Long title, sorry.
So I replaced/upgraded my cpu and mobo and ram. Everything went smoothly. Until I was plugging in my last case fan into a molex connector using a peripheral cable from my psu.
Fan went on, then I was putting the cables back in my case and there was a small spark and everything turned off. It turned back on once I switched my psu on and off and after a few tests of reboots everything seems fine except the case fans wont turn on from that molex anymore and I'm too afraid to plug them into my mobo now. All the usb ports work fine on the case, all the other parts are running fine (cpu, ram, gpu, temps are fine) just the case fans that used the molex/psu peripheral cable wont turn on.
For now I took out that cable from the psu and the molex connectors and just not using the case fans for now. I can try plugging them into the mobo but I dont want to damage the mobo if nothing affected it already.
Any experience with this? Did i just fry the molex and peripheral cable? Any chance or likelihood of something worse?
My psu is an EVGA G3 650. From what I read the surge protector kicked in most likely and thats all I lost were the cables. I may buy a new case out of paranoia.
Anything would be great, thank you.
Also, psu was plugged into a surge protector if that matters. As for all the components that seem to be working fine, is there anyway to test if they arent? Are the case fans safe to plug into the mobo after that?
So I replaced/upgraded my cpu and mobo and ram. Everything went smoothly. Until I was plugging in my last case fan into a molex connector using a peripheral cable from my psu.
Fan went on, then I was putting the cables back in my case and there was a small spark and everything turned off. It turned back on once I switched my psu on and off and after a few tests of reboots everything seems fine except the case fans wont turn on from that molex anymore and I'm too afraid to plug them into my mobo now. All the usb ports work fine on the case, all the other parts are running fine (cpu, ram, gpu, temps are fine) just the case fans that used the molex/psu peripheral cable wont turn on.
For now I took out that cable from the psu and the molex connectors and just not using the case fans for now. I can try plugging them into the mobo but I dont want to damage the mobo if nothing affected it already.
Any experience with this? Did i just fry the molex and peripheral cable? Any chance or likelihood of something worse?
My psu is an EVGA G3 650. From what I read the surge protector kicked in most likely and thats all I lost were the cables. I may buy a new case out of paranoia.
Anything would be great, thank you.
Also, psu was plugged into a surge protector if that matters. As for all the components that seem to be working fine, is there anyway to test if they arent? Are the case fans safe to plug into the mobo after that?