know u are from the uk when you throw "bloddy" around xD

You scored there! I'm envious ... well, not really, but STILL!! :D

"That's a Maplin sticker, they're an electronics shop in the UK. They're getting better" I'm watching in 2018 and Maplin went into administration this summer xD

it pains me that the motherboard says 'made in china' in comic sans.

Glass of water on stand by? I assume in case of a fire, but if such fire occurred it would be electrical. Lol don't use water, fire extinguisher would be best

In every computer I've ever built, I've always used Corsair PSU's, and I've never had one fail. Harddrives, RAM, etc.. sure, but never a PSU. In fact, I could probably dig out my old computer from storage and re-use that PSU if I wanted to!

When he gets excited over an SSD and you realize your in 2018 and he’s in 2016

You speak way too fast

You sound like a cool guy, you remind me of my brother he knows everything about computers and all that stuff Tech savvy !!!

Nice haul, you always seem to find the bargains :-)

Woah your super hyped about this, but holy what a good find!

why did he have a glass of water prepared for an electrical fire?

Yea Not bad for a 10er

Some grumpy folks watching your channel. Keep up the work its good fun 😊😊😊

When I go to yard sales I look for either cheap computer parts or even cable/satellite boxes that are DVR units for cheap, they often range from 160GB-500GB for the ones that I have seen. With cheap/bad power supplies I when I salvage them before trash I will often salvage the Fan even if it a cheap fan and if the capacitors are of a good make. I also look if there is a stash of calculators because some times I have found a PDA/Palmtop like I found a HP 95LX for $1 and it works.

Given the condition of the computer, and the price it was sold for, that hard drive probably has some personal information on it, if you have some software to view deleted files. It would be easy to steal their identity if that was the case.

The Front fell off?

As a PSU expert, i'm impressed that the "manufacturer" of this power supply even bothered to include the Y Capacitors in the entrance filtering stage. The green thing that got it's corner blown off is a Thermistor. Its used to regulate the input of the power supply when you start the computer hot (I.e the computer was running for some time, you shut it down from the power and start it back up). Other point is that this PSU claims to have two separate 12v lanes, which is such a ridiculous lie it cracked me up, plus, they didn't even bother to use a diode package on the 12v lane, they just hacked two diodes in place and called it a day. All of this is actually expected on a chinese psu such as this one. The two "Y" Capacitors (Blue things) and the Thermistor(Olive green thing that got blown): 12:13 *This PSU would have NEVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE be able to supply 500W*, at max 180W and that is being generous, because also at 12:19 you can see that they used 4 plain diodes as a full bridge rectifier, instead of a package containing 4 four diodes inside. Also, because they hacked two plain diodes for the 12v lane, forget the "16A+16A" they wrote in the label, those are probably two 3A diodes is series, yep, only 6A on the 12v lane (Seen at 13:00). Pretty much the whole label is a lie, and i can't believe that companies that to this (Which are countless) don't get prosecuted over fraud, because that's what this sort of "product" (i would actually call it "electronic fecal matter") is.

Someone must have flicked the switch to 110V to make that damage.

Sad to see how this is probably nearly as powerful as a Switch components-wise.

Can you add English subtitles?

I think you should make this a thing, random PC/Laptop buy with a budget with PnP around £30 and see what you really can find for your money, That set up with a new PSU and Motherboard could of returned a lovely return, like you used it for in the first place a lovely home media PC it had the storage and it had the OS speed. I would love to see more of this sort of things.

I dunno why but i always loved cases that come with vents on the side for fans

how can i get free Pc ? cant find the f thing in UK

Man, try to speak slowly & clearly. You sound like the video is played 2x speed.

I got my PC second-hand, and was told it wasn't working. I opened it, and there was a WinPower PSU, with an interesting smell! I replaced it with a Delta Electronics one and re-installed Windows, and it worked perfectly!

I go through the PC scrap (WEEE Waste) pile at work for all those useful bit and pieces. Amazing what I find that's still sealed in packages.

SPEAAAAAAAK SLOOOOOWWWWWEEEERRRR PLS!

AM. AM AM AM AM AM AND AM.

I have never seen a fuse fail in such a spectacular fashion.

Worth a shot. You could bodge a leaded capacitor onto the smd pads if you can be arsed but my guess is the vrms probably couldn't handle the chip long term, esp if it was overclocked.

Please talk a bit slower😂

ur hands shaking

That green thing looks like an overpower protection, that short circuits the line (if the voltage is too high) before it can get into the machine. The fuse will blow at the same time as the short happens. So it actually works, but you still have to replace the PSU.

I had a power supply blow in my face 2 weeks ago because that voltage switch :/

You should consider speaking a little slowly. I really didn't understand most of the things you said. Cool video but man, you really speak too fast.

Fake

I pulled an eMachine out of a dumpster 2 years ago, though not a great machine, but it was free. All that was wrong with it was the processor fan had fallen off. Its owner most likely tossed it because it would overheat and shut down. It took 15 minutes to change the fan to a more reliable one and my wife is happy with her new computer. Oh did I forget to mention the machine was still under warranty?

Watching this is like getting a like a box of chocolates. Nicely done. Subscibed. Cheers!

STOP DOING WEIRD SOUND WITH YOUR MOUTH AND SALIVA!!! ITS SO DIGUSTING!

Hitachi drives are seriously good. They last 10 plus years. Have went through loads of others and still have my Hitachi drives

That case must've been towed beyond the enviroment

The green thing is an MOV. It is a protective device meant to explode. The small black box is most likely an Opto Coupler.

Anodia formerly towards good capacitors, I have an emergency light with an anodia capacitor manufactured in 1982, it continues to work perfectly in 2019, and it's plugged in 24/ 7h, at it the capacity is still good. I always prefer a Japanese capacitor a thousand times, but the old capacitors of Anodia surprised me a lot about its durability.

Hey just found the channel... love the content

Well, the fuse definitely blew!

I got a xfx 680i motherboard for 20 quid when they where 150 second hand. It was posted on eBay as "green black mother board pc". I didn't know what it was tbh but as soon as I saw the sli logo I bought it straight Away!

FYI the last number on the KVR number on the ram is the capacity. Not sure if anyone else commented. 4GB. Sold as a single 4gb dimm. A 2x4gb kit would end in K2/8. 2 being number of sticks and 8 being total capacity. a 4x4gb kit would end in K4/16.

I have a pretty decent, name-brand power supply from only a few years ago that has a voltage switch. I wouldn't really take that as an indication of being ancient or low-quality.

Fuse blown like that usually indicates a local lightning strike on the power pole...traveled and fried the power fuse. Probably tripped/fried the house fuses too.

That component looks to me like an NTC thermistor, they are used as inrush limiting components in some power supplies. When you first start the system the thermistor is cold, and has high resistance, it then heats up as the system runs, and the resistance drops. They usually get very hot, having a fan blowing on one is actually probably not a good idea either, as they are kinda supposed to be hot. Never seen one in a switched mode computer power supply before though...

I would throw that Winpower PSU away with no remorse. But only after cutting off the cables. Useful for electronics projects. :) Worth keeping the fan(s), heat sinks and power switches too. 60~GB SSDs are still tremendously useful as OS-only (+ some apps) drives. They take much less time to image and backup than 128GB drives.

Glass of water on standby for possible electrical fire? Well done genius hahaha

what i do when i find boards like this is i use my voltmeter to find the short, and replace the caps an what not but ya not for everyone i get it, but after reading all the comments an stuff i felt compelled to write a comment lol but anyway good job on the video man keep it up

I don't know why everyone in the comments are complaining, I enjoyed the video.

£10 for the PC, £8 for the transport, £40 damaged to a totally scratched desk (put a blanket or some cardboard under it!) - but still a nice buy ;)

That PSU has been hit by a massive power surge, most likely a lightning strike. The lack of a surge arrestor was the main cause of the failure, not necessarily the cheap PSU.

The voltage selector switch is still a very common thing, in the USA at least. But considering most come from Asia, I'd say it is common in other regions as well.

Thanks @Cameron Gray, nice video. On top of other "FAQ"s I'd like to mention that you were really risking your fingers when touching those power line elements when powering up on FSP. It could be extremely hot - giving you deep burns; it could blow your fingers off, etc.

On ram you can always see how much capacity it has by the lab, on that ram stick is 4Gb by locking at the "/4" in the end is says 4Gb in total. I use to work with building and service computers so I learned what to look for

Thats the same Mainboard my PC uses, and i'm happy with it.

That is CRAZY for the price! An fx and an SSD for $20 is the deal of a lifetime 😮

i like that case. Probally because it has a big power button. Also great find

£10 you could have bought 10 of those power supplies with that much money! Honestly looks like a great bang for the buck computer. It's cheaper than the ssd itself. So that's nice I guess.

finally he's putting it on

Great deal!

My heart always sinks when i see Gigabyte boards...always have nowt but trouble with them

The components in the PSU is a or looks like a Varistor, which is there to reduce inrush current. the device blown out of the board looks like it might be an Opto-Isolator, both components are easily replaceable

The green component is... was a NTC resistor used for in-rush current protection (while those scary capacitors charge up to 300V)

The failure in the power supply looks like it may have been plugged into 240 volts with the switch set to 120 volts. This likely also caused a high-voltage power surge to be sent to the motherboard which sealed its fate. The green component that was blown looks to me like an MOV.

A thermal gun is always a good tool for testing shorted components if nothing perceivable to your eyes stands out. Shorts and failures usually will get hot and show up on a thermal gun.

Those winpower psus are perfectly reliable, budget power supplies. They probably manufacture a lot of the fancy looking units out there branded as corsair, antec etc.

My guess would be someone switched the voltage on the back of the old PSU to 110v and blew that and the mobo - turned out to be a nice purchase for £17.50 - well played

Ive had this problem before, all they have done is change the voltage switch on the back of the power supply, i did it once on an old roosewell power supply, it is the American voltage setting that causes the fuse to actually blow up so ive seen that sort of explosion before. It usually kills the motherboard

Believe it or not, I once went to repair a computer at a very rich neighborhood, so after I found out the problem was only the screen unplug I was like "mahh whatever", took minimum visit and went home, on the way I saw one very fancy computer case literally torn apart next to a garbage can. I wen't to check and apparently someone got mad at their computer I guess (lol), found asus 1070 GTX plugged in and core i7 6700k, 2TB hard disk and some crappy gigabyte! Ironically enough, I am using the graphic card and the CPU right now and sold the disk/motherboard after making sure they are fine! :)