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[binj112]

hey all

like an idiot i have obviously done something very very wrong. I am building my own computer and purchased all the components except fro the video card. Tonight i thought id hook everything up inside the case (Power leads blah blah blah) and see if it boots fine. So i switch it all on and the green light comes on (hurrah!) but then switches off and i smell something burning (@!$£!).

So, what is the worst possible damage caused by my stupidity!

Cheers

Ben

 

[XHotxEx791]

Not enough information to know? Perhaps you fried your motherboard. Maybe your ram sticks. unlikely for your processor.
Roger

 

[Praetor]

QUESTIONS 101.

 

[binj112]

my system that I put together is as follows: -

Gigabye KV8TPro Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
512MB PC3200 RAM
160GB SATA Hard Drive
Lite-On DVD Writer

I made sure that all the components work together. Im hoping that the PSU has died. This is because It is the PSU that came with the case and it was a cheap case too.

 

[Geoff]

the same exact thing happened to me, i was putting a computer together for someone, and i thought i had everything installed right, i turned it on, it worked for a few seconds, then i smelled something so i quickly shut it off and unplugged it. It turned out that i put the processor in the wrong way . Now i dont know what your processor looks like, but for me i was able to tell it was in the wrong way because the part that has no pin sockets now had 2 new holes in it. So check that out. ANd with my Intel P4, i just had to replace the motherboard, not the cpu.

 

[binj112]

nah, i checked the CPU and it is installed the correct way. Any other ideas?

If I cant fix it....would anyone like to buy the system? lol

Ben

 

[elmarcorulz]

smell the back od the psu to tell if its that the fried. oh, and i wouldnt advise using the psu in the case, for this reason read PSU101 to find out what you need in a good psu

 

[Praetor]

I made sure that all the components work together. Im hoping that the PSU has died. This is because It is the PSU that came with the case and it was a cheap case too.

As per the Questions 101 ... what's the PSU?

i smell something burning (@!$£!).

What exactly is/was burning?