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Solve : Think I fried my Mobo Need some advice?

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Ok, so I have a 4CoreDX90-VSTA mobo. It had:

P4 3.0ghz
2gb G.skill ddr400
750gb Seagate SATA
250 IDE
160 IDE
Raidmax RX-500 PSU
NVIDIA 7800GTX 256


And I was upgrading:

NVIDIA GTX 260
ENERMAX EG565P-VE


So here is what I did. I wired it all up, had to re-arrange my hard drives since this new gfx card is huge. I was upgrading my PSU to meet the video card requirements. Anyway, I get it all plugged in, set it up and push the button. The light on the FRONT of my computer lit up, but no noise, nothing. Tried to turn it on/off couple times nothing so I opened it up again and I realized I put the wrong power cord into the cpu power slot. For some REASON, the "NOT FOR CPU" plug fits in the CPU plug. And the Motherboard power, and the NOT FOR CPU power cords are banded together. And the CPU cords were seperate and there were two (dual cpu mobo?) so i thought they were for 4 pin PCI-E power. My GFX uses the dual 6pin.

Anyway, After I unplug the cpu cord, being a trouble shooter, I pushed the power button again, and it all starts up!!! Not sure if the CPU fan turned on, but the PSU for sure and the GFX card fan I believe as well. I instantly noticed a funny smell, looked inside my case and I see a glowing amber colored light that increased in brightness fairly quick. This 'led' was on a chip and It took me only a SECOND to realize this was not right so I held the front power button down, five or six seconds later it shuts off and there is a terrible stinch in my kitchen. Oh, and also one of my ram chips wasn't plugged in correctly.

So anyway, I have a picture of the keypoints of what I talked about. And this is what I would like to know:

Is there a chance i've friend anything besides my mobo? I assume it was 'overcharged' and when unplugged somehow turned on. Regardless, i'm going to buy a new mobo, this of course depends on the condition of my cpu wether i need a new one. I was thinkin of buying a core2. I'm not here for purchase advice, I just want to know what else I might have damaged in case the new mobo doesn't work. Thanks.


[Saving space - attachment deleted by admin]when you say CPU cord, do you mean the AC input?

If the NOT FOR CPU plug fits in the CPU socket- that is why they labelled it NOT FOR CPU.



Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 29, 2008, 09:50:07 PM

when you say CPU cord, do you mean the AC input?
No. I mean the cpu power cord. You know... The one that powers the cpu/fan?

Quote from: BC_Programmer on September 29, 2008, 09:50:07 PM

If the NOT FOR CPU plug fits in the CPU socket- that is why they labelled it NOT FOR CPU.

OHHH Really? HMM. I didn't know that is what, "NOT FOR CPU" meant! You learn a bit of english every day don't ya!.....

Did you even read my question? I clearly stated i'm not here for help on why I screwed up. I'm asking for advice on what else I might be needing to replace. I was explicitly detailed to avoid pointless replies like yours. I'm not retarded, and I realize that they put that label on the for precautionary measures. And its not supposed to FIT, the shape of the connector is reversed, but for some reason it slips in without any trouble.

So, Since you obviously didn't read the last paragraph. Here it is again:

"So anyway, I have a picture of the keypoints of what I talked about. And this is what I would like to know:

Is there a chance i've friend anything besides my mobo? I assume it was 'overcharged' and when unplugged somehow turned on. Regardless, i'm going to buy a new mobo, this of course depends on the condition of my cpu wether i need a new one. I was thinkin of buying a core2. I'm not here for purchase advice, I just want to know what else I might have damaged in case the new mobo doesn't work. Thanks."

I hope someone with a little real knowledge in hardware replies. Otherwise let this die and i'll gladly find out and see for myself.In this instance- I'd say the CPU fried, probably got the wrong voltages and so FORTH. On the other hand, the mobo might have taken the brunt of the blow through the VRMs(which might have been the component emitting light), and failed at that point, leaving the CPU unscathed.


FOr the most part, the CPU and Motherboard are likely the two you'd need to replace first, in that order. After that, it's possible the memory failed as well.

Add-in cards should be good- in all cases where I've had a motherboard failure (alright, it was once, and with a 286 almost 10 yrs ago), all the cards installed worked just fine when installed in another computer.


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