[SOLVED] Fire near ram slot.

[DanteSAOnfrio]

Asus PRIME A320M-K
Ryzen R5 2600x
Crucial 8gb ddr4 (1 stick)
450 watt coolermaster psu

I assembled this new pc for my friend and it booted and within few seconds fire was coming near the ram slot. The ram is inserted in the slot A near to the cpu and was inserted correctly.
It is very disappointing. Whats wrong with the mobo? I'm buying new mobo in my money.


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[Darkbreeze]

I'd check very closely to make sure there is not a motherboard standoff installed in the case motherboard tray that does not line up with any of the holes for mounting the motherboard. If the case had preinstalled ATX motherboard standoffs and you installed a micro ATX motherboard without double checking that none of the standoffs that were preinstalled needed to be removed because of using a smaller board with a slightly different mounting pattern, then it could easily have shorted it out.

Installing the CPU incorrectly would be another possibility. A quick looks seems to look like it's a resistor near the DIMM slots that burnt, and it appears as though it has traces that run directly to the CPU socket from that resistor. It may only be aesthetic, those lines, but they appear to be functional. There also appears to be a capacitor right next to that resistor, and that could have simply been faulty. It's a somewhat low end board, so anything is possible. Guessing is a fools game, so if you can't isolate it to a standoff, an incorrectly installed CPU or memory module, or some other connection that was incorrectly installed, I'd recommend being extremely careful with trying to reuse the memory or CPU in another motherboard. And no, there is no way to test them first to make sure they are not to blame.

Not for you or I anyhow.

 

[DanteSAOnfrio]

I didnt use motherborad standoff and screwd the mobo to the holes in chassis...Could have been the problem..

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yes, that WAS ABSOLUTELY the problem.

 

[bignastyid]

That's a spendy lesson on why standoffs are used.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Indeed.

 

[Nemesia]

The case is made of metal. The standoff are there so the motherboard do not touch the metal case. In this case the motherboard might not be the only part that have been fried.

 

[Darkbreeze]

The case is made of metal. The standoff are there so the motherboard do not touch the metal case. In this case the motherboard might not only be the part that have been fried.

Very possible, which is why I said that, already. But it sure doesn't hurt to say it again so hello to that.