[nForce] Wow! What the hell just happened

      
Ok heres the senario,  i get this mornings mail in on my computer as usual and shut down as normal with no problems.  I take the kids to playgroup.  I pop back 30 mins later to find the main trip fuse in the fuse box of the house tripped off.  Switch it back on and wizz round the house to f ind out what isnt working any more.  I walk in to the living room and try to fire up the pc.  Nothing happens but..... all i can here in the peace and quiet of the house is a tiny tiny high pitched fast beep coming from the front - definately the front of the pc towards the bottom - in line with its battery.  Anyway I check the UPS as due to the mains going off its alarm was sounding when i walked into the house.  So I checked that it had come back on when I reset the mains fuse box.  It was on and showing full charge.  So I check the power cable from the UPS to the computer, that's ok and fired up the monitor as a quick check.   Anyway I had to whizz back to play group as I was on parent duty. 
3 hours later I came back and could still hear the tiny beeping coming frm the front of the box.  30 mins later it had stopped.  That suggest to me that it meant the computer battery is now dead.  So until I have replaced that there is no way the computer has even a chance of starting.  However even when replaced i dont think that may solve the problem as I cant believe a dying battery would cause the mains fuse of the house to trip.
So you fantastic experts who have helped me out many a time,  any ideas on what the problem is?  Its puzzling me until my better half can do a test on the PSU to see if its blown as to why, when it was turned off should it trip the mains in the house with no damage to the UPS or the surge protecter that I have looking after its other periperals etc?
Thanks in advance for any tips and assistance

Quote from: Fredrik Åsenius on 26-November-05, 19:06:48
If the PSU was full of dust you had better check the rest too. Dusty fans are much less effective. Dust on components create static electricity and poor heat dissipation. ...In short, things are clogging up!
Addit: Antec 380W TruePower, Zalman 400W - B, Hiper 425 Watt or more are things to consider.
   Yes - we do that very regulary as we do have a major dust problem.  I have to hoover it out probably every couple of months.  For some daft reason we never even considered taking apart the psu to check that inside.  So it had about 18 months worth of dust inside it.    The next one will be taken apart - my better half being an electrician can do that sort of thing but if he wouldnt recommend doing it otherwise.
Anyway thanks for the recommendations Fredrik - i think we are going for a 500 or even a 600 this time.

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