My computer blew up. :(

[bleak]

Here's the situation.

I got a P4 2.6 GHz CPU, some Corsair PC3200 DDR RAM, the latest P4 ASUS mobo, an 80GB Maxtor HDD, a n ATI Radeon 9800, a SB Audigy, and a something or other X-Pider case.

Now, when I assembled all the parts into the case, I cleverly* decided to string all the fans, the video card, and the hard drive power lines together into one line. This did NOT bode well at all for the power supply, little did I know it was doomed to burst into smoke and flames as soon as I turn the switch.

*not cleverly

Now I've got a new power supply, and when I hook that up, with no other ocmponents in the mobo, the fan of the CPU starts up, but then it turns off again about a second later. I can push the power switch to do this again, and doesn't seem to be doing any harm to the CPU, mobo, or power supply.

Any ideas what's wrong? I'd like to know what other parts, if any, would have been damaged in the initial power supply burn out. I've been tossing this around in my head for a few days now, but I don't want to mess with it. Any advice is appreciated.

~bleak

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by bleak on 07/08/03 03:17 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[10GHZ]

did you simply plug the new PSU straight back in? or did you re-assemble the whole system befor hand??
in both case, double check everything, see if all the components are connected correctly. if it still dosnt work, chances are you've blew your mobo and probably couple of the other parts as well.

i had to fix a few of those computers once, the PSU goes dead and so is the mobo, the CPU, the CDROM, the ram, and the only components that werent damaged was the sounds card and the video card. its a amazing that some plp would spend a fortune on expensive hardware, but at the same time, use an el-cheapo PSU, its a ticking time bomb, seriously

 

[sargeduck]

Do you have another computer where you can swap some of your current parts into? By this I mean putting your new sound card, hard drive, and video card into your other computer, to see if they still are good. Or a freinds computer would do. This way you would know if they still work on not. The motherboard/cpu is a little more tricker.

 

[bleak]

Yeah, so far the Radeon works,, and one of the sticks of ram works, and the hard drive works.

I don't know if th e motherboard's fried or not cause it hasthis little LED on it that signifies it's getting power...

I hope I didn't fry the CPU/mobo cause those parts were expensive. :/

 

[Ryan_Plus_One]

Do you have the internal speaker hooked up? Usually if the fan comes on then powers off then it would be giving a beep code. You would only be able to hear that code if you had the internal speaker working.


It seems like you blew the power supply, and I don't see where the mobo or CPU could have died along with it. You did clear the bios, right?


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[jihiggs]

maybe your power supply sucks

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[bleak]

I got my power supply at Fry's, it's 400 watt, it's got an 80mm fan installed in the base, short and overcharge protection, and the power supply that blew up was the one that came with the case, was 450 watt, et cetera. I don't have all the details on it since it came with the case.

I haven't flashed the bios, nor have I hooked up the PC speaker.

 

[Crashman]

It sounds like the system is grounded through a misplaced mounting stud. Read the motherboard's FAQ. I'm guessing this based on another guess...that you've never actually seen the system work.

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[bleak]

Eew. That's not good. I'll see if I can fix that.