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Thread ID: 54910 2005-02-25 19:12:00 Fried Motherboard, but why? buck25 (7432) Press F1
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328208 2005-02-26 03:52:00 Too make a long story shorter, When I plugged the 550 watt power supply in and turned on the computer, I heard a spark and smelled something burning. I quickley turned it off, but it was too late.


so the shorting of the random points on the motherboard cause the worng voltages to go in to all the wrong parts of the board and it turns in to a big short. then then power suppily is shorted out and is trying to deliver way too much current it then trys to catch fire.

basicly it all started with the wrong install of the board.

you will find that the CPU is probly dead and and ram might be lost too., any cards you have in the system might have been killed too.

hard drives and CD-rom drive should be OK.
robsonde (120)
328209 2005-02-26 05:16:00 Is it insured? Well, more was it over the minimum cost to be covered?
If it's insured, go for that

Show me an Insurance company that will pay out on that and I will get a policy and start overclocking :thumbs:
Sam I Am (1679)
328210 2005-02-26 08:41:00 Just remember that george12 is probably not the only retail "dealer" that cruises these boards so don't try returning the MB as faulty for awhile :-) PaulD (232)
328211 2005-02-26 21:02:00 What's that supposed to mean!? :o :( george12 (7)
328212 2005-02-26 23:09:00 Not directed at you George at all. Overseas forums are full of people who destroy their equipment and have the cheek to RMA it. PaulD (232)
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