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    PC Dead

    Hello All, I'm hoping someone can help me debug my PC. The other day I woke up and my PC was off and would not turn on. I assumed the PSU had failed, so I ordered a new one. It came today, but before I installed it, I plugged the PC into another outlet just as a sanity check. This time it...
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    I let the smoke out! Help Please

    No, I didnt replace the PSU. After i tested the new video card with the new PSU, I put the old PSU back in. Its working fine right now.
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    I let the smoke out! Help Please

    I borrowed a video card from a friend, and sure enough the system booted up... So i put my old PSU back in, and it seems to work just fine. Any ideas as to what may have caused the old video card to burn up? Maybe the fan failed and the heat on the board blew the caps? Or maybe a power surge...
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    I let the smoke out! Help Please

    I looked around the mobo and the processor, but i didnt see anything that stood out. I did however find a bunch of blown caps on the video card. any idea what can cause this? is this a root cause of my failure or a result of another failure? i did notice that the fan on the video card...
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    I let the smoke out! Help Please

    Ok, I got a new power supply... and its acting the exact same as it was before. With the old power supply, yes the mobo LED was lit.... as it is now with the new power supply. If i turn the PSU switch off, turn it back on and then try to start the PC, the CPU fan spins for about 2 seconds...
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    I let the smoke out! Help Please

    Thanks for the reply. I wont be able to isolate the smell, as it was last night and it has cooled off. When I get home, I'll open it up and check power to the mobo. My specs are as follows: Intel Core2Duo E6600 Box Core2Duo 2.40GHz@1066FSB ASUS P5B-E LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX...
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    I let the smoke out! Help Please

    Hello, this is my first post on this forum, so if it belongs in a different place, please let me know. I built a PC about 1.5 yrs ago. Last night when I got home, the computer room smelled like something was burning up. My PC was on, but nothing would display (no input to the monitors), so...