i had my computer at the shop i thought it was the power supply but the guy said it was the mother board so i got a new mother board put it in started the computer it booted up then about 3 min later i got this nasty smell then the fan changed speeds it went high than it just quit i have no display but the power comes on
Help i think i fryed my mother board
- Thread starter merick
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Sounds like the P/S went out or the motherboard shorted out!
Saurian
Member
Take it back to the guy. If you just got it "fixed" then its his responsibility. Even if he doesn't technically offer a warranty, even a crappy computer store will cut you deals on parts if they go bad like that, or offer cutrate labor or something like that.
If its a good shop, they'll do it just for your continued business.
If its a good shop, they'll do it just for your continued business.
Just try again, a similar thing happened to my dell pentium 2 where it burned up, so I unplugged it, let it cool for a couple of hours, tried again, and it worked, don't spend money you don't have to spend. If not there could be a problem with the power supply, or something is making it supply too much power. I would have the power supply checked out.
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stiffinger
New Member
You could take the cover off of the psu and see if the capacitors are clean. If any are discolored, smoked, fluid substance around them then it is shot and has to be replaced. Slide a piece of paper under the mobo tines to see if any are touching the case.
Aastii
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stiffinger
New Member
daaamn, I should have seen. Blame the newbies
So what. The problem existed and folks gave a remedy. Everyone is trying to improve the problem solving here.
Well, we don't like users resurrecting old threads. If the thread was only a few weeks or a month old maybe, but not over 3 years, thats just common sense.