Hello, I just put together the following build. Any help and opinions would be appreciated.
Maximus XI Hero Wifi
I7 9700k
GTX 970
G Skill 16gb 3200
Corsair H100i pro rgb
1 spare HDD
1 NVME drive
1 Dvd drive
Corsair K70 Keyboard
Rosewill Thor V2 Tower
Thermaltake TR2 850w
I was able to put everything together except for the dvd drive and the side panel fan. The bios was updated, just a couple of settings changed, like auto to xmp for memory and I believe that's about it. So everything was booting fine, windows installed with no issues. At that point I then connected the dvd drive and the side panel. I connected the side panel to the chas 3 fan header. The case side panel is 3 pin and the mobo has 4. I was under the impression that this wouldn't be a problem. So when I turned it on, I made it to the desktop, then I triumphantly put the side panel back on the case to enclose it. At that point I started smelling that old nightmare burning smell and quickly turned the PC off. I haven't turned it on since last night.
I'm weighing my options on what to do at this point and why this happened. I know I need to inspect the connections and board before I turn back on. I wonder if I should turn on at all.
The burning smell is coming from the 4 and 8 pin power connections at the top. If I turn the power supply on but not the PC, the rgb colors turn on like normal, so I just don't know if any real damage occurred. Might not be anything or might be bad I don't know. I can say that I smelled it this morning and it wasn't as bad, but I could still smell the burning odor slightly. Any ideas?
Maximus XI Hero Wifi
I7 9700k
GTX 970
G Skill 16gb 3200
Corsair H100i pro rgb
1 spare HDD
1 NVME drive
1 Dvd drive
Corsair K70 Keyboard
Rosewill Thor V2 Tower
Thermaltake TR2 850w
I was able to put everything together except for the dvd drive and the side panel fan. The bios was updated, just a couple of settings changed, like auto to xmp for memory and I believe that's about it. So everything was booting fine, windows installed with no issues. At that point I then connected the dvd drive and the side panel. I connected the side panel to the chas 3 fan header. The case side panel is 3 pin and the mobo has 4. I was under the impression that this wouldn't be a problem. So when I turned it on, I made it to the desktop, then I triumphantly put the side panel back on the case to enclose it. At that point I started smelling that old nightmare burning smell and quickly turned the PC off. I haven't turned it on since last night.
I'm weighing my options on what to do at this point and why this happened. I know I need to inspect the connections and board before I turn back on. I wonder if I should turn on at all.
The burning smell is coming from the 4 and 8 pin power connections at the top. If I turn the power supply on but not the PC, the rgb colors turn on like normal, so I just don't know if any real damage occurred. Might not be anything or might be bad I don't know. I can say that I smelled it this morning and it wasn't as bad, but I could still smell the burning odor slightly. Any ideas?