Did i just fry my pc?

[kevinn96]

Long story short, i rebuilt my pc after receiving a new mobo. I hooked everything up again, plugged the psu into the wall to test (breadboard was working) i had all the components set up correctly, turned on the PC and suddenly my room lights went out.

I went down to the circuitbreaker and swapped the power to my room on again. I plugged my PC into another outlet with a power surge strip and now it won't turn on.

WTF JUST HAPPENED? This has never happened before. Did i just screw up hard by plugging the pc directly into an outlet for testing? Are all my parts ruined or just the psu?

 

[kevinn96]

Also, confirmed PSU is dead via paper clip test. What are the chances of the worst case scenario that my other components - mobo, gfx card, and so on are ruined?

Mobo standoffs are in.

 

[elbert]

May just be the PSU. Do you have another PSU to test with? What was the PSU you used? Also can you take a pic of the inside of your case and post it.

 

[kevinn96]

May just be the PSU. Do you have another PSU to test with? What was the PSU you used? Also can you take a pic of the inside of your case and post it.

Unfortunately not, ill call the computer store tomorrow and see if they have an appropriate one to test with

http://i.imgur.com/edUkuf0.jpg

Here's the internals of the pc, with the psu connectors removed of course.

 

[kevinn96]

Also, it's a Corsair CX750M. If the mobo matters, it's a GA-H97M-D3H

 

[Tom Tancredi]

If you drawed / shorted so much as to trip your circuit breaker, there is a HIGH chance multiple components are dead, especially as you fried the PSU per your own test.

I would 1) isolate how much power of 'things' drawn on your room and how many other 'rooms' are connected to that same breaker. You may exceed the the amount of power on that particular breaker.
2) would see if you can rebuild this PC on a different breaker's outlet. Say the Kitchen or something else.
3) buy a UPS! A power strip will not prevent power drops - only assist in minor SURGE (hence SURGE protection). You will need it to support that PC it seems.

 

[kevinn96]

Jesus, that's the last thing I wanted to hear. I just spent a month waiting for RMA'd components as well, i still can't believe what just happened.

As for the circuit breaker itself, nothing has changed in my room for the last 1-2 months when my computer was last functioning. Also like I said this has never happened before. Is plugging a PC into a wall outlet directly always an awful idea?

I'm gonna head to the computer repair shop tomorrow and ask them to try my setup with a new PSU. God i hope it's just the psu, fingers crossed.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

Doesn't matter what was like "a month or two" before. Mommy is using a new electric blender on the same circuit your room is on, or Dad just upgraded to a 55" Tv instead of the ole 30" may also be on the same circuit. Simpliest way to see what is 'connected' to what is walk around with a night light, plug it into outlet, and map out which ones are 'off' when you flip the breaker.

Honestly it sounded like either you shorted (positive + negative) a connection somewhere in the PC or you overloaded the circuit with the amount of demand of ALL your electronics you have plugged into that cirucit, which again you have to map out which outlets are connected.

I know one instance that the Bathroom Safety one was connected on a circuit, to the same one as a room WITHOUT safety outlets on it, and everytime it 'trip' because someone used a hair dryer (pulls alot of power) would cause the other room full of electronics to TURN OFF.

So again, as I mentioned, those would be my steps to solution

 

[elbert]

May just be the PSU. Do you have another PSU to test with? What was the PSU you used? Also can you take a pic of the inside of your case and post it.

Unfortunately not, ill call the computer store tomorrow and see if they have an appropriate one to test with

http://i.imgur.com/edUkuf0.jpg

Here's the internals of the pc, with the psu connectors removed of course.

In the pic I noticed an unused standoff in the upper right coner. By any chance did you put standoffs on places that didnt line up with the motherboard? If they touch some areas under the board not used for standoffs it could be grounding on the case. If this is the case it could be bad.

 

[kevinn96]

May just be the PSU. Do you have another PSU to test with? What was the PSU you used? Also can you take a pic of the inside of your case and post it.

Unfortunately not, ill call the computer store tomorrow and see if they have an appropriate one to test with

http://i.imgur.com/edUkuf0.jpg

Here's the internals of the pc, with the psu connectors removed of course.

In the pic I noticed an unused standoff in the upper right coner. By any chance did you put standoffs on places that didnt line up with the motherboard? If they touch some areas under the board not used for standoffs it could be grounding on the case. If this is the case it could be bad.

It's a microatx motherboard - but for some reason, the micro-atx slots allotted on the case don't exactly lineup with the motherboard. I set up the standoffs before i received the motherboard and it turned out the one in the picture, in the upper right corner, isn't even within range of the motherboard. All other standoffs fit though and i simply placed a standoff in an atx hole that lined up with the micro atx motherboard - basically where that lone standoff SHOULD have been theoretically.

I simply left that lone standoff there, it doesn't touch anything however, i just left it temporarily. Could this be a problem?

 

[elbert]

May just be the PSU. Do you have another PSU to test with? What was the PSU you used? Also can you take a pic of the inside of your case and post it.

Unfortunately not, ill call the computer store tomorrow and see if they have an appropriate one to test with

http://i.imgur.com/edUkuf0.jpg

Here's the internals of the pc, with the psu connectors removed of course.

In the pic I noticed an unused standoff in the upper right coner. By any chance did you put standoffs on places that didnt line up with the motherboard? If they touch some areas under the board not used for standoffs it could be grounding on the case. If this is the case it could be bad.

It's a microatx motherboard - but for some reason, the micro-atx slots allotted on the case don't exactly lineup with the motherboard. I set up the standoffs before i received the motherboard and it turned out the one in the picture, in the upper right corner, isn't even within range of the motherboard. All other standoffs fit though and i simply placed a standoff in an atx hole that lined up with the micro atx motherboard - basically where that lone standoff SHOULD have been theoretically.

I simply left that lone standoff there, it doesn't touch anything however, i just left it temporarily. Could this be a problem?

That one is fine as long as there are none under the motherboard that doesnt line up with the motherboard.

 

[kevinn96]

I took my build to a repair shop that was open today but unfortunately they didn't have a proper PSU to test it with, they only had an older one that didn't have the correct 8 pin connector.

Regardless, they said out of their experience, that corsair PSU's usually have failsafes and it could have been either an outlet with too many electronics plugged into that particular circuit (i rarely use that outlet, i just did it out of speed) which is what Tom said as well in this thread. Or a faulty PSU - but i'm sure it's the former. They also said a lack of burning smell or sparks was a good sign the other components weren't damaged. I hope that's the case.

The good news is, i STILL have warranty on my mobo/psu/cpu and such. The bad news is MSI warranty sucks and i have no idea if my 980 is still under warranty from this time 2015, i'm guessing no.

Anyway, my new psu and a proper power strip (couldn't afford a UPS unfortunately) comes Tuesday. This time i'll be using them on my usual outlet that i know works well.

Wish me luck guys.