Hi there. I hope you'll go easy on me, this is my first time building a PC and I'm not all that technologically inclined.
I just started up my new build for the first time after many months of gathering parts on a shoestring budget. Hooked it all up, pressed the power button, and absolutely nothing happened. No beeping, no LEDS (which makes me think I futzed up the F-panel connections somehow) and no signs of life. But a few minutes later, the whole thing starts smoking from both the back and the front. Me in my infinite wisdom, I didn't have the case open, so I have no idea where the smoke was coming from. There is a bit of melted plastic on the side of the motherboard, but not on or near any ports or connectors, but no other evidence.
There WAS a loose screw hanging out beneath the motherboard, could that have been the culprit? Or is a faulty PSU more likely? It could easily have been the f-panel, too, because for whatever reason the connectors that came with the old case I'm using aren't colour-coded, and they're quite a bit bigger than most of what I've seen online.
My specs are as follows:
Intel i5-6400 processor
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Gigabyte GA-H110M-A
EVGA 430 W1 PSU
and 8gb of whatever RAM came with my last computer, the case as well. Kind of ran out of money at that point.
I know I'm not making a great case for myself here, and provided that the CPU is intact I'm probably just going to hope to get the PSU and mobo replaced and leave all the installation to an expert next time, but I'd really like to know where I went wrong.
I just started up my new build for the first time after many months of gathering parts on a shoestring budget. Hooked it all up, pressed the power button, and absolutely nothing happened. No beeping, no LEDS (which makes me think I futzed up the F-panel connections somehow) and no signs of life. But a few minutes later, the whole thing starts smoking from both the back and the front. Me in my infinite wisdom, I didn't have the case open, so I have no idea where the smoke was coming from. There is a bit of melted plastic on the side of the motherboard, but not on or near any ports or connectors, but no other evidence.
There WAS a loose screw hanging out beneath the motherboard, could that have been the culprit? Or is a faulty PSU more likely? It could easily have been the f-panel, too, because for whatever reason the connectors that came with the old case I'm using aren't colour-coded, and they're quite a bit bigger than most of what I've seen online.
My specs are as follows:
Intel i5-6400 processor
GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Gigabyte GA-H110M-A
EVGA 430 W1 PSU
and 8gb of whatever RAM came with my last computer, the case as well. Kind of ran out of money at that point.
I know I'm not making a great case for myself here, and provided that the CPU is intact I'm probably just going to hope to get the PSU and mobo replaced and leave all the installation to an expert next time, but I'd really like to know where I went wrong.
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