SYSTEM SPECS:
Corsair GS 700 +80 Bronze Certified
ASUS P8Z77-V Motherboard
intel core i5 2310 @2.9 GHz; OC @ 3.5 GHz (CPU)
G.Skill SNIPER 8GB (4x2) @1600 MHz (RAM)
ASUS Strix 970 4GB [BIOS MOD] @ 1455 MHz Core, 3.2 GHz Memory (GPU)
Deepcool GAMMAXX400 CPU Cooler + Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (CPU Cooling)
P.S, I'm not a noob to these things, I'm definitely sure it's exactly the PSU which is giving the burning smell.
PSU's warranty ended just a few months ago back in 2016. (3yrs warranty).
I made my first build way back in starting 2013 and had Corsair GS 700 since the start for future proofing. I keep my system switched ON 24x7... Sometimes it's idle, sometimes downloading stuff, sometimes defragging my hard drive. But I hardly turn it off. It's an open-case build, never ever had any problem since past three years. I take care of the dust. Since all those years, I've changed almost every single part of my build except the PSU and CPU, both were great.
Now, yesterday, while studying, I was playing Need for Speed 2015 on maximum graphics. I have my screen resolution forced to higher than Native: (1366 x 768) (19") to (3600 x 2025) Maximum and I had it on to there with full graphics plus ReShade Graphics Mod on quite a heavy preset, for continuous two hours (99% GPU, +80% CPU) and still, everything was "perfectly fine". No overheating anywhere.
No matter what, my CPU temps go hardly above 70 C in the most extreme usage conditions, and GPU never goes above 65 C either.
On a regular basis, once a week, I run an intel CPU Burn test, Heaven and Valley Benchmarks, PhysX Mark and some other benchmarks to make sure everything's fine.
Now, today dad smells something heavily burning from my room while I was watching a TV show online. Just chrome running, CPU idle, GPU idle, everything almost idle, CPU around 35C, GPU 40C. After a short while of smelling around, it was coming directly from the PSU.
After a while I started it again after blowing some air into the PSU using an air blower, to clear the smell (and a bit of dust) and I was on the advanced BIOS screen. After like a minute, same smell started coming again, where there was NO LOAD on the system at all. I logged into Windows when dad suggested I just turn it off or things could go bad. It's fan usually doesn't spin until I'm gaming or it's idle for a long time. This time, after the restart, it's fan was continuously running, giving out even more burning smell but not that much heat.
It all still starts normally, just like usual, except this time, my mobo's CPU Error LED lit up before I powered the whole thing on and off, TWICE. It happened a few times before but never twice.
Comp's off since over six hours now and I'll diagnose it, by clean starting it without all external USB Devices and without my Strix 970 (using internal gpu) and if I get to the BIOS where I can see some voltage readings, I'll update if I catch something wrong on the voltage readings. Resetting BIOS to default would be another good step, would be a no-overclock start.
I'll also need some quick temp solution in about two days as my computer project submission is due and all I programmed is on that comp's internal HDD and I have no other way to access it yet.
Until then, any suggestions or solutions? (except I should get a new PSU...)
- Thanks.
Corsair GS 700 +80 Bronze Certified
ASUS P8Z77-V Motherboard
intel core i5 2310 @2.9 GHz; OC @ 3.5 GHz (CPU)
G.Skill SNIPER 8GB (4x2) @1600 MHz (RAM)
ASUS Strix 970 4GB [BIOS MOD] @ 1455 MHz Core, 3.2 GHz Memory (GPU)
Deepcool GAMMAXX400 CPU Cooler + Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (CPU Cooling)
P.S, I'm not a noob to these things, I'm definitely sure it's exactly the PSU which is giving the burning smell.
PSU's warranty ended just a few months ago back in 2016. (3yrs warranty).
I made my first build way back in starting 2013 and had Corsair GS 700 since the start for future proofing. I keep my system switched ON 24x7... Sometimes it's idle, sometimes downloading stuff, sometimes defragging my hard drive. But I hardly turn it off. It's an open-case build, never ever had any problem since past three years. I take care of the dust. Since all those years, I've changed almost every single part of my build except the PSU and CPU, both were great.
Now, yesterday, while studying, I was playing Need for Speed 2015 on maximum graphics. I have my screen resolution forced to higher than Native: (1366 x 768) (19") to (3600 x 2025) Maximum and I had it on to there with full graphics plus ReShade Graphics Mod on quite a heavy preset, for continuous two hours (99% GPU, +80% CPU) and still, everything was "perfectly fine". No overheating anywhere.
No matter what, my CPU temps go hardly above 70 C in the most extreme usage conditions, and GPU never goes above 65 C either.
On a regular basis, once a week, I run an intel CPU Burn test, Heaven and Valley Benchmarks, PhysX Mark and some other benchmarks to make sure everything's fine.
Now, today dad smells something heavily burning from my room while I was watching a TV show online. Just chrome running, CPU idle, GPU idle, everything almost idle, CPU around 35C, GPU 40C. After a short while of smelling around, it was coming directly from the PSU.
After a while I started it again after blowing some air into the PSU using an air blower, to clear the smell (and a bit of dust) and I was on the advanced BIOS screen. After like a minute, same smell started coming again, where there was NO LOAD on the system at all. I logged into Windows when dad suggested I just turn it off or things could go bad. It's fan usually doesn't spin until I'm gaming or it's idle for a long time. This time, after the restart, it's fan was continuously running, giving out even more burning smell but not that much heat.
It all still starts normally, just like usual, except this time, my mobo's CPU Error LED lit up before I powered the whole thing on and off, TWICE. It happened a few times before but never twice.
Comp's off since over six hours now and I'll diagnose it, by clean starting it without all external USB Devices and without my Strix 970 (using internal gpu) and if I get to the BIOS where I can see some voltage readings, I'll update if I catch something wrong on the voltage readings. Resetting BIOS to default would be another good step, would be a no-overclock start.
I'll also need some quick temp solution in about two days as my computer project submission is due and all I programmed is on that comp's internal HDD and I have no other way to access it yet.
Until then, any suggestions or solutions? (except I should get a new PSU...)
- Thanks.