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    Valentin17
    PGRacer got a reaction from Valentin17 in What's the best non-conductive thermal paste?   
    I want to keep things valid for RMA so that's not really an option. 
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    Gegger
    PGRacer got a reaction from Gegger in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    BNIB Unused PhysX card.


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    Bounty130
    PGRacer got a reaction from Bounty130 in Looking for general advice on what to do   
    You can use one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/TeckNet-Docking-Including-External-Tool-Free/dp/B00IS7Y96I/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=usb+hdd+caddy&qid=1557795558&s=gateway&sr=8-3
     
    HDD or SSD goes in the caddy, plugs in via USB. I just googled for a caddy as a reference btw, I'm not recommending that particular one. Just make sure you get one that is USB2 compatible unless you have a USB3 port on your laptop. If you do have USB3 port then try and get a USB3 caddy as it will copy the files much quicker.
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    CodeNova
    PGRacer got a reaction from CodeNova in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    I have an original PhysX card, still in the cellophane in the box, never been opened. If anyone is really interested I can photgraph the box :D.
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    Kokomo
    PGRacer got a reaction from Kokomo in PC smoked on first boot   
    Something is seriously wrong, I would advise you DO NOT power it up again until you thoroughly inspect it.
     
    PSU should be more than enough to boot the machine perfectly fine, smoke would not be a side effect of a slightly underpowered PSU, and 650W should be perfectly fine for a single GPU system.
     
    First of all, one of your components is probably dead, hopefully just one of them in any case.
     
    Can youy identify where the smoke was coming from? Was it from the CPU itself, or under the CPU or just near it on the motherboard.
     
    Next thing I would do would be to double check all the connectors are in the right place, check for thermal paste or similar on the CPU pins and surrounding motherboard. Check you used the correct risers for the motherboard so it cannot touch the metal case behind it. Check no screws or other 'debris' have caused a short somewhere.
    Check no molex installed backwards (yes it can be done, I've seen it).
    Basically check everything you have done yourself. If you are very lucky (or unlucky depends how you look at it) it was a faulty motherboard / CPU to begin with and you can RMA it.
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