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Dear reader, I’ve a problem. My power supply of my Asus desktop won’t work as the fuse is broken. However, I did not accomplish to find the fuse in the power supply. Can anyone help me to search for the fuse? Normally it’s easy to find (according to many sites on the internet because it should be somewhere at the corner). See the pictures below for an overall view. As you can see, I can’t find the fuse at the corner.
I hope to hear something soon. Warm regards, Andy
N D the internet seems to be right again. Check the area circled in red. Sure looks like a fuse to me. Remember that there are different variants of a fuse etc. If you have never worked on a PSU you need to be extremely careful. There are some shocking voltages on it and nobody needs to get hurt. Follow the advice given by @salmonjapan
I wouldn’t repair the power supply - the problem is you do not know why it blew the fuse and if the fuse blows, something serious happened! Unless this is some snowflake machine that uses a nonstandard unit that isn’t compatible with standard ATX 24-pin, you can find good ones made by companies like Seasonic or Corsair for a reasonable cost. Don’t risk your system to save a few bucks.
Hi ND before you replace the fuse, chances it has some other issues which you need to check, e.g. shorted ic, etc. replacing it may not help as the fuse can blow again.. what happened actually? any surge or etc ? any abnormalities ? it seems the secondary side capacitor looks bloated too. do you have some knowledge on this repair? take caution on the big capacitor, as there could be some charges, which can give you a nasty shock if precaution is not observed. do you have a multimeter?
