Hellotalkie
Golden Member
Well let me start off how it began. I was loading into windows and it completely shut off. Then i saw the power led on the front blink twice. I thought this is weird so i open up my pc and everything is fine. So i plug the power back in the psu and here a noise like a beep but its not a beep. Very hard to explain. So i thought it was coming from the psu so i changed psu from my old one. The one i was using was a allied psu 500wat. Then after a few test it still wouldnt turn on. This is really pissing me off because the will probably be the second i time i have to rma my motherboard. So i plug my allied psu back in and i here the continuously screeching noise but i found out it was from the motherboard. I only plug in the 4 pin connector the the mb for the psu and no noise. I unplug the psu and plug in the 24pin connector and the noise comes back. So this may sound stupid but i wiggled the psu 24pin connector alittle bit and nomore noise! i turn it on and then i started smelling something. One of the components on the motherboard was turning bright yellow and look like it was starting to melt like the mb was shorting. I unplugg as fast as i can and its starts smelling like a spark had been made. Iam scared to plug it back in and try it again because i dont want to cause a fire with 1200 of components in there. The 24pin on the motherboard i guess was loose and i dont know what to do. I have a rs480 msi google it. Its a microatx form factor but i moved to a bigger case now. I was thinking just buying a better brand like asus or gigabyte. I can rma still but when i get it back i might just sell it on ebay. It didnt take out any of my other components and this would be the second time to rma. I just bought a 80 dollar mouse which i love the razer copperhead but i might return it and get a new mb. So what should i do from here. I can rma. How are the msi rma because my last rma was with zipzoomfly. Has anybody ever had this problem? Thanks for responding and looking.
