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| Thread ID: 84942 | 2007-11-24 01:03:00 | Burning smell in PC | Bantu (52) | Press F1 |
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| 614472 | 2007-11-24 01:03:00 | Got a horrible burning smell in my PC. Can't track down exactly where it is coming from, but I am guessing PSU or Graphic Card. The hottest things to touch is the PSU and Graphic Card although the PSU is really hot after a few minutes on. All has been sweet until I added another HDD. Number 8. Thermaltake Armor case, 3 ATA 133 HDD's and 5 SATA drives running off two Sata controllers. All the HDD's are cool, CPU is cool Grapics card is an ATi All in Wonder 9700 which I have had for years. PSU is a Thermaltake 480W |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 614473 | 2007-11-24 01:05:00 | I wouldnt be surprised if its ready to blow up. I would turn it off, if its still on How many fans in the case? Whats running off 2 SATA controllers? 5 SATA's? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 614474 | 2007-11-24 01:10:00 | 5 Sata's, one empty socket for one more. Yes it is shut down. Heaps of fans. 4 x 120cm I think I suspect it is the PSU, but not exactly sure. I do a lot of digital Video hence a lot of drive space. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 614475 | 2007-11-24 01:11:00 | Hmm so how did you manage to get 5 sata hdd's on 2 sata controllers? Is the SATA onboard or on a card? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 614476 | 2007-11-24 01:15:00 | Yes a 4 socket Promise card and a 2 socket DSE sata card. I used to have a Promise ATA133 controller in this box and ran ATA cards, bus slowly switched over to sata. With the ATA133 card plus the motherboard it allowed for 8 Devices. I currently also got a DVD-DL burner and a CD-Rom also hooked up. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 614477 | 2007-11-24 01:17:00 | I would get a bigger PSU if I were you lol | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 614478 | 2007-11-24 01:20:00 | LOL Yes I emailed Ascent for recomendations as most of the ones there are for PCI-E boards, mine is a bit old for that yet. Except maybe this one which would cover current and the future www.ascent.co.nz I think the case has space for 12 drives from memory. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 614479 | 2007-11-24 01:22:00 | Bloody hell man, you could run the house off that lol Shouldnt matter if its got PCI-E connections. Dont use them |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 614480 | 2007-11-24 01:27:00 | LOL Yes that one is a bit OTT. About 750'ish might do me I think. | Bantu (52) | ||
| 614481 | 2007-11-25 07:29:00 | I put a Thermaltake 750W in Speedy. Burning smell all gone, running sweet again. | Bantu (52) | ||
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