Hey folks,
My desktop just died. I was browsing youtube when three loud, rapid fire cracks like firecrackers popped in my case, and then it died completely and started to smell smokey. I disconnected everything, and then a couple hours later plugged the power back in and it won't even start up. The motherboard light is on, but the power button does nothing. Any ideas? Do you guys think it's dead? If so, what might be salvageable? Or is there a way to bring it back to functioning? Sorry if it seems like an ignorant question, but this has never happened before.
Details of my setup:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 processor
8 GB ram
5870 Gfx
Asus motherboard
Antec 1200 case
then some hard drives and a couple of DVD drives.
Just got the Antec last week, but the rig's occasionally crapped out in video games since i put it together.
Thanks for any advice/feedback!
My desktop just died. I was browsing youtube when three loud, rapid fire cracks like firecrackers popped in my case, and then it died completely and started to smell smokey. I disconnected everything, and then a couple hours later plugged the power back in and it won't even start up. The motherboard light is on, but the power button does nothing. Any ideas? Do you guys think it's dead? If so, what might be salvageable? Or is there a way to bring it back to functioning? Sorry if it seems like an ignorant question, but this has never happened before.
Details of my setup:
AMD Phenom II X4 955 processor
8 GB ram
5870 Gfx
Asus motherboard
Antec 1200 case
then some hard drives and a couple of DVD drives.
Just got the Antec last week, but the rig's occasionally crapped out in video games since i put it together.
Thanks for any advice/feedback!