smell

Turned on my pc for the first time in a couple of weeks and it started to smell weird.I noticed the smell even when the pc was turned off for days.

Hey, so I built my first ever gaming pc 2 weeks ago and everything is great so far loving the performance I get and everything is perfect but there is one issue my pc smells like something is burning like it's not straight up burnt but it smells like melting plastic or something like that. Ive...

The laptop that I’ve had for about 8 months emits a very electronic smell. The smell comes from the whole laptop but it is very noticable when I smell over the keyboard. It don’t think it’s a plastic like smell but very electronic like. I’m worried that kind of smell is dangerous for health and...

Hi. I just bought an Aerocool Advanced Technologies Cylon 700w Full Range 700w Black Power Supply. I have not installed it yet, I have not even connected it to the electrical network. but when I take it out of the box and remove the nylon, I smell like burning ... I don't know if it will be...

Hi I recently got a new Forza NT-1011 UPS: https://www.forzaups.com/products/internal/NT-1011-eng Now, I've never used a UPS until now so I followed the instructions that are in the manual, pretty much just plug in the UPS to the outlet and leave it charging without anything plugged in to it for...

PSU: 650w Corsair CX650F RGB (80+ Bronze) GPU: Acer OEM 1060 6GB (blower style, if you wondered) CPU: i7-8700 MB: B365M PRO-VDH I had some cheap Thermaltake 80+ White PSU unit and I was worried something could happen to my PC from it considering its age/price. I purchased a 650w Corsair...

I built a new PC around 2 months ago and when I built it initially there was a burning smell when it was installing Windows so I turned it off. I checked all the Modular PSU cables and all seemed firmly in but in the end decided to pull them out and start again. The smell never came back but...

There was a smell of burning dust or plastic , i couldn't see any obvious cables or burnt marks inside my computer case, so i dusted it, it's been maybe a year or a little over since last time i dusted it, so it was really needed anyways. I tried to locate the smell but there was no obvious...

I've noticed for a week or two that something has been messing with my nose/head. I eventually realized it was my PC, and after troubleshooting the psu/cpu/gpu, I found it was my 970. Its heat sink smells hot, but it's hard to put a finger on the exact smell. It doesn't smell like plastic...

Hey guys, I have a question. I just upgraded from a 750Ti (power from board only) to a 1660 SUPER (8 Pin). On the first boot of the PC something inside the case smelled kinda electrical. Maybe a tiny bit burned? (no plastic smell though), but much rather electrical (don't know how to describe...

So I built a new PC a while ago and when I turned on for a few minutes, I it smelt like something was burning a little bit in the case, well I don't know if it was burning but I don't know how else to describe it. I could only smell it if I stuck my head inside the case, it wasn't noticeable...

I know how many people already ask about this but I just can’t seen to find out why my PC smells still. After running GTA V for about an hour my pc starts to smell like plastic even though all my components are staying under 80 degrees Celsius. I have nothing overclocked. Stock Ryzen 3 2200g...

I turned on My Pc This Morning and smell something burning from inside my pc upon further insepection it wwwas coming from my gpu and the gpu fan wasn't working. I took it out and kept on sniffing it to find it was coming from the fan header and I found a lot of dust and a small black ball size...

Howdy everyone, yesterday I was working on a project in sketchup when my internet began to slow to the point that i could download anything. So in an attempt to fix this I bypassed my router and plugged the Ethernet directly into the back of my computer. This fixed the internet problem, but in...