Hey everyone,
So I'm REALLY new at this. as in this is my first time ever cracking open a PC to upgrade stuff. Anyway, a friend gave me an old desktop build of his since some of the software for my work is not Mac compatible, and I am no longer at the school to use their computers thanks to Covoid.
After a few weeks, I started to have an issue where if I even opened a web browser, the CPU fan would kick into high gear and the monitor would turn off. I read this could be a thermal paste problem, or a power supply problem. Replaced the Thermal paste...Nada. So I ordered a new power supply with a higher wattage, and as I unplugged the ATXPWR1 plug, I noticed this brown color on two of the plugs. Im hoping they arent burn marks, but if so, is it anything to be worried about? or is the motherboard ruined now?
(Motherboard is ASrock 870 Extreme 3)
View: https://imgur.com/8emAksC
That is the plug
So I'm REALLY new at this. as in this is my first time ever cracking open a PC to upgrade stuff. Anyway, a friend gave me an old desktop build of his since some of the software for my work is not Mac compatible, and I am no longer at the school to use their computers thanks to Covoid.
After a few weeks, I started to have an issue where if I even opened a web browser, the CPU fan would kick into high gear and the monitor would turn off. I read this could be a thermal paste problem, or a power supply problem. Replaced the Thermal paste...Nada. So I ordered a new power supply with a higher wattage, and as I unplugged the ATXPWR1 plug, I noticed this brown color on two of the plugs. Im hoping they arent burn marks, but if so, is it anything to be worried about? or is the motherboard ruined now?
(Motherboard is ASrock 870 Extreme 3)
View: https://imgur.com/8emAksC
That is the plug