- Dec 5, 2015
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Hi!
Well, first of all, I think I must say..this is going to be long, but I need some advice ASAP, so please bear with me.
Okay, so these are my specifications:
AMD FX 6300 processor
Gigabyte GA-LMT78-S2 Motherboard
MSI Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 Gaming 100 ME 2GB GDDR5 Graphics card (Green LED)
2x Corsair Vengeance 1600 Mhz 4GB RAM sticks (down-clocked to 1333 Mhz due to my mobo)
1x Generic 7200 RPM 500GB SATA HDD (OS is installed here, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit)
1x Seagate 7200 RPM 1TB SATA HDD
1x Seagate 7200 RPM 320GB SATA HDD (Brand new, couldn't get a chance to run even once)
1x LG DVD/RW Optical Drive with M-Disc
2x 80 mm Fans (generic)
1x CoolerMaster SickleFlow 80 mm Fan (Blue LED)
*GENERIC 450 Watt PSU* (Intex Brand, never paid much attention to PSUs as such)
So, I decided to add another HDD (^The 320 GB SATA HDD) yesterday, and I opened up my PC, to check where I can put my new HDD. Until I opened it up, it was running fine. I was able to play the most demanding games (Syndicate, B-Ops3 etc) and do other regular stuff, no problem (I always monitor the heat levels of my PC, and all of them were normal, ~ 50-60 degrees) However, after I got my new HDD, hooked it up and tried to power the machine on, it wouldn't switch on. I gave it 3 tries. Every time I heard a very mild spark, the LED of my fan and my GPU would turn on for a brief moment (say 10 milliseconds) and then turn off. No sparks, nothing after that, until the third time when I saw smoke coming out of my PSU. So, now I am very much...concerned that I probably damaged my motherboard and or other components along with the PSU. I really don't want to change any parts (apart from the PSU of course, now I have learnt a lesson ;_; ) because they are hardly 2 months old.
Still, before spending on anything new, I want to make sure that my other parts are safe, and safe to use. So is there anyway I can do this? Any sort of idesa/tutorial link/help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Anindya.
Well, first of all, I think I must say..this is going to be long, but I need some advice ASAP, so please bear with me.
Okay, so these are my specifications:
AMD FX 6300 processor
Gigabyte GA-LMT78-S2 Motherboard
MSI Nvidia Geforce GTX 960 Gaming 100 ME 2GB GDDR5 Graphics card (Green LED)
2x Corsair Vengeance 1600 Mhz 4GB RAM sticks (down-clocked to 1333 Mhz due to my mobo)
1x Generic 7200 RPM 500GB SATA HDD (OS is installed here, Windows 10 Pro 64 bit)
1x Seagate 7200 RPM 1TB SATA HDD
1x Seagate 7200 RPM 320GB SATA HDD (Brand new, couldn't get a chance to run even once)
1x LG DVD/RW Optical Drive with M-Disc
2x 80 mm Fans (generic)
1x CoolerMaster SickleFlow 80 mm Fan (Blue LED)
*GENERIC 450 Watt PSU* (Intex Brand, never paid much attention to PSUs as such)
So, I decided to add another HDD (^The 320 GB SATA HDD) yesterday, and I opened up my PC, to check where I can put my new HDD. Until I opened it up, it was running fine. I was able to play the most demanding games (Syndicate, B-Ops3 etc) and do other regular stuff, no problem (I always monitor the heat levels of my PC, and all of them were normal, ~ 50-60 degrees) However, after I got my new HDD, hooked it up and tried to power the machine on, it wouldn't switch on. I gave it 3 tries. Every time I heard a very mild spark, the LED of my fan and my GPU would turn on for a brief moment (say 10 milliseconds) and then turn off. No sparks, nothing after that, until the third time when I saw smoke coming out of my PSU. So, now I am very much...concerned that I probably damaged my motherboard and or other components along with the PSU. I really don't want to change any parts (apart from the PSU of course, now I have learnt a lesson ;_; ) because they are hardly 2 months old.
Still, before spending on anything new, I want to make sure that my other parts are safe, and safe to use. So is there anyway I can do this? Any sort of idesa/tutorial link/help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Anindya.
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