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  • 07-08-2003 2:37pm
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    ShevY
    Registered Users Posts: 719 ✭✭✭


    So anyway I was at my computer this morning when I heard a pop/bang :eek: and seeing as the side panel was off I could straight away see smoke coming out of the case. I pulled the plug, but upon inspection I couldnt determine where the smoke had come from. So I fired her up again after unplugging the cd drives and hdd to see if anything was going to happen, I only had it on for probably 20 seconds and the fans etc came on and there was no sign of smoke. There was no activitity on the monitor but usually I have to reset a few times due to the gfx not being detected anyway. Anyways, do ye thing the motherboard is ****ed?
    I had no time this morning to do any further inspections.
    Any help greatly appreciated :D

    Asus A7N8x Deluxe
    XP 2500+ @ 2300mhz (11.5x200 vcore 1.85)
    Temp was idling at 38 using slk900u and a 92mm fan
    512mb corsair XMS 3200
    120gig Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 8 MB cache
    GF4 Ti4200 128mb
    chieftec 360watt psu (came with dragon midi-tower)


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    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Do you have a watercooling setup?

    Look for burn marks on your gfx card, mobo (especially around the power regulators/capacitors near the I/O panel) check your PSU


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    KilOit
    Registered Users Posts: 2,994 ✭✭✭KilOit


    if it was a pop and smoke probably one of the capaciters blew if so get it repaird


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    milltown
    Registered Users Posts: 4,616 ✭✭✭milltown


    Out of interest, who repairs motherboards?
    I laid an Abit KG7 to rest a while back when it stopped playing with my gfx card. I enquired in PC world and was told they can't be repaired because of the multiple layers of integrated circuits.
    Maybe mine could not be repaired but in future I would like to be told this by someone a had a bit more faith in.


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    GRAHAM2002
    Closed Accounts Posts: 183 ✭✭GRAHAM2002


    Have u had a chance to check everything throught yet ?

    Did u find out what the prob was ?


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    Mutant_Fruit
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    happened to me, was power supply... but doesn't seem to be the case here... check the parts indivdually in another old computer


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    BigEejit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭BigEejit


    The symptoms sound like you busted a cap ... these can be very hard to spot ... look for a hole on the top (rare), look for a out of shape capacitor (bulge, not the same shape as other caps with the same spec from the same manufacturer) ... you may not see a physical difference at all


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