hi, i got all my hardwares today and installed it. when i turned on the pc for the first time a tiny smoke came out for like 1 second above the RAM. i think it was from fan power thingy...everything else is working except the fan that came with the processor....what should i do??? do i need to return the motherbooard and cpu or just one? help. what do u think went wrong? was it my power supply which cost like 16 bucks? it says it supports 580w.
hi, i got all my hardwares today and installed it. when i turned on the pc for the first time a tiny smoke came out for like 1 second above the RAM. i think it was from fan power thingy...everything else is working except the fan that came with the processor....what should i do??? do i need to return the motherbooard and cpu or just one? help. what do u think went wrong? was it my power supply which cost like 16 bucks? it says it supports 580w. KrnDuDe
A 16$ 500w psu = yea thats gonna crap out on you. Just get a decent psu and a new fan cause it seemed it crapped out.
[QUOTE="KrnDuDe"]um fan has 4 pin so where do i put it...?thanks yes everything is workgin except the fan. KrnDuDe
The fourth pin isn't really needed. There should be a little extra space on the connector so it fits right on there just like a 3-pin connector.
r u talkgin about the system fan ?? sry im noob
wow....i put it in the other pin and it started spinning!!! im still worried tho...because the smoke came out first time when i turned it on. wat do u thing i should do? thans for the helpp
yes it happened really quick about 1 second. i ono wth is wrong with it its working now but do u think i should get a new psuKrnDuDe
Yea get a new psu. Any FSP, ThermalTake, OCZ, Corsair, Xclio, etc are good and remember! Wattage means almost nothing! a 350w psu could run a 8800GTS with enough +12v amps! Its the +12v amps that are the main thing! Just make sure if you have a card higher than a 7900 / X1950 get a 400w+. For a 8800GTS you will need 28 - 36a on the combined +12v rails. Usually PSU's with four +12v rails will handle any card as long as two of them have 18a and the rest have 16a thats still a great psu. I have the ThermalTake Toughpower 750w it has enough power to SLi 8800GTX's but whats your budget on a psu cause it was 170$ for me :P
yes it happened really quick about 1 second. i ono wth is wrong with it its working now but do u think i should get a new psuKrnDuDe
I doubt you need one for this problem, but I wouldn't trust my rig on a $16 power supply. What probably happened was a piece of plastic had chipped off the fan connector or something, and cause a short.
The smoke could have come from just about anything. Maybe its the cheap $16 power supply, steam from a drop of sweat, rubber, silicon, etc.
I recommend getting something better than a $16 PSU... really... I suggest getting a PC power and cooling before OCZ asimilates them. The PSU that I got was just screaming quality... I haven't actually used it yet but its very heavy, really good paint job, the metal covers aren't flimsy or lose, etc.
It sounds like it was PROBABLY a short created by connecting the wrong pin. If everything is working fine now, don't worry about it.. you may have gotten lucky and not actually fried anything. Just keep an eye on it and don't leave it on when you leave for the next week.
thanks for the advice guys. i think only cpu fan connector got fried...because fan works when i put it in system fan connector, thank god lol. imgoing to order better psu tmr.
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