- Oct 28, 2015
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So I posted this to systems, but I believe this post belongs here more instead. My apologies for the double post, I'm new to posting on TH.
So I have a bit of an interesting issue that I can't quite figure out how to go about solving. It involves some background story, but I'll try to tl;dr as much as possible.
A week ago I ordered a Bitfenix Fan controller and a LG slimline DVD laptop drive for a 5.25 SSD hotswap bay adapter with slim ODD slot. I went to install the fan controller, and got it working just fine, but checked my temps and I was running over 90*c on my CPU idling. I removed the fan controller and chalked it up to being a cheap piece of shit.
A couple days ago, I installed the DVD drive and upon first bootup, it popped, fizzled, and smoked. Completely fried. Again, chalked it up to being a cheap piece of shit, RMA'd that sucker and got a new one in yesterday. Installed that last night, and the exact same thing happened. Pop, fizzle, smoke, and that wonderful smell of electronic components burning.
I'm now convinced there's a much deeper issue with my rig that's causing these issues. The previous DVD drive (standard 5.25" dvd drive) I had in there had no issue; it worked just fine.
Is this an overvolting issue with my PSU?
A short somewhere in my rig?
Are laptop drives grounded differently than standard drives?
Please save my wallet so I can stop wasting money on drives I'm blowing up.
My rig is less than 1 year old. I built it last december. Specs are as follows (may be corrected after I get home from work, doing this off memory):
Intel i7 4.0ghz
Nvidia GTX 970
Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 LGA 1150 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 1000w Gold Standard PSU
16g memory
Samsung 125gb SSD
WD 1Tb HDD
Edit: Updated PSU brand.
So I have a bit of an interesting issue that I can't quite figure out how to go about solving. It involves some background story, but I'll try to tl;dr as much as possible.
A week ago I ordered a Bitfenix Fan controller and a LG slimline DVD laptop drive for a 5.25 SSD hotswap bay adapter with slim ODD slot. I went to install the fan controller, and got it working just fine, but checked my temps and I was running over 90*c on my CPU idling. I removed the fan controller and chalked it up to being a cheap piece of shit.
A couple days ago, I installed the DVD drive and upon first bootup, it popped, fizzled, and smoked. Completely fried. Again, chalked it up to being a cheap piece of shit, RMA'd that sucker and got a new one in yesterday. Installed that last night, and the exact same thing happened. Pop, fizzle, smoke, and that wonderful smell of electronic components burning.
I'm now convinced there's a much deeper issue with my rig that's causing these issues. The previous DVD drive (standard 5.25" dvd drive) I had in there had no issue; it worked just fine.
Is this an overvolting issue with my PSU?
A short somewhere in my rig?
Are laptop drives grounded differently than standard drives?
Please save my wallet so I can stop wasting money on drives I'm blowing up.
My rig is less than 1 year old. I built it last december. Specs are as follows (may be corrected after I get home from work, doing this off memory):
Intel i7 4.0ghz
Nvidia GTX 970
Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 LGA 1150 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA 1000w Gold Standard PSU
16g memory
Samsung 125gb SSD
WD 1Tb HDD
Edit: Updated PSU brand.
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