fried components

I built a new computer a while back with a Ryzen 7 3800x 32 gb ddr4 (16x2) Gigabyte B550I Aorus pro AX motherboard Gigabyte RTX 3060 12gb EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GM, 80 Plus Gold 550W PSU Evga CLC 120mm aio And 1tb NVMe SSD and a 1tb standard SSD All crammed into a Hyte Revolt 3. The computer was...

Hello, My pc recently fully stopped working out of the blue. When trying to start it up, nothing happens (No fans, no lights, no sound, nothing). Here is what I've tried: - Tried to start the pc directly using a screwdriver, result: nothing happened - Hooked a wire in the 24-pin connector from...

Hello, I was building a new PC with my old PC components with a new case+motherboard. So naturally I had to reinstall the motherboard into the case. I screwed the motherboard on directly to the case, which killed the motherboard. Before it totally died, the system was working totally fine...

Hello, I am new here so if I posted this in the wrong spot, my bad. I built my PC about a year and a half ago and forgot to the take plastic off of the CPU cooler heat pipes that touch the CPU. Rookie mistake, I know. The CPU was hitting 100 Celsius almost daily and I thought I needed a new...

i have an acer aspire 7 a715 75g with core i5 9300h 8gb ddr4 and 1650ti one day i decided to open it up and replace thermal paste, i saw that it used thermal putty for the GPU VRAM chips, i didnt have any thermal putty nor pads. i didnt expect to see anything other than thermal paste in there...

ok so I did the rookie move by plugging in my old PSU cables into my new PSU, only just found out ur are not meant to do that. however my pc still works but my HDD is fried, which is no problem for me as I can get a new one and re-download the stuff. the problem I have is that it seems that the...

So I learned it the hard way using non model-specific modular cables for PSUs could kill your components. What I really want to know is if my SSDs are still safe or can be recovered. Here's the brief story. While replacing my old PSU (Corsair cx850) to a new one (EVGA supernova 1000w) I kept...

Wrong hardware mb My brother started putting cloth cover to his PC, I have always told him that it could fry his components. Now his complaining his PC wont turn on. Told him instead of crying start troubleshooting it, try to find the problem. So far he has told me PSU clip test worked all the...

Hi. So basically the same old problem, I don't even know how this mistake just slipped past me but I have plugged the floppy disk cable into one of the sys_fans port. I have a Gigabyte X470 mobo with a seasonic PSU. Got 3 custom fans installed on my pc and those 3 are connected to a controller...

Hello everyone, 2nd time posting here, I am very desperate. Been looking for a solution for a while now. I was given an old ES1-521-48YQ Acer laptop not so long ago. I bought a new SSD and new RAM for it. I have had quite some challenge with it. After a few attempts at installing the SSD and...

I recently got a computer handed down to me. I’ve been gaming on it for over 3 months now and had no issues. Recently, I decided that I would move it to a different country because I was very pleased with the performance. To see if it would fit in a suitcase, I disassembled the PC completely...

I have a i9 10900K and MSI Z490 Gaming Plus, as the title indicates the CPU light on ezdebug lights up when I turn on my computer. When I turn on the computer the LED lights I have (and the debug led) will light up for a split second and my computer will immediately turn off. I’m going through...

Hi everyone, I'd like to know if there's a chance or shot at all in fixing a recently electrocuted (fried) GTX 1080 Turbo. The card doesn't display nor it is recognized in BIOS but the fans spin up and the lights turn on. Any suggestions or opinions would be helpful. Thank you.

I bought an HDD and decided to plug into my EVGA G3 Psu using the sata power cable from a EVGA GQ Psu, fried the HDD, dead. The motherboard I have is a Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 5. Now, I remove the SATA cable between my HDD and my mobo, and noticed the whole cord was fried out. I was supposed to...

So I bought an EVGA SC2 1080 Ti about 2 years ago. I started to notice problems with the graphics card at the beginning of 2020. These problems include my display randomly freezing for a few seconds and not being able to play games on high graphics settings. The problems got to a point where I...

Hello, in need of some help not really sure what just happened. Was playing black ops 3 zombies in 4K for the first time and everything seemed fine, all of a sudden my pc shut off and won’t turn back on. Opened up the case and my GPU is HOTTTT which is weird because it’s water cooled and...

Please I need urgent help. I was building my PC and thought my modular PSU was broken. I unplugged it and realized that the 8 pin I was using was wrong, so I used the right one. However I failed to realize that the 8-Pin that comes together with the 24-pin was supposed to be plugged into the...

Sorry in advance if this is in the wrong category, I really don't know if this is a more motherboard or GPU issue. I've been having a strange compatibility issue with my Asrock 970m Pro3 and a Firepro W4100. Upon my first attempt to post I was met with a five short beep code. Asrock says this...

Recently my computer crashed, not a bluescreen, just a straight crash. Wouldn't boot into windows so I fiddled with the interior a bit, and thankfully it booted again. However, upon booting into windows I was unable to hear basically anything. I changed my default devices around and could...

Hi guys Hope I am posting in the right place. So admittedly, I have been a bit stupid. My XPS was prone to overheating and a couple months back did some repasting and adding thermal pads to the vrms, a couple of days ago I noticed one of the pads had moved and was blocking the fan flow and...

Hey guys. I'm new to building PC from scratch, I have only upgraded parts before. Decided it was time to try to build one by myself. I plugged everything in and it seemed to work fine, except my screen was black, but fans were running and everything was cool. I have a 2070 Super and my PCU...

Hi, I recently got a new mainbaord, the Gigabyte Aorus Elite. It together with the RAM and my nvme arrived together today and l wanted to show off all of my RGB goodness to my dad. Convincing him that I knew what I was doing I only plugged in the 24 pin into the mainbaord thinking this would...

So I was gaming and within a second I had no video output and the pc restarted, but still no video output (GPU still received power, RGB was on but no fan spin). (No weird noises, no smoke, no smell) Using the integrated GPU of my CPU I managed to get into the bios and discovered that the system...

So lightning hit my house and now something is fried. Im thinking its motherboard or gpu. So I want to replace the gou to see if the system works. Is it safe to replace the gpu?

Hello, Today there was a lightning strike near my house. My computer was on and the monitors shut off right after the cracking noise. The computer remained running. I unplugged everything and after 20min plugged back in. Computer works but both monitors are saying "No signal detected". I...

Unfortunately I bought a MSI B450 Tomahawk Motherboard with a Ryzen 3600 and 16gb Hyperx 2666Mhz RAM, I quickly assembled it with my old parts which i used everyday in the past 4 years) so installed my Asus Geforce GTX 970 Direct CU II OC.(PSU: XFC 750 Pro Series 80+ Gold,Case: CM HAF 932 Case)...

I know, I know, if It's fried than there's nothing I can do. I was working on an old laptop and had to remove the heat sink and unplug the fan to service some of the parts. After putting the laptop back together, I started it up. The screen flickered, but then turned off. I opened the laptop...

Hey. I'm asking for a friend. He had a power outage the other day and now his PC wont turn on anymore. He removed the PSU and held down the power button to release any static in the components. That did not fix his problem. He also tested another PSU that was in another computer in his house...

So 2 Months ago i was sitting at home and my gaming pc was in sleep mode , suddenly i heard explosion coming from my pc , exactly from my psu 400w without any sticker that show which brand is , i replace the psu with cx 450 and install it in the motherboard , connect all the pins correctly and...

I am sorry for the bad formatting I am not familiar with the rules of the forum, but I have a problem. I was playing a game with my friend, I started smelling some fried circuitry smell, thought nothing of it and a couple of seconds after that my pc shutdown. When I tried rebooting it the power...

I have a prebuilt Inspiron 3847 from 2013 and I upgraded the processor from an i5 4440 to a i7 4790, added 2x8 sticks of ddr3 1600 MHz ram, put a new cpu cooler in, and a new power supply with some more storage. I have recently bought a H17 Versa Thermaltake windowless case to make it go...

In October I finished buying parts for my PC. I put it together and everything was fine. Then, after approximately 2 and a half months, while I was playing CS:GO, my screen went black, computer restarted and the screen said "No signal". I've tried the most recommended solutions (holding down...

Hi, I have been playing CSGO on my computer I built a year ago for quite a while, however, I opened it one time and when the game reaches the second loading screen I suddenly start getting under 1 FPS and I cant even navigate the menus to get myself in a game. Task manager tells me that...