Background: My buddy has one of these (https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03349236 )
Last March I put in a new graphics card (https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/R4770_Cyclone.html ) for him along with a new power supply (https://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=100-N1-0400-L1).
A month ago the power supply craps out. After a month of arguing with EVGA (they refused to honor the warranty), my buddy says screw it and we get a new one (https://seasonic.com/product/s12ii-520/).
Put the new power supply in and hit the power button. Nothing. So I go to the store, grab a 2032 CMOS (same kind already in there), and pop it in. The PC turns on but part of the motherboard briefly catches fire in the half-second it takes me to cut the power (https://i.imgur.com/YJbqYQF.jpg; potato quality, sorry my crappy phone is all I have for pictures).
The smell of burnt metal is a great deterrent from turning it on again and I need some advice on where to go from here.
I am very much an amateur here and have no idea what caused this or if the motherboard is fixable (by us or by taking it somewhere) or if he needs a new one. His budget is too tight to build a new unit and EVGA yanking us around did not help either.
Last March I put in a new graphics card (https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/R4770_Cyclone.html ) for him along with a new power supply (https://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=100-N1-0400-L1).
A month ago the power supply craps out. After a month of arguing with EVGA (they refused to honor the warranty), my buddy says screw it and we get a new one (https://seasonic.com/product/s12ii-520/).
Put the new power supply in and hit the power button. Nothing. So I go to the store, grab a 2032 CMOS (same kind already in there), and pop it in. The PC turns on but part of the motherboard briefly catches fire in the half-second it takes me to cut the power (https://i.imgur.com/YJbqYQF.jpg; potato quality, sorry my crappy phone is all I have for pictures).
The smell of burnt metal is a great deterrent from turning it on again and I need some advice on where to go from here.
I am very much an amateur here and have no idea what caused this or if the motherboard is fixable (by us or by taking it somewhere) or if he needs a new one. His budget is too tight to build a new unit and EVGA yanking us around did not help either.
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