Hi there,
I was putting together a build for my brother-in-law from my old parts...
I put these components in:
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro mobo
4x256 kingston value ram
P4 3.2 northwood
7600 GS gfx card - xfx
ROM
Into a cheapo case...
with a cheapo power supply (that had been working with the above set up for about a year in an old case)
So I turn it on... NOTHING.
I look in the case - only a yellow LED in the corner of the motherboard is lit.
I read stuff online - it says to reset the CMOS and maybe that'll help.
I take out the battery for 2 mins, then replace it.
I turn it on again.
SMOKE!!! FLAME!!! I really can't believe it - the damn thing sparked on me...
I hadn't O/C'd or anything.
Now - none of these items are still in warranty, so what do you think I should do? Do I change the mobo, or assume that it has fried everything else too (CPU, GFX, memory)???
Or do I just redo from start...
I do not know how or why it did this either - this was the third system I've put together and the others have really not done much smoking...
I'd be mortified if this was a brand new setup, but I'm not so worried as this was an OLD PARTS system...
Your wise words much appreciated!
Gear
I was putting together a build for my brother-in-law from my old parts...
I put these components in:
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro mobo
4x256 kingston value ram
P4 3.2 northwood
7600 GS gfx card - xfx
ROM
Into a cheapo case...
with a cheapo power supply (that had been working with the above set up for about a year in an old case)
So I turn it on... NOTHING.
I look in the case - only a yellow LED in the corner of the motherboard is lit.
I read stuff online - it says to reset the CMOS and maybe that'll help.
I take out the battery for 2 mins, then replace it.
I turn it on again.
SMOKE!!! FLAME!!! I really can't believe it - the damn thing sparked on me...
I hadn't O/C'd or anything.
Now - none of these items are still in warranty, so what do you think I should do? Do I change the mobo, or assume that it has fried everything else too (CPU, GFX, memory)???
Or do I just redo from start...
I do not know how or why it did this either - this was the third system I've put together and the others have really not done much smoking...
I'd be mortified if this was a brand new setup, but I'm not so worried as this was an OLD PARTS system...
Your wise words much appreciated!
Gear