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RYanMills1525   08-06-2009 at 12:27:13 PM

Just built a new comp and had everything running smoothly for about 5 days, i went to install Call Of Duty WaW and my comp just shut off. Went to go turn it on and it will not power on. Did the paperclip test with my PSU and that powered on. But when i plug the 24 pin back into the mobo i get nothing. What could have happened? Is my mobo dead?


Mobo- GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard

CPU- AMD 550 Black Edition

PSU- Corsair 650w

Memory- Gskill 1333

Video Card- EVGA GTX 260 Superclocked

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RYanMills1525   08-06-2009 at 02:46:49 PM

other power supply did not work, and when i got kinda close to the mobo i can smell burning plastic

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Silver Motherboards badge bilbat   08-06-2009 at 07:07:16 PM

The burned smell is bad news; always possible to have gotten a bad MOBO, but the number one cause of this problem is having a MOBO mounting standoff in an incorrect position; carefully check that there is a corresponding mounting hole in each spot you have a standoff istalled at, or you'll cook your replacement as well. Technically, this is not an RMA'able problem - but they may allow it anyway...

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