Hello guys. The eVGA forums were not very helpful and I can't get any good responses, so I came to the experts.
I got all new parts for a new system and me and my friend put it together. The mobo and processor (e6600) was purchased at Fry's because they had a deal that if you purchased the two, it was about $60 cheaper than Newegg at the time.
On boot we got no post and a "--" error code on the mobo. That code wasn't listed in the manual but after some research I found it was caused by the backplate of the Tuniq Tower 120 people recommended from another forum was shorting out a circuit. The way people solved it was by putting on 1/8" nylon washers in between each of the four corners. The spacers don't come with it and so I was screwed, I had to rip it off by heating up the glue on the back with a blow dryer. The backplate is unusable now without getting some new adhesive. I decided to put the stock heatsink on.
I plugged everything back in correctly and I went to boot it up and to my surprise...it posted! Unfortunately, a horror occurred three seconds after. It shut off.
I didn't know what was wrong but something smelled like burning. Probably stupid of me but I turned it back on anyways - SMOKE EVERYWARE! Not just a little smoke, A TON OF SMOKE! Something was frying hardcore. Funny thing is I saw the boot screen appear for about two seconds before it shut off from the heat. I unplugged it again and took out my video card and my memory and booted again out of curiosity because I figured my mobo was already ****ed anyways. This time it seemed like the smoke was coming out around the bottom of the board near my X-Fi but it's possible it had nothing to do with it. Every component I took out looked fine on the bottom like my ram and video card, even my X-Fi. Anyways, I've never had so much smoke in my house.
Everything else about the board, aside from the frying, seemed to be functioning fine. Anyways, I got it from Fry's and I was able to exchange that and the processor for new ones. I just pray these work and it was just something damaged on my mobo from a crushed capacitor or something. Oh, and on the top of the mobo, it looked absolutely normal, it took me a while to find what burned, which was something on the back. It was about the size of a dime and it was burned and if I wiped away the ash it looked like copper. I don't remember where it was anymore, though.
Anyways, I got my replacement mobo and processor and I guess my question to you guys is what are the chances I fried my memory and 8800GTX or HDD? I don't really care about the X-Fi. I just pray everything else is okay
.
And can any of this be related to my PSU and could that be damaged?
I'm putting this together again tomorrow when my friend comes over to help me. Really need to know the likely hood that other components got damaged. Also, if they are damaged, will it hurt my new mobo when I test them, or will they just not work?
Thanks.
I got all new parts for a new system and me and my friend put it together. The mobo and processor (e6600) was purchased at Fry's because they had a deal that if you purchased the two, it was about $60 cheaper than Newegg at the time.
On boot we got no post and a "--" error code on the mobo. That code wasn't listed in the manual but after some research I found it was caused by the backplate of the Tuniq Tower 120 people recommended from another forum was shorting out a circuit. The way people solved it was by putting on 1/8" nylon washers in between each of the four corners. The spacers don't come with it and so I was screwed, I had to rip it off by heating up the glue on the back with a blow dryer. The backplate is unusable now without getting some new adhesive. I decided to put the stock heatsink on.
I plugged everything back in correctly and I went to boot it up and to my surprise...it posted! Unfortunately, a horror occurred three seconds after. It shut off.
I didn't know what was wrong but something smelled like burning. Probably stupid of me but I turned it back on anyways - SMOKE EVERYWARE! Not just a little smoke, A TON OF SMOKE! Something was frying hardcore. Funny thing is I saw the boot screen appear for about two seconds before it shut off from the heat. I unplugged it again and took out my video card and my memory and booted again out of curiosity because I figured my mobo was already ****ed anyways. This time it seemed like the smoke was coming out around the bottom of the board near my X-Fi but it's possible it had nothing to do with it. Every component I took out looked fine on the bottom like my ram and video card, even my X-Fi. Anyways, I've never had so much smoke in my house.
Everything else about the board, aside from the frying, seemed to be functioning fine. Anyways, I got it from Fry's and I was able to exchange that and the processor for new ones. I just pray these work and it was just something damaged on my mobo from a crushed capacitor or something. Oh, and on the top of the mobo, it looked absolutely normal, it took me a while to find what burned, which was something on the back. It was about the size of a dime and it was burned and if I wiped away the ash it looked like copper. I don't remember where it was anymore, though.
Anyways, I got my replacement mobo and processor and I guess my question to you guys is what are the chances I fried my memory and 8800GTX or HDD? I don't really care about the X-Fi. I just pray everything else is okay
.And can any of this be related to my PSU and could that be damaged?
I'm putting this together again tomorrow when my friend comes over to help me. Really need to know the likely hood that other components got damaged. Also, if they are damaged, will it hurt my new mobo when I test them, or will they just not work?
Thanks.
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