Heya guys,
Below is the steps I took installing my new Motherboard, I want to know if anything I did in this process could have caused enough static electricity to fried my motherboard on start up...
A few things I want to clear up straight away...
1. No Carpet in my house.
2. PC was worked on, on a wooden table, the PC was laying on a towel which was spread across the table.
3. I had no static bands on, I was wearing shorts with bare feet.
Firstly I unplugged everything from my tower and carried my case to the living room (about 10 meters, crossing from tiles to cement to tiles and up 2 stairs) and placed the tower on the table I had mentioned in 2.
I went about taking out each component piece by piece and laid them on the kitchen bench, once all components were removed I dismantled the case and removed the fans for cleaning, each piece was taken out the back of my house and sprayed with an air compressor to remove any dust that had built up. After each piece of the HAF X was cleaned I put them all back together and placed the fans back in the same positions.
After this I installed the motherboard first, I took it straight from the static bag and placed it in the case then screwed it down to the pins which were in the same location as my previous motherboard (as it was 1 model up), after that I required the assistance of my father who helped put the CPU cooler on, he held the back plate to the motherboard as I screwed the CPU fan back on. After that I put each component back in (as I had done in the past).
I then carried my tower back to my wall mount (my case is wall mounted) and plugged everything back in as I normally would. Upon bootup a small puff of smoke shot out the top of my motherboard and went straight up and out the 2 120mm fans. I could immediately smell smoke and shut everything off straight away, the pictures attached show damage I had noticed on the board.
I have recently purchased a new motherboard and will be installing it this week, I have also purchased static wristbands for both myself and my father to prevent anything from occurring gain, is there anything I should be aware of this time I do the install??
Below is the steps I took installing my new Motherboard, I want to know if anything I did in this process could have caused enough static electricity to fried my motherboard on start up...
A few things I want to clear up straight away...
1. No Carpet in my house.
2. PC was worked on, on a wooden table, the PC was laying on a towel which was spread across the table.
3. I had no static bands on, I was wearing shorts with bare feet.
Firstly I unplugged everything from my tower and carried my case to the living room (about 10 meters, crossing from tiles to cement to tiles and up 2 stairs) and placed the tower on the table I had mentioned in 2.
I went about taking out each component piece by piece and laid them on the kitchen bench, once all components were removed I dismantled the case and removed the fans for cleaning, each piece was taken out the back of my house and sprayed with an air compressor to remove any dust that had built up. After each piece of the HAF X was cleaned I put them all back together and placed the fans back in the same positions.
After this I installed the motherboard first, I took it straight from the static bag and placed it in the case then screwed it down to the pins which were in the same location as my previous motherboard (as it was 1 model up), after that I required the assistance of my father who helped put the CPU cooler on, he held the back plate to the motherboard as I screwed the CPU fan back on. After that I put each component back in (as I had done in the past).
I then carried my tower back to my wall mount (my case is wall mounted) and plugged everything back in as I normally would. Upon bootup a small puff of smoke shot out the top of my motherboard and went straight up and out the 2 120mm fans. I could immediately smell smoke and shut everything off straight away, the pictures attached show damage I had noticed on the board.
I have recently purchased a new motherboard and will be installing it this week, I have also purchased static wristbands for both myself and my father to prevent anything from occurring gain, is there anything I should be aware of this time I do the install??
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