Crimsonnaire
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Hi, everyone.
I had recently installed a new power supply and neglected to plug in the CPU power connector (upper left plug with arrow pointing in picture below) before I turned the power on. During this time, there was no monitor feed or CPU/HDD activity, yet the light at the front (which usually always blinks) was solidly lit. Also, I noticed that all the fans were spinning faster than normal, indicating to me the possbility of a higher power level surging through. There was no response to my pressing the main power button at the front of the chassis, so I had to pull out the power cord to shut down. When I turned the power back on after plugging in the CPU power connector, all was functioning normally except for a recent unusual clicking I heard at startup which was not part of the normal double clicks between the two beeps (one lower pitched, one higher pitched).
So my question is whether it's possible that the sounding of this unusual click is a symptom of the motherboard having sustained damage from when the power turned on without the CPU power connector plugged which possibly burned out some power or command relay controlling one or more microswitches? And if so, would damage(s) be necessarily exclusive to the motherboard alone, or was the CPU (despite not having the power connector plugged) also susceptible to damage during that period?
Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
I had recently installed a new power supply and neglected to plug in the CPU power connector (upper left plug with arrow pointing in picture below) before I turned the power on. During this time, there was no monitor feed or CPU/HDD activity, yet the light at the front (which usually always blinks) was solidly lit. Also, I noticed that all the fans were spinning faster than normal, indicating to me the possbility of a higher power level surging through. There was no response to my pressing the main power button at the front of the chassis, so I had to pull out the power cord to shut down. When I turned the power back on after plugging in the CPU power connector, all was functioning normally except for a recent unusual clicking I heard at startup which was not part of the normal double clicks between the two beeps (one lower pitched, one higher pitched).
So my question is whether it's possible that the sounding of this unusual click is a symptom of the motherboard having sustained damage from when the power turned on without the CPU power connector plugged which possibly burned out some power or command relay controlling one or more microswitches? And if so, would damage(s) be necessarily exclusive to the motherboard alone, or was the CPU (despite not having the power connector plugged) also susceptible to damage during that period?
Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
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