Burned to a Crisp! Can We Fix this $1000 Power Supply?

Tony359 | Tony's Tinkering Shop March 12, 2025
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Here I "tinker" with things, mainly electronics and computers. You will see repairs, reviews and anything that arrives on my bench! Happy watching and thanks for visiting!!

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Thanks PCBWay for sponsoring this video: https://pcbway.com/g/M525r4 #repair #smpsrepair #powersupply #xppower #magicsmoke 🔸 Second channel! https://www.youtube.com/@Tony359_2 🔸 Join me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Tony3599 🔸 𝐁𝐮𝐲 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tony359 🔸 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: https://www.facebook.com/TonysTinkeringShop Thank you @DjMarik78 for the assistance on this project! 00:00 Intro 01:30 Disassembly 04:45 Circuit analysis 14:21 Swapping the Offline Switcher 16:50 Finding the short 21:03 First Test (Magic Smoke 1) 22:17 Diagnosing the fault 30:40 Second test (Magic Smoke 2) 32:04 Diagnosing the new fault 38:03 Third test! 41:01 PFC replacement 42:24 ON/OFF switch 44:02 Final Test! 44:48 Outro (with Magic Smoke 3!)

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