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AT-class 200W PSU - a little leaky (photo)...

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First post, by blakespot

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I have all pieces in hand to begin my 5x86 160 build, finally. I settled on an AT-class desktop case that's clean and has a 200W PSU. I have begun dusting and cleaning components and opened the PSU to have a look around and blast with air.

I see some leakage to the caps, but they are not bulged. I am wondering if I'm ok to run on this PSU for a while, or if this is likely to kill the board I put in it (soon)? What happens if PSU fails due to caps - _does_ the board likely die?

Check a photo and any comments appreciated. It'd be nice to use this system this weekend, I must say...

Thanks.

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Reply 1 of 2, by keropi

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that's not a leak , the brown substance on the pcb is actually glue... 🤣

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Reply 2 of 2, by TELVM

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^ As Keropi said. They use the glue to prevent components from moving at the solder bath, or during transportation of the finished product. You can see the glueing at 2:33 in this video:

PSU manufacturing

That glue can be a PITA to remove and is tipically a potent harsh-swearing-generator when you tinker inside the PSU 😁 .

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