click click clickety bang smoke.....one dead system....

[Pete Shields]

My son has a computer system in his bedroom and the audio is run through a mission NXT 2.1 system. Probably about 10 years old. In the last ten years it's always been on and plugged into one of the computers in the house and has worked flawlessly, but never played loudly.

I walked passed his bedroom yesterday and heard a loud clicking noise. The computer was off at the time, but the audio system was plugged in. I turned the system off at the back to be greeted by a quiet bang and a plume of smoke.

Is it now only fit for the bin?

The wife won't (quite rightly) have it in his room in case it causes a fire.

Any suggestions what happened and what can be done with it???

 

[fatboyslimfast]

It sounds as though the power supply has gone pop. You could get it repaired, but it would probably be more cost effective to get a new one...sorry!