did my motherboard burn

adiwitko · Jul 29, 2012, 02:57 AM

Hi guys I wanted to ask if my motherboard burned so the story is today when finaly I got windows 7 in my mail i did start my computer the second time from time I finished building it and when I clicked my power on button I heard a zap noise and when i opend my pc one of the cables from the psu was burned it was one that all the fans been plugged in to and it was plugged in to my motherboard so I'm asking if my motherboard might of been burned or may be some other parts as well.

Thank you for reading and please help

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Jul 29, 2012, 03:03 AM

There is no way for us to know that. I would get another psu and try to spread the fans out on the cables. Te4st with a new psu. You will be able to see what has been fried or not.

DanishDevil · Jul 29, 2012, 03:49 AM

Agreed, no way to tell. If it was a cheap PSU, very possible that it took other parts with it. DON'T SKIMP ON YOUR PSUs! It's like feeding cheetos to an olympic athlete!

Kantastic · Jul 29, 2012, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by adiwitko

Hi guys I wanted to ask if my motherboard burned so the story is today when finaly I got windows 7 in my mail i did start my computer the second time from time I finished building it and when I clicked my power on button I heard a zap noise and when i opend my pc one of the cables from the psu was burned it was one that all the fans been plugged in to and it was plugged in to my motherboard so I'm asking if my motherboard might of been burned or may be some other parts as well.

Thank you for reading and please help

I'm a bit confused here, you said the PSU cable that all of your fans were plugged into burned. I assume they're 4-pin molex cables, so how was that plugged into the motherboard?

heky · Jul 29, 2012, 07:41 AM

Can you take a picture so we can get a better understanding of your cable connections?

Crap Daddy · Jul 29, 2012, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by heky

Can you take a picture so we can get a better understanding of your cable connections?

And some specifications, PSU mobo and so on.

adiwitko · Jul 29, 2012, 11:26 AM

Specifications are CPU:Intel core I5 3rd generation overclocked to4.6 ghz
GPU:Gainward GeForce GTX 560
Motherboard:Asus P8Z77-V LX
PSU:OCZ coreXstream 500w

adiwitko · Jul 29, 2012, 11:28 AM

And the cable that was pluged in was the fan control cable

Crap Daddy · Jul 29, 2012, 12:21 PM

Case fans can be powered by connecting them to motherboard headers or by connecting directly to the PSU through molex or connecting to a fan controller which has to be powerd by a molex from the PSU.
What have you done?
You have a separate fan controller? What make is it, how many fans you have connected to the fan controller?

This is a good test to see if your PSU is dead from whatever you were doing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FWXgQSokF4

adiwitko · Jul 29, 2012, 02:49 PM

I did connect them in to the power supply and then there was a three pin plug left so I conntected it and the plug .said chassi fan

adiwitko · Jul 29, 2012, 02:50 PM

I did connect 3 fans

adiwitko · Jul 29, 2012, 02:52 PM

And a think my PSU is dead because one whole cable is burned to the copper wire and its split in half

Kantastic · Jul 29, 2012, 05:05 PM

I'm not sure what fans and what motherboard you used, but if you pulled more than the typical 1A-1.5A on your motherboard's fan header then you probably blew the fan header. If it's a cheaper board then it could be possible that it took the motherboard with it.

Jul 29, 2012, 02:57 AM	#1
adiwitko Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 6 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	did my motherboard burn Hi guys I wanted to ask if my motherboard burned so the story is today when finaly I got windows 7 in my mail i did start my computer the second time from time I finished building it and when I clicked my power on button I heard a zap noise and when i opend my pc one of the cables from the psu was burned it was one that all the fans been plugged in to and it was plugged in to my motherboard so I'm asking if my motherboard might of been burned or may be some other parts as well. Thank you for reading and please help

Jul 29, 2012, 03:03 AM	#2
ThE_MaD_ShOt Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Hi! I'm from the Internet Posts: 3,749 (6.95/day) Thanks: 2,539 Thanked 2,448 Times in 1,472 Posts System Specs	There is no way for us to know that. I would get another psu and try to spread the fans out on the cables. Te4st with a new psu. You will be able to see what has been fried or not. __________________ Crunchers : Phenom II x6 1090t / 2x Phenom II x6 1055t / Phenom II x4 970BE / “I always succed in my mission tho. Beer just delays it!” -ChaoticAtmosphere “TPU is very mild, and I love to tell people I love them when they are being retarded, it makes me feel special in my special places. What was the point of this thread again? Oh well, I love all of you.” -Steevo

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DanishDevil Eligible for custom title Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Newport Beach, CA Posts: 8,631 (3.10/day) Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 2,018 Times in 1,585 Posts System Specs	Agreed, no way to tell. If it was a cheap PSU, very possible that it took other parts with it. DON'T SKIMP ON YOUR PSUs! It's like feeding cheetos to an olympic athlete! __________________ [B/S/T: FS/FT Cisco VPN Gigabit Routers \| WTB] [Logitech Z-5500 Digital Soundroom \| The TPU Darkroom \| The TPU Zune Social \| Tech Net Subscribers Club]

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Jul 29, 2012, 07:41 AM	#5
heky Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 873 (0.65/day) Thanks: 888 Thanked 144 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	Can you take a picture so we can get a better understanding of your cable connections?

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Jul 29, 2012, 11:26 AM	#7
adiwitko Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 6 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Specifications are CPU:Intel core I5 3rd generation overclocked to4.6 ghz GPU:Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Motherboard:Asus P8Z77-V LX PSU:OCZ coreXstream 500w

Jul 29, 2012, 11:28 AM	#8
adiwitko Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 6 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	And the cable that was pluged in was the fan control cable

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Crap Daddy Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,284 (2.44/day) Thanks: 943 Thanked 963 Times in 671 Posts System Specs	Case fans can be powered by connecting them to motherboard headers or by connecting directly to the PSU through molex or connecting to a fan controller which has to be powerd by a molex from the PSU. What have you done? You have a separate fan controller? What make is it, how many fans you have connected to the fan controller? This is a good test to see if your PSU is dead from whatever you were doing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FWXgQSokF4

Jul 29, 2012, 02:49 PM	#10
adiwitko Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 6 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I did connect them in to the power supply and then there was a three pin plug left so I conntected it and the plug .said chassi fan

Jul 29, 2012, 02:50 PM	#11
adiwitko Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 6 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I did connect 3 fans

Jul 29, 2012, 02:52 PM	#12
adiwitko Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 6 (0.02/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	And a think my PSU is dead because one whole cable is burned to the copper wire and its split in half

Jul 29, 2012, 05:05 PM	#13
Kantastic Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Big Apple Posts: 4,976 (3.38/day) Thanks: 1,252 Thanked 930 Times in 739 Posts System Specs	I'm not sure what fans and what motherboard you used, but if you pulled more than the typical 1A-1.5A on your motherboard's fan header then you probably blew the fan header. If it's a cheaper board then it could be possible that it took the motherboard with it. __________________ Heatware

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