Hello guys, i'm in a bit of trouble and would like some help, please.
I was running a xeon x3440 3.6ghz O.C (1.25 on core) on a P7P55 LX motherboard with a 350 watt power supply (yes, i know)
It was running quite fine for quite long untill i started playing asssassins creed odyssey a couple of days ago (which stressed the CPU to 80-90% most of the time)
After a few fun days of enjoying the game, pc started to randomly restart.
I dissassembled everything and reassembled it.
I came across the culprit, a burnt PSU cable for the 4 PIN CPU power connector. I assume the power draw was too much for the PSU cable or the 4 Pin CPU connector and it just burnt. This is what it looks like
https://imgur.com/a/1NHtkcZ
https://imgur.com/a/9XpdoTJ
The PC is working fine as far as i can see (RAM is fine, GPU fine, CPU fine and the pc boots up)
Now, i understand i need to buy a new/better PSU, but the question is, is that motherboard connector fine? (The pc does boot up even with the burnt psu) I mean if i try cleanning it out, won't it work fine with a new PSU again?
How do i prevent this from happening again? As mentioned, my motherboards has only a signle 4 pin cpu power connector, are there any adapters to make it 8 pin to give the CPU more power and prevent the overload of that 4 pin?
I understand that buying a new motherboard with a new cpu/RAM is nice and all, but obviously, the money is tight.
I was running a xeon x3440 3.6ghz O.C (1.25 on core) on a P7P55 LX motherboard with a 350 watt power supply (yes, i know)
It was running quite fine for quite long untill i started playing asssassins creed odyssey a couple of days ago (which stressed the CPU to 80-90% most of the time)
After a few fun days of enjoying the game, pc started to randomly restart.
I dissassembled everything and reassembled it.
I came across the culprit, a burnt PSU cable for the 4 PIN CPU power connector. I assume the power draw was too much for the PSU cable or the 4 Pin CPU connector and it just burnt. This is what it looks like
https://imgur.com/a/1NHtkcZ
https://imgur.com/a/9XpdoTJ
The PC is working fine as far as i can see (RAM is fine, GPU fine, CPU fine and the pc boots up)
Now, i understand i need to buy a new/better PSU, but the question is, is that motherboard connector fine? (The pc does boot up even with the burnt psu) I mean if i try cleanning it out, won't it work fine with a new PSU again?
How do i prevent this from happening again? As mentioned, my motherboards has only a signle 4 pin cpu power connector, are there any adapters to make it 8 pin to give the CPU more power and prevent the overload of that 4 pin?
I understand that buying a new motherboard with a new cpu/RAM is nice and all, but obviously, the money is tight.