Re: Power supply build quality pictorial. part 2
I can see the 2005 chip in that one. It's a Deer/L&C. The discolored PCB was probably not due to the short but the 5VSB circuit in them tends to run hot and do that over time.
Even the cheapest PSUs I've come across will shut down with a dead short, but if the short is of high enough resistance it will happily keep providing power - it doesn't know the difference between a loaded CPU or a wire acting as a heater. And even if it can't do anywhere near 600W, just look at a soldering iron - 60W is enough to generate a ton of heat, and the worst bottom-of-the-barrel gutless wonders are already able to output that much wattage.
I can see the 2005 chip in that one. It's a Deer/L&C. The discolored PCB was probably not due to the short but the 5VSB circuit in them tends to run hot and do that over time.
Even the cheapest PSUs I've come across will shut down with a dead short, but if the short is of high enough resistance it will happily keep providing power - it doesn't know the difference between a loaded CPU or a wire acting as a heater. And even if it can't do anywhere near 600W, just look at a soldering iron - 60W is enough to generate a ton of heat, and the worst bottom-of-the-barrel gutless wonders are already able to output that much wattage.
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