- Joined
- Dec 19, 2000
- Location
- S/W Wisconsin
I recently helped a friend out, he had just installed a cdrom and the power regulator on the mobo died, in a most spectacular fassion. I had heard about this before and was supprised to actually run into it, so I would like to ask others if they have run into this as well.
The mobo was a genaric P3 mobo, not overclocked
He had 3 ide devices (HD, ZIP, and a CDROM)
He also had 128mb ram
The CDROM died so he bought a replacement, after installing the replacement the power regulator on the motherboard went up in smoke. The CDROM was correctly installed and was the only change to the system. After replacing the mobo the CDROM worked fine.
I'm wondering just what caused the blowout, and I am wondering if it is repairable (I'll try and get the old one from him to play with... after I find a processor to use in it.)
Comments/questions welcome
Erik Ekedahl
The mobo was a genaric P3 mobo, not overclocked
He had 3 ide devices (HD, ZIP, and a CDROM)
He also had 128mb ram
The CDROM died so he bought a replacement, after installing the replacement the power regulator on the motherboard went up in smoke. The CDROM was correctly installed and was the only change to the system. After replacing the mobo the CDROM worked fine.
I'm wondering just what caused the blowout, and I am wondering if it is repairable (I'll try and get the old one from him to play with... after I find a processor to use in it.)
Comments/questions welcome
Erik Ekedahl