Burning out?

[Cookieboro]

I unpluged my all my hardware

dvd
cd-rw
80gb hhd
15gb hhd

then after i installed a fan controller and pluged it all back together the hard drive packed in. so i got a new one. then install everything then the both cd drives stoped working and when i unplued them i can boot up. when i unpluged them i could smell a burning smell. Dose this mean they have burned out? running a 300w psu.

 

[geranimo://]

Uhm, sounds like you dont have enough power, I think you should get a new powersupply...correct me if Im wrong anyone..

 

[jancz3rt]

Well

Looks like some extreme power surges that cause components to go bust. The smoke reiterates that I think. In other words I think replacing the PSU could solve it.

JAN

 

[Cookieboro]

thx all

 

[Cookieboro]

i have unpluged all new hardware and still nothing works

 

[SlothX311]

might be the fuse in the power supply, if you don't know how to change it, its probably cheaper to buy a new power supply. Lots of times if a capasitor inside the power supply didnt explode, then its simply the fuse. (You would know if a capasitor exploded, very webby, very stringy, very messy.)

 

[Cookieboro]

I have opened a old powersupply before and i did see a fuse and looked pritty easy to change.... but thing is im running the same system now :S i have unpluged everything but my old 15gb hhd.

 

[Praetor]

when i unpluged them i could smell a burning smell

Whats that smell coming from

 

[Cookieboro]

just the back of the drive..... cant pinpoint it. cant see any sign of burning externaly.

 

[Praetor]

Could it be a toasted capacitor on the mobo?