Author Topic: fried my cpu (Read 734 times)

68DevilM · « **Reply #15 on:** August 10, 2004, 03:30:10 PM »

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

Charon

yes, still nothing, jiggled every wire and still nothing? ohh well new part will be here in 3-5 days:)

68DevilM · « **Reply #16 on:** August 10, 2004, 03:36:59 PM »

funny thing is i never touch anything else unless instuction tell me to, so all that was required to install new card was to just slip it into the slot, power up cpu and install software!

but i never made it to power up cpu, and it will be interesting to see what happens when i get the new power supply, hopefully it works and i didnt fry my mother board, but how would i frie my mother board if the computer was unplugged when i put the audio card in? mabey i fried the power supply, and audio card?
won't know until i get new part...

ohh and esd was just a guess because it seems funny that it all worked fine before i opened the machine up and touched things.

and nothing happened when i hooked everything up again?

Cobra412 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 10, 2004, 07:31:31 PM »

Devil even if you were unplugged you could have very well discharged static electricity to the board. Frying the power supply in a situation like that is rare but not a motherboard. They tend to be more sensitive to static discharge.

If you haven't sent in the old power supply open it up and take a look at the internal fuse to see if it's blown. It's doubtful though you did any damage to it though.

Also if you take a look at the motherboard you should have a large number on it, typically between 2 of the PCI slots. Get that number and you can get a board layout. With that board layout you can look to ensure your power lead is connected to the motherboard properly. It only takes a little snag of the lead to tug it off it's pin terminal.

68DevilM · « **Reply #18 on:** August 10, 2004, 09:14:47 PM »

im an idiot!!!:o

i had the connectors on the wrong pins on the mother board for the harddrive!!! sheeesh!!!

i feel dumb. wasted all that play time!:(

ohh well at least the new power supply's comeing free of charge:D

cant believe it was that simple the whole time. they were the wires leading from the power button area to the motherboard, couldnt really tell what they were because there was a hole in a metal panel they went through and i couldnt tell what they were for except that one had written on it speaker, so i assumed they were all for my front headphone and mic jax's

turned out to be my harddrive power:o

everything seems to be good now, as soon as i moved them around the connection pins on the board i guess i got lucky and found the right ones.

thanks for all the input guys. it was a big help

Kev367th · « **Reply #19 on:** August 12, 2004, 02:41:59 PM »

Yeah some mobos with ATA133 won't boot if the master/slave drives aren't on the correct black/grey connectors on the ribbon cables.

Cobra412 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 12, 2004, 03:42:17 PM »

Devil the wire your talking about is your HDD LED lead. That red light on the front of your computer is what it connects to. Lets you know if the drive is actively working or not. Did you happen to pull any other ones off. I've had this one off multiple times in the past and it doesn't affect whether or not your system will turn on. Either way it's good you got it up and running.

Actually was it a 4 pin connector or a small 2 pin? I'd think you'd notice if your HD ribbon cable was disco'd and also if your 4 pin power connector was too.

68DevilM · « **Reply #21 on:** August 12, 2004, 05:17:13 PM »

no it wasnt unhooked it was just on the wrong pins, theres 3 sets of em with like 6 on one and 4 pins on the other two