Gmofftarki
12-22-08, 08:22 AM
Ok, so I was still dealing with taht same gosh darn piece of flowers MSI motherboard, and because the BIOS didn't support my E8400, I had run to a local computer place and bought a 55 dollar celeron LGA775 to just flash the BIOS.
Took out the motherboard, replaced the CPU and CPU cooler (FWIW: OCZ Vendetta2 is a PITA to install, motherboard needs to be removed to put it on OR ake it off) and connected everything. It was late, and I was tired, so I might have miswired the JFP1 connectors.
Saw a spark (yellow, not blue) in the fan of the power supply, and the thing turned off before anything had actually started running.
I turned off the PSU and unplugged it immediately, and began to check absolutely everything. Each and every connection, make sure no shorts to case, etc. After I was well and convinced I hooked everything back together, made sure JFP1 connections (front panel power/reset/etc connections) were set up correctly and hit the power button: Nothing.
Tried another power supply, known to be good, Antec 550. Nothing.
Tried another case: Nothing.
So, I've written off the motherboard, which damn near gave me a heart attack between BIOS USB issues, and this E8400 compatibility thing, and have orderred an ASUS P45 from amazon to replace it. I just want to know if my brand new State-Of-The-Art power supply is busted?
No smoke, yellow spark in the fan, not blue, and neither PSU did anything with either case. I'm cautiously optimistic, but would love to know what you guys think?
Note: I do not own a multimeter and would not trust myself with a powerful power-supply using one to test if I did.
Took out the motherboard, replaced the CPU and CPU cooler (FWIW: OCZ Vendetta2 is a PITA to install, motherboard needs to be removed to put it on OR ake it off) and connected everything. It was late, and I was tired, so I might have miswired the JFP1 connectors.
Saw a spark (yellow, not blue) in the fan of the power supply, and the thing turned off before anything had actually started running.
I turned off the PSU and unplugged it immediately, and began to check absolutely everything. Each and every connection, make sure no shorts to case, etc. After I was well and convinced I hooked everything back together, made sure JFP1 connections (front panel power/reset/etc connections) were set up correctly and hit the power button: Nothing.
Tried another power supply, known to be good, Antec 550. Nothing.
Tried another case: Nothing.
So, I've written off the motherboard, which damn near gave me a heart attack between BIOS USB issues, and this E8400 compatibility thing, and have orderred an ASUS P45 from amazon to replace it. I just want to know if my brand new State-Of-The-Art power supply is busted?
No smoke, yellow spark in the fan, not blue, and neither PSU did anything with either case. I'm cautiously optimistic, but would love to know what you guys think?
Note: I do not own a multimeter and would not trust myself with a powerful power-supply using one to test if I did.