Overheating melted 6pin

[Dominic_21]

Hi can someone help me.

Ive put this as motherboard but i know the fault.

My old setup

Fx-8350
Msi 970 gaming
Gtx 1060 3gb
500watts cant remember name
500gb hhd
16gb ram team vulcan 4x4 sticks

So i was playing some dayz hadn't been on for long i was coming to log off and turn pc off to where it suddenly it cut off,my screens wouldnt work or anything after opening pc up it looked like the 6 pin connector had melted to the 6 pin socket on the motherboard(DONT KNOW IF IT WAS THE PSU AT FAULT OR THE MOTHERBOARD)
threw these away bought a corsair 650w psu and a ASROCK 970M Pro as recommened on here to be fine for my set up,couple days of playing i started some pubg when suddenly i started to smell burning i turned off pc straight away doesn't look like any damage was done but this time couldn't fined where is was coming from why does this keep happening all of a sudden

Cheers

 

[SkyNetRising]

6pin connector/socket on motherboard? Can you show a photo?

Because 6pin usually is PCIE connector for graphics card and it has nothing to do with motherboard.

Or did you mean 8pin CPU power connector?

 

[Lutfij]

At this point we'll need to know the model of the old PSU as well as it's age? FYI, there is no 6 pin connector on the board

only an 8pin EPS connector and a 24pin main connector, unless you're referring to another board's make and model.

What is the model of your Corsair PSU?

 

[Dominic_21]

Sorry im new ish too pc gaming its the 8pin connector top left of motherboard ad you look at it

 

[Dominic_21]

And old psu was couple years old,so i can understand that but now ive bought new motherboard and new psu how is same happening

 

[SkyNetRising]

Are you overclocking your CPU?

 

[Dominic_21]

No over clocking and new psu is a corsair vs650

 

[kerberos_20]

vs series is cheapest u can get from corsair, anyway it shouldnt melt that fast.
try to get power surge protector, or get some electric technic to measure your power wall outlet(s)

 

[Dominic_21]

Ill have to give that a research like i said new to pc gaming

 

[Dominic_21]

Hi all thanks so far,

Dont know if this help i recently installed a scandisk 480gb ssd now if you go to task manager,and look at process its stuck at 50% but if you look performance it says its at 100%coukd this.be making my pc overheat somehow

 

[larrycumming]

make sure all your cables are plugged in completely. loose or half way in cables/connectors could cause over heating of the wires

 

[Karadjgne]

The socket referred to is the EPS and is usually a 4+4pin connector on the psu. It will also be labeled EPS, do not confuse this with the PCIE 8pin. That socket is a direct 12v auxiliary feed for the cpu and a couple other things, usually sees little use unless you are overclocking or really pushing the usage limits of the cpu. 8pin sockets usually add upto 150-ish watts, so to burn them up takes either a really bad connection or a massive power draw.

With new motherboards, the mains/eps can be quite difficult to get seated fully, which they must be, or risk a bad pin connection which will heat up like a sparkplug.

 

[Dominic_21]

Hi cheers so do i use the 4x4 pin or the solid 8pin

 

[zyh1987]

4+4pin for cpu, most home pc doesn't use the eps 8pin.

 

[Dominic_21]

I dont have a 4x4 pin only a 8 and a 6 6 is in gpu and 8 is in motherboard,

 

[Karadjgne]

The Corsair vs650 has a Single 8pin eps and 2x 6+2pin pcie, so as long as that's a solid 8pin not the other 6+2pin,you are correct. Look at the connector, make very sure it's seated fully all the way in and all the pins are fully seated, not one stuck halfway out. The other possible option is that the motherboard tray behind the mobo is a little squashed and getting too close to the solder joints behind the mobo, which can happen if wiring is shoved in behind the right side panel. Since you've changed mobo's, and changed psu, the only remaining part that has anything to do with the EPS 12v is the cpu, and I have no idea why it would pull that much power through that many pins.

 

[Dominic_21]

Cheer ill look into this