I built this computer, put all together and made sure all the power cables were on right on the motherboard. When I plugged it in the power this red light on the motherboard lit up and smoke started coming out but couldn't tell from where. Is my motherboard fried, is it my power source, is my chp dead. I dont know which one to return. This has never happened to me and this is the 5th one I built on my own. Any help appreciated
Is your heatsink/fan on correctly? Or, well . . . WAS it on correctly? Are you SURE? How quickly until it started smoking? What processor was it?
Its a duron 1000mhz, only thing that I did different from others was: I put thermal paste on the chip BUT I think there was some sort of thermal transfer sheet at the bottom of the sync. The sync is a Volcano (something). ???
dave, where did the smoke come from? sounds like the power supply to me. It could be a bad fan though. Does anything else happen now? Will it still power on, does the fan on the cpu come on?
Ok, i trieed it again and the smoke comes from the motherboard I think. On of the circuits on the mother board turned orange like it was burning. So was it a bad mother board or is my power supply bad? I still couldn't figure out where the smoke comes from though?
You are kinda stuck, I would try sending back the motherboard and getting a new one since it is changing colors when you turn it on, that can't be good.
More than likely, it's a bad motherboard. It's probably toasted by now, but just for reference, is there anything shorting it near there? Personally, I've never had one burn out like that before, but I've heard stories. Just RMA it. It's also possible that you had a bad power supply that blew up the motherboard too, but I doubt it. Sounds like just the mobo. The thermal paste and the thermal pad together isn't a good idea, but that wouldn't have caused this.
Quit turning the PC on and take it to somebody that has equipment to test it or the knowledge to fix it. You're creating a fire hazard. Also, never use thermal paste on a CPU with a thermal pad. Either cut the pad off and use the paste or continue using just the pad if it's on there (the latter is preferable). Where was the mobo glowing? Near what? And do you have any idea what brand and model the mobo is? Anyway, quit turning the thing on and take it somewhere to have them look at it! By the way, I love your artwork - maybe you should just stick to that.
Whatever you do, DO NOT OPEN UP THE POWER SUPPLY There was a guy at the place I used to work at, and the computer he was working on fried. So, being a smart ass, he thought he could fix it. Opened up the power supply (without calling the IT Department) and started mucking around with it. Damn lucky that there were safety switches installed. Or it could have been ugly.
RIGHT ON getsmartnow! There are lots of capacitors inside power supplies that hold charges for quite some time. I got zapped pretty well from a bad power supply once, and lets just say that while I enjoyed having the experience (I was <i>wide awake</i> for quite some time), but I don't think I want to risk it again . . .
Here's some advice: Take a screwdriver, preferably a flat head and pry off the 'L' and 'P' keys on you key board. Next use some type of adhesive substance (super glue, glu-stic, hot glue gun) and replace the keys, flip-flopping them from there original locations.
Come on, man. I'm just making a little joke. You have to admit that the topic of the thread made it ripe for ridicule when you left a typo in the thread title. I understand it's ok to run fast and loose with grammar and spelling around here, but can we at least proofread our thread titles?
I don't know how old your motherboard is/was but it sounds like it wasn't capable of handling the power of your processor. Check out the AMD site and look up your chip. They recommend some motherboards to use with their chips. I heard a story a while back from someone that had a friend killed when he attempted to open up a power supply and repair it. He was killed by the charge it gave him even though he unplugged the supply before hand.
