Smoke came out from pc

Sesa_kamal · Jun 9, 2014

After finishing building up my pc, smoke started to come out from the cpu area I immediately switched off the power, as smoke was coming out the all the pc fans kept working including the cpu fan

Here is my Build

Msi Z97 Gaming 5

Intel I5-4670K

Kingstion 8GB ram

and Corsair CX750M

woltej1 · Jun 9, 2014

does it still work?

Sesa_kamal · Jun 9, 2014

didn`t try to check that

woltej1 · Jun 9, 2014

well why did you post here then? Either take the cpu out and check for anything causing it or see if it still works. If the smoke was electronic then something is already shot, letting it sit won't fix anything.

redgarl · Jun 9, 2014

I would suspect your power supply or your motherboard. Unfortunately, you might have to turn it on again for finding what component is problematic.

It could also be a fan that died. Think about simple things related to power. Do you have a water cooling AIO heatsink?

Sesa_kamal · Jun 9, 2014

After gathering enough courage i turned it on and it worked wonderfully it appears that one of the fans stopped working and its the one that caused all the smoke thank guys for the help

mbarnes86 · Jun 9, 2014

Hi

You are going to have to examine motherboard for signs of burning
To do this you are going to have to remove the motherboard from case

Remove gpu, leave 1 stick of ram, CPU & heat sink / fan
Connect screen to integrated intel graphics
Connect psu, keyboard

Check heat sink is properly installed especially if using default pushpin mountings

Check you do not have brass mounting pillars in wrong location under motherboard

You have had a lucky escape with only fan burning, was this connected to motherboard or the psu?

Best of luck
Mike Barnes

Sesa_kamal · Jun 9, 2014

the fan was connected to the motherboard , the heat sink is placed properly and i didn`t use the mounting pillars i directly screwed the MB to the case

mbarnes86 · Jun 9, 2014

Hi

What case was that?
Most use pillars , a few have bumps at the location where pillars go

I am glad the smoke did not signal a serious problem many people are not so lucky

Regards
Mike Barnes

Sesa_kamal · Jun 9, 2014

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