Search results

  1. T

    New comp build - started smoking! Please help

    I don;t think I understand - this cable in the pic in the pic I provided comes from the case and attaches to the MB in the third pic. I think what happened was that I connected it backwards though, and that's why it was smoking.
  2. T

    New comp build - started smoking! Please help

    Sure, here you go: thanks for all the help everyone. I already put some electrical tape on the burnt sections of the cord (there were 3). http://img849.imageshack.us/g/img3748z.jpg/
  3. T

    New comp build - started smoking! Please help

    Ok, new info - I just started to take it apart to see if I could find anything that looked weird, and the largest system panel connector (the 4 pin one) was a little bit melted on the bottom, and the cable had split/melted in 2 places as well. It's the one that says something like +5V, D-, D+...
  4. T

    New comp build - started smoking! Please help

    That's kind of what I was wondering, but would one of those little pin connectors cause it to overheat and smoke within 2 minutes? I will recheck them though before I try again. Would it be possible that I put the plugs in backwords? There is a positive/neg for each plug and it is very...
  5. T

    New comp build - started smoking! Please help

    Thanks for the input everyone, I did check it again very briefly this morning, because the PSU didn't smell at all, so I was curious. I unplugged all non-essentials from the PSU and turned it on with my finger on the PSU kill switch. After about 45 seconds it did start smoking again, but...
  6. T

    New comp build - started smoking! Please help

    At this point I'm thinking that it's the PSU - but do you guys think that I have damaged anything else at this point? It was running for about a minute - maybe two before the smoke showed up.
  7. T

    New comp build - started smoking! Please help

    Hi everyone, I have a question for the experts out there. I have done about 4-5 computer builds in the past, and all of them have went without any major problems, but this one that I tried last night didn’t go so well. Here is the component list to start – brand new build, nothing from other...