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4 hours ago, Dschijn said:

Did you reuse the plug from the stock PSU?

Nope! Went and bought a 2.5 x 5.5mm plug from an electrical store.

10 hours ago, Dschijn said:

What PSU did you use?

Thermaltake LT-450NL2NK

10 hours ago, Dschijn said:

And can you take a picture of the adapter you made?

Not my best work (super messy), but heatshrink wrapped around the seperate cables inside the sleeve to make sure they dont touch....

Here's the multimeter reading

11 hours ago, davidexD said:

man i don't have any experience in this kind of stuff, and u are freakin me out!

Honestly would advise skipping the soldering part and just use one of the screw type adaptors. OR solder straight to the board so you can clearly see what you're doing.

I think my board is permanently damaged after a closer look. A new capacitor isn't going to fix all the damage.

I'm just hoping my GPU isn't damaged...

I've ordered a new Akitio and I can only hope that someone wants the broken unit or even just the chassis for a few bucks on ebay.

28 minutes ago, Dschijn said:

Was the barrel plug giving you 12V on the inner part of the plug and ground on the outer?!

Definitely! I double and triple checked :S

-Edit-

After a bit of research, it looks like I might be able to fix it by replacing the capacitor... Now I have little experience with replacing capacitors and have no clue what to buy...

I believe I have fried my Akitio... Ensured that I had 12v in the molex plug with a multimeter, plugged it in and instant smoke.

Have I just wasted a few hundred bucks?