My boot drive SSD (which was less than a year old) failed on me. So today I replaced it with a new M.2 drive. I was putting everything back together, I booted it up and everything worked, except my computer didn't recognize some of my storage HDDs.
So, I took everything apart. I reconnected the sata data connectors and the sata power supply cables to the HDDs.. Reconnected the GPU.. Then, I grabbed something else that I THOUGHT was previously connected to the motherboard (some type of 4 pin connector). Well, I go to boot it up, and instantly there was a wall of SMOKE that filled the room... I immediately shut off the computer and looked to see what the problem was. Yep, it was that 4 pin connector.
So I removed one of the HDDs, tested it in another computer, it still worked.... And then I booted the computer and it still works too. Luckily. But I shut it off again, because I'm not really sure what to do now.
You see, that one cable (coming from the PSU) with the 4 pins is completely fried. My question is this: should I replace the PSU? Is there a chance my motherboard is partly fried? I don't want to turn that computer on again until I can figure out what I should do moving forward.
So, I took everything apart. I reconnected the sata data connectors and the sata power supply cables to the HDDs.. Reconnected the GPU.. Then, I grabbed something else that I THOUGHT was previously connected to the motherboard (some type of 4 pin connector). Well, I go to boot it up, and instantly there was a wall of SMOKE that filled the room... I immediately shut off the computer and looked to see what the problem was. Yep, it was that 4 pin connector.
So I removed one of the HDDs, tested it in another computer, it still worked.... And then I booted the computer and it still works too. Luckily. But I shut it off again, because I'm not really sure what to do now.
You see, that one cable (coming from the PSU) with the 4 pins is completely fried. My question is this: should I replace the PSU? Is there a chance my motherboard is partly fried? I don't want to turn that computer on again until I can figure out what I should do moving forward.