fried my cpu

[68DevilM]

was installing new audio card and i fried my power supply somehow, ???? no clue, mabey ESD! ohh well looks like im going back to playstation until new one comes from manufactor:(

[Estes]

hahahhahahahah... I would hope you turned the computer off first?

[68DevilM]

Originally posted by Estes
hahahhahahahah... I would hope you turned the computer off first?

uhh yeah, there wasnt any thing connected when i installed it.

but electrostatic discharge is the potential cause of the failure, i dont know?


either way its no cost to me (still under warrenty) just have to suffer for a week or so until replacement part comes in

[Zanth]

I have never ever hear of this happening as you have described.  How did you determine that the power supply is at fault?  Power supplys just won't die that easy unless you turn on power without anything connected to it (and many even have protection circuits againt that too).   You might well have zapped your motherboard though!

You checked:

(a) forgot or accidentally turned the off at the back of the power supply or

(b) didn't knock loose the power switch connection from MB header

(c) power connector to Floppy drive on backwards with some (like Antec) power supplies will stop it form powering up (protection circuits again).

Check for power up without anything else hooked-up but the main motherboard power connectors securely engaged. (note: some boards have two! if i remeber right about you using barton process then you do have 2 (two) power supply to MB power connections required)

[humble]

Got to agree with Zanth...I've built well over 100 boxes...I can't think of any way you could have fried the power supply under conditions you mentioned. You could easily zap MB or possibly CPU...one other possibility is you zapped your bios...

[68DevilM]

Originally posted by Zanth
I have never ever hear of this happening as you have described.  How did you determine that the power supply is at fault?  Power supplys just won't die that easy unless you turn on power without anything connected to it (and many even have protection circuits againt that too).   You might well have zapped your motherboard though!

You checked:

(a) forgot or accidentally turned the off at the back of the power supply or. there is no switch on the back as far as i can tell, or im just blind and cant find it

(b) didn't knock loose the power switch connection from MB header. jiggeled everthing today, nothing seems lose

(c) power connector to Floppy drive on backwards with some (like Antec) power supplies will stop it form powering up (protection circuits again). never tampered with any of these connectors

Check for power up without anything else hooked-up but the main motherboard power connectors securely engaged. (note: some boards have two! if i remeber right about you using barton process then you do have 2 (two) power supply to MB power connections required)

emachines tech support narrowed it down to either the power supply or the power button.

again all i did was pop in a audio card and when i went to start computer up, nothing happens.

hmm one thing though i did touch is the inputs for the front mic and headphones jaxs', the connectors that connect to the mother board? mabey i hooked them up improperly to the mother board?
if this was the case though all i should be able to do is disconnect theese from the mother board and try starting again.

i also tryed a different power cord, so thats not it. i dont know, the machines barley a year old...

[kevykev56]

hmm one thing though i did touch is the inputs for the front mic and headphones jaxs', the connectors that connect to the mother board? mabey i hooked them up improperly to the mother board?

By installing a new audio board I am asuming that you were using onboard sound. Seems you should be hooking up your front audio connectors to your new audio card instead of your MB.

Also just a thought, your power switch has a connector that comes from the front of your pc and connects to the MB. If that was taken off or switched in some way your PC will not power up. Dont mean to be insulting just could be a common mistake.


RHIN0

[Estes]

emachines tech support narrowed it down to either the power supply or the power button

Theres your problem. Throw that piece of **** away and get a real computer.

[Lazer]

haha

[Jasta]

Emachines = Boat Anchors

And Ive never heard of anyone frying a Power Supply with ESD.. Never.

[Steve]

I have 3 or 4 extra power supplies in my closet.  cmon over, you can have your pick.

[Charon]

I had a bad card that caused a "dead" machine once. Did you try it again with the card removed?

Charon

[xBarrelx]

static

[Cobra412]

Fried your system by just putting in a audio card?  Well to be honest I've never seen that either since I started building systems.  

A few basics to check is your power lead to the motherboard from the front button.  If you accidentally snagged the wire it could be your cause.

With the locking tab for you motherboards main power supply, well I doubt you could get that off very easily.  The power supplies have a internal fuse you can check but if you had it disco'd when you installed your audio it shouldn't be an issue.

I'd check that power lead though from your button.  It should connect down to the bottom right hand side of your board next to about 5 other leads.  Watch your fan and power light and see if it will momentarily comes on when you hit the power button.  It may barely show anything but if this is the case you could have zapped your MB.  I've seen that happen enough times.  All it takes it a little bit of static discharge to do it.

[SunKing]

Originally posted by Estes
Theres your problem. Throw that piece of **** away and get a real computer.