Computer smoke

[acidraign]

Hello,
i bought everything new. asus crosshair mobo and a 1090t. put the cpu on the mobo and then the fan on top of the cpu. I was told the paste was already on the cpu. long story short i hook it up the psu and in the area i believe it was cpu there was a spark and then smoke started occuring. of course. i pull the plug, take the fan off and attached to the bottom of the fan is the cpu. Put everything back and then everything work and installed the OS. Is there a need to send all the parts back?

 

[rolli59]

Did you lock the CPU in the socket?
How many pins did you burn off?
Are you the luckiest home builder in the world?
Did you see any physical damage?

 

[jsc]

Actually, the paste will be on the heatsink.

Agree with rolli. You must be very lucky. It is very unusual for any kind of electronics to work after the magic smoke escapes.

 

[acidraign]

actually there was no looks of anything to be burned or anything. For this being my first computer build by myself it really bummed me out making me believe i fucked up. I decided to return the cpu and mobo to amazon anyways just to make sure everything works properly anyways. Is there anyway to test your cpu and mobo to make sure everything works properly on it?

 

[teaser]

Yes there is a way to test....You have to breadboard the system....Essentially building the system outside of the case.