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I just built a new system (A8V motherboard, athlon 3400, 2 gigs ram)
and put in a new 420 watt power supply. (diablotek ATX)
The system works fine, but when I power down and don't turn off the
power switch on the power supply, I get a weird smell after a few
minutes, as if something was overheating. I can't feel anything
giving off heat (but it might be inside the power supply). So, for the
time being, I just turn off the power switch after system shutdown.
Everything works great while running, but this problem has me worried.
I think I hooked everything up ok, but my guess is that I did
something wrong and it's drawing too much 12v power while off. I don't
have a meter to test this, so I'm only guessing.
I did turn off "wake on LAN" in the Bios, but that made no difference.
Anyone have any idea what is going on here?
Thanks!
Chris
I just built a new system (A8V motherboard, athlon 3400, 2 gigs ram)
and put in a new 420 watt power supply. (diablotek ATX)
The system works fine, but when I power down and don't turn off the
power switch on the power supply, I get a weird smell after a few
minutes, as if something was overheating. I can't feel anything
giving off heat (but it might be inside the power supply). So, for the
time being, I just turn off the power switch after system shutdown.
Everything works great while running, but this problem has me worried.
I think I hooked everything up ok, but my guess is that I did
something wrong and it's drawing too much 12v power while off. I don't
have a meter to test this, so I'm only guessing.
I did turn off "wake on LAN" in the Bios, but that made no difference.
Anyone have any idea what is going on here?
Thanks!
Chris