Grrrrrrrrrrrrr....

[ElDiablos007]

I recently bought a new computer and two days ago it crashed down. Well it was a little bit smoky and it smelled like ****, first I suspected the problem to be the CPU but since my friend tested it and it ran well. Now I want to know wich piece is dead, I highly suspect the motherboard since the power LED is open but the fan isn't starting and I tried to start it with another power supply. Is it possible that is it something else? Maybe the RAM, but the fan would start anyway. I also saw a little white powder beside my MB fan, it maybe only dust but I am not sure since something burned in my case.

Now I'm just too pissed to clearly see this problem and I'd like to know what to do?? I don't want to return all the pieces to find out that it was my power supply that isn't working well.

Anyway here's my rig:

Athlon 1700Xp Retail
Asus A7V-266E
512 Megs of Ram
ATI RADEON 8500
well the rest isn't very useful to know...:|

 

[minendo]

If your friend tested the CPU after you smelt the burning, I would say it is the mobo.

 

[Bglad]

If it is all new, I would exchange the mobo and the power supply. It is not unlikely that one could have caused the failure of the other.

I wouldn't keep running components that failed immediately. Thats asking for future troubles.

 

[Souka]

For what it's worth, I've seen the little PC speaker wire smoke because someone(no, not me) hooked it up to the wrong MB connector.

Also, you said you "bout a new computer"......did you buy a system? or just the pieces and put it together yourself?


My $.02