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Hello Linus community. I have a situation and need to know how to proceed. 1st, the background. I was getting the blue screen of death randomly yesterday, then after it rebooted the system would hang at loading the highpoint rocketraid card. So manually reboot and it worked, onto windows we went. But then at random intervals later bluescreen again. And again hanging at highpoint rocketraid card. After mucking around trying to fix it (driver updates ect...) to no avail, I just left the system running and went to sleep. Next morning, BOOM, the smell of fried circuitry. But alas, system was in windows happy and snappy but no rocketraid card detected at all. Now until I had opened the case and seen the damaged I didn't know what I had smelt was burned circuitry, so I had the system running for a good few hours before I decided to look inside to find the culprit, and holly heck it did some damage. (check photos here https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11mT3JOGVim74PC6FqKNY_Pb8kKylNr_h?usp=sharing or attached) Now to my question. I know that the system will boot into windows and run, it was doing that for several hours al be it on idle. But I feel like I've just dodged a burnt down house and that my mind and gut is telling me "don't you dare plug that system back in until you've replaced the motherboard!" I'm going to lean on your experience here because this has never happened to me before. Do I plug it back in and see how it goes, or replace the motherboard before I even consider plugging it back in. Or are there even other options like disabling the damaged PCIE lane to mitigate any risks so I can carry on using the rig. Your thoughts please and thanks

Hello, since a few days my pc wont booting right. I then reseatet ram and cleared my cmos and got it to boot again all fine same with gaming. Now it just won't boot at all and I don't know what's wrong since I have no bios speaker. Can't even get into the bios anymore, I added a picture to where my pc goes and gets stuck there. I don't know if the information is helpful but my keyboard and mouse light up. I hope someone knows the issue. Thank you in advance. For my system: Ryzen 1700x @ 3.9 Ghz 32gb (4sticks 8gb) 3000mhz Corsair vengeance @ 2866 mhz Asus prime b350 Plus GTX 1070 image%3A423

Hi community, i recently added two hard drives and re positioned my fans, when i was plugging the fans, i accidently plugged one of the 3 pin fan header into the 4 pin rgb header, first i didn't notice that, then when i booted, i heard like a tiny buzzing noise coming from the motherboard, and the fan was not spinning, then i checked and realized i plugged wrong header, and i plugged it back into the 4 pin fan header and the fan spinned, but now, i hear like very tiny buzzing noise from the motherboard sometimes like idk once an hour? or once 30 minutes? and i don't know if i fried the 4 pin rgb connector or not, does anyone have a answer or a response for this? THANKS!

I made a post about this about 2 years ago: "There was a short circuit in house electricity grid and the GPU stopped to send video signal, there seems to be one blown transistor and the YAMAHA reciever HDMI ports are fried so there is no HDMI input. The card turns on but doesn't output video signal. What should I do?" and those who responded told me that I should RMA it, but the warranty had expired a while ago. As I remember, he gpu made a popping sound and died... There is this one APW7142 chip that is fried. I am asking for your expertise and help with this matter (on how to repair it) Thanks in advance!

I’ll get right to it. ASrock h170m i5 7500 msi rx470 oc 2x8gb ripjaws DDR4 Corsair rm550x 64x windows 10 My computer was in sleep mode and we had a power surge. Computer would not react in any way to basic troubleshooting techniques so took it to a shop. Guy tested my PSU, works perfectly. After taking the necessary steps he determined it is, in fact, a dead mobo. He doesn’t have a 7th gen compatible mobo to test my CPU on so he recommends (obviously) buying a new i5 9400 and an Asus 370m, around $360 from their store. It’s hard to come by a board to test my CPU during this corona thing so do you guys recommend I order a used version of my h170m for ~$80 and test it out myself or to bite the bullet and order a 9400F and a new mobo and install them. I don’t want to throw money away on an old board if my CPU is dead too, but there’s no way for me to confirm since not many stores are open right now, and I’m still working full time. Any help is greatly appreciated!

My dudes, the yellow circle the thingie blew up.... is this thing dead for good, or can a electronic repair guy get another thingie and re solder it... this is an Asus STRIX 1080ti if that matters any.... For those wondering, a copper heatsink slid off the so called "ADHESIVE" tape that turns out wasn't so freakin adhesive'y, and touched the capacitor thingy causing a short I guess and blowing it up... thanks for any help

On my ASUS ROG GL502VS Laptop I used a Dell monitor. Well the monitor and my HDMI port died too! The displayport still works but its bugging me. What should I do i believe its still under warranty? Please help!

Hello everybody, I know that I am new here, and have no right to post something like this, but I'm now out of options. In a nutshell, I am a US Soldier, nearly complete with my Bachelors of Science in Computer Technology and Programming. The laptop that I was using (ASUS G74SX) fried, from power jack to ground point. Every component was tested on bench, and found cooked. I have priced out a mini ATX build that would handle the workload, which consists of Compilers, Virtual Machines, Encryption and Rendering programs. The backup laptop that I have can't even run my compiler without tanking. If some of you could please take a look at the link, and maybe give some insight, or advice, it would be greatly appreciated. I was ahead of my class by a week, but currently I am at pace, or nearly. By Monday of next week I will be behind. This is the final portion to the curriculum for my BS, and if failed.. Well yea, we all know colleges don't care. Original Link Removed By Staff

My friend turned on his pc with no heatsink.. idk why but is it revivable? Its either skylake or kaby lake.

Hello LTT community, Today I have come to you with my first dilemma that I have been unable to solve on my own. Recently I purchased a new power supply for my rig while I was out of town, and was very excited to get it setup when I got home. Unfortunately, I was very tired after a night of drinking, getting 5 hours of sleep, then driving for 5 hours. So I believe that there is a very good chance that my problem was due to user error but I cannot be for sure. So I get home and remove my old PSU, and hook up the new one. I plug everything in and boot up my pc. It starts as normal but then I soon realize that 3 of my hard drives are not recognized by the PC. I check the cables to make sure they're all plugged in - and they are. After a bit more investigating I realize that the drives are not even powering on. I try plugging them into different SATA connectors, and even into a different computer entirely and am unable to get the disks to produce any sign of life. I decided to remove the control board from one drive to look for burn marks, as the SATA power cable may have shorted them somehow. But I was unable to find anything that looked out of the ordinary. I ended up sacrificing the same drive and opened it up entirely to see if there was any visible damage inside the enclosure, which I was unable to find either. Does anyone have any other advice as to what may have happened to my drives? I refuse to believe that they are broken for good. There has to be something I can tweak, solder, or replace to get these guys up and running again! Thanks, Alamist

Hey All, So, Last year I purchased an RX480 (prior to huge price bump), that card recently died (i think) and by "(i think)" I mean that the card spun up, and lit up but did not POST. I went through literally every fix I could find online updating bios clearing CMOS etc etc My MOBO only has 1 PCI-E slot and thus I could not test the card in a different slot. with the card still being under warranty, I sent it back to Amazon for a full refund. (i am currently running on my i5 6500's onboard graphics). As I am 14 my only 2 opportunities to get new parts are my birthday (November) and Christmas. so. I can either get (for my birthday) Ryzen 1600x And Accompanying MOBO and then a 1070 for Christmas or vice versa my worry is that the MOBO PCI-E slot was dead and not the GPU, and therefore if I were to get my GTX 1070 before my new MOBO that the slot in my old MOBO might fry the 1070 should I therefore get my 1600x and MOBO first to avoid any potential issues or would I be ok to get the 1070 (even if the slot was dead, I could just store it until Christmas my worry is that it might be damaged by the slot) and not have to wait until christmas to play games again? Thanks for all the help everyone ( I am aware that the 1070 would be bottlenecked by my current processor however this would only be from November 10th until Christmas)

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So, I was changing the NIC and I swapped the GPU down too the PCIEX_16 2nd slot and the network card into the PCI lane above. I did this with the system off, but the power supply still plugged in - I realise this is quite a stupid idea but it was 6am and I wasn't thinking straight. when I wen't to turn the system back on the system wouldn't start the boot or fan cycles etc when pressing the power button on the front io headers. I tried pressing the power button directly from the motherboard but still no sign of life. Of course the only lights working is the standard motherboard lights for standby power. I removed the GPU, hard drives, ssd everything, except the cpu and the motherboard of course. I unplugged the ATX connector and plugged it back in, the systems powers on for about 5-6 seconds then turns back off onto the same standby state. Hardware: CPU: i5-6600K Motherboard: z170-A I should also mention I've tried 3 PSU's that I had laying around. I've also checked the front io pins.

Hello, This is going to be kinda quick because it's late but I'll include as much as I can. While my pc was doing stuff, I wanted to change cpu fan orientation on my beQuiet Pure Rock heatsink. While releasing the fan holder things it kinda snapped off because it was tight and slightly forcefully landed on my motherboard, and i think it touched the back of the gpu too. The pc immediately shut off and it doesn't turn on anymore. It's typical fried symptoms : no leds, no response to power button, nothing. Upon inspection i saw that 4 motherboard traces were scratched enough too feel them with my nail(I'll include a pic). While desperately trying things to bring it back, my friend suggested I see if any chips get hot. And one did. It's an ITE chip, and it's connected directly to the tiniest scratched trace. So i was thinking if there's anything i can do at all? Before i pack it? Thanks in advance.

I need some help here i got a new psu for my acer motherboard and it had a weird 12 pin power connector on the board psu didnt have one and i tried using 2 6 pins and i think i fried the board does anyone know if i did or not and if i did how do i go about fixing this i got a new one but i want to use it until the new one comes in.

Hello I bought brand new components for my PC, and burned 2 motherboards and a CPU. So here I am. The short version Possible culprits: On my first mount of the Cryorig C1, I forgot to remove the thin layer of plastic on the heatsink. This might have fried the CPU, which in turn fried the motherboards. But shouldn’t the CPU automatically shut down if it gets to hot? Also, the 2nd motherboard did not burn right away. A mixup in a power cord for a USB extension cord and a USB hub. It worked like this for a day or two though. A manufacture defect in the cpu? It was not there initially though, so that seems unlikely. The lid of the case pushing down on the power cords for the GPU, and by extension pushing the GPU onto the motherboard. How could that manage to burn the CPU though? I replaced the motherboard, and GPU and burned a second motherboard though. Which sounds more likely to take down a CPU and two motherboards? The longer, and much more interesting version Chapter 1: The death of the father I had managed to kill my previous PC after 5 years of service. I tried changing the fan of my powersupply, since it had gotten noisy. During a (probably rather dangerous) attempt to test it, a cloud of smoke rose from the psu. It was not connected to my pc at the time though. I killed the rest of my pc by buying a new powersupply (Corsair RM750i), and assuming that the 8 pin cpu connector cable is standard across psu manufactures. I quickly found out that it is not standard across psu manufactures. Chapter 2: The birth of the son Time to buy a brand new PC then. At least I already had a power supply. In total, I bought the following components. CPU I7-7700k Motherboard 2xMSI Z270 Gaming Pro Carbon 1xASUS Prime Z270-p RAM 2x16GB Corsair Venegance DDR4 CPU Cooler Corsair H80i Cryorig C1 PSU Corsair RM750i Case Fractal Design Node 605 Graphics card GTX 770 Gigabyte GTX 1080 TI FE Storage Samsung 960 EVO 1TB M.2 SSD + Some cables and stuff. Note: Some of it I bought as I troubleshooted. I did not rush out to buy 3 motherboards At first I assembled the PC with the H80i, the first MSI board, and a storage solution from my previous PC. This worked fine, and I was able to load windows from my old drives. I was however, not able to close the lid on the case. There is just no space for a H80i and an RM750i in a Node 605. There were also no space for the mounting brackets for mechanical harddrives next to the PSU. Chapter 3: Going on a diet Time to lose some weight. I bought the Cryorig C1 cooler, as well as the Samsung M.2 SSD to go along with a sata ssd from my previous build. I swapped out the cooler, and installed the SSD. I was able to boot, install windows 10 on the SSD, and use the PC no problem. I was still not really able to close the lid though. At the time, I was using my previous graphics card, which had a rather large cooler on it. The card itself fit within the case, but the lid pushed down a bit on the power cables for the card. For additional weight loss, I wanted to move my PC from my desk to under my TV. This way the electrons have to run further to get to my monitors. It also made the setup look nicer overall. I therefore bought some long display cables (7m Display port, 10m minijack sound cable, 5 m USB extension cable, and a USB hub. I booted the system, and it worked fine. Except for the Display port monitor glitching, but I seriously doubt that killed anything. It worked fine with a shorter cable. Chapter 4: Heart attack! Now, at the day of the disaster, I closed the lid on the case. It did not really require force, but the PCI power cables got bent. They are flexible though, right? They are supposed to bend. When I pressed the power button, the smell of burnt electronics filled the air. I guess I pushed it too hard on the diet. I had not even gotten to the overclock yet though. At this point, I disassembled everything, and tried powering it up outside the case, with just the cpu, the cooler, 1 stick of ram and the psu. Nothing. The fan on the PSU did not even spin. When I tried jumping the PSU on its own, the fan spun fine. Chapter 5: Resuscitation So I bought a new motherboard, and a lower profile GPU (1080 TI Founders Edition). It was at this point I noticed that I had not removed the thin plastic sticker from the Cryorig C1 heatsink. Anyway, I tested the new motherboard outside the case, with the CPU, 2 sticks of ram, and the PSU. When I powered it on, the PSU fan started spinning. I did not test if I got an image on screen though. I wanted my shiny new GPU secured properly before testing it. I assembled it all in the case again, and connected all display cables as well as the USB cable. Once again, the familiar smell of burnt electronics filled the air. On to the 3rd motherboard! Although, this time I went with the slightly cheaper Asus Z270-P. At this point I suspected either the case or the usb cable/hub, although both were working fine earlier. I therefore assembled everything outside the case, without the USB cable/hub. Just to see if it would boot. It didn't. No picture. Not with nor without the graphics card. Chapter 6: Help from a professional So, I went down to a PC repair shop with the CPU, the ram, and the motherboard, to figure out what was dead. I also brought the USB cable/hub, for them to check if that could have killed anything. They told me that the CPU is dead, and that the extension cord requires external power to work. Also, the ram and the hub works fine. So it sounds like I accidentally used the power for the extension cable in the hub instead. But if not power, what would this hole be for? Chapter 7: Help from an enthusiast So now, I sit here without a clear picture of what is killing my components. I could buy a new CPU, but I do not want to risk it burning again. Does anything in this rather lengthy tale jump out at you as being the culprit? The thin layer of plastic on the heat sink? Shouldn’t the CPU automatically shut down if it gets to hot? The mixup in USB power cord? How come it worked for a day or two? A manufacture defect in the cpu? …That was not there initially? The GPU and the lid? How did that manage to burn the CPU? And why did it not work with a new motherboard and GPU? The case? Somehow? Obviously I did remember the motherboard standoffs. It was working for some time in this case before the disaster, so I do not see how it could be the case. Any tests you might be able to recommend? Preferably something that does not involve frying any more CPUs/motherboards.. I do have an extra GPU we could fry though.

Hi guys, I should be receiving my new PC parts within the next week or so, and it is my first build ever. As this is my first build, I do not want to break any of the components, so will this setup be ok, ESD wise? I have bought a static wristband, one with a crocodile clip on the end and I will install the PSU into the case, plug in the PSU and hook the wristband onto the fan grill on the PSU. Then I will proceed to build the rest of the PC. I have carpet in my room, but it is wool - is this ok - my heart says yes as I will be using a static wristband, but just to be sure. Also, I will build it on my desk which has a laminate top coating (veneer). Will any of these cause any problems, or should this setup be ok?

I recently bought a new psu to compensate for the new gpu i got. And when i plugged it all up the psu fried my HDD.does this mean the psu is bad? Will it fry a new one if i put it in?

Today there was a lightning strike near my house. My computer was on and the monitors shut off right after the cracking noise. The computer remained running. I unplugged everything and after 20min plugged back in. Computer works but both monitors are saying "No signal detected". I searched online and it seems something could be fried. Im thinking its gpu but im not sure cause the gpu fans still work. What can be the problem?

Hi guys. Let me try get right to the point here. I think I have fried all the ports on my GTX1080Ti. I have never seen this in my entire life. I have been working with PCs almost 20 years now, never seen anything like this. I got this card, it had a stock cooler ( the one like you find on Founders Edition) . I swapped that cooler with my Arctic Cooling Twin Turbo III. Plugged everything in started my PC and than the wierdest things started happening. I got no POST from motherboard but saw from the LEDs in my case that Windows has booted. I get a signal on my monitor but no picture. Of course i tried everything so far. Different ports - still the same Different monitor - still the same Different GPU - everything works normal Different PSU - still the same problem Onboard GPU - Boots normally, everything works And the last part here is why I think I somehow fried ALL of my ports. When I boot into Windows with on-board GPU and the 1080Ti plugged in, I ho to Aida64 and I see there the in board card and the 1080Ti. Please guys if you have any suggestions or anything that could help I would very much appreciate it. Thank you

Hello! I have the computer in my signature for about 14 month, everything was running just fine and i didn't plug the extra 4 pin for the Cpu power, i had plugged in only the 8 pin connector(the psu was the Corsair CS 650 M). During this period i was adding some stuff, like extra fans all RGB, 8 in total, 2 for the cpu and 6 in the case, i added a rgb led strip 60cm, a rgb mouse pad, i have 2 HDD, 2 SSD and the m2 mvne with the OS. 4 days ago as i was surfing, pretty much at idle the pc stopped like you turn the psu of with a buzzer sound for 3 seconds. I ordered a new psu, the Seasonic focus plus 750w gold and i wait for it to arrive to pu it all together ( don't want to risk plugging the old psu, although i brought it to a shop and they told me it is working. I would appreciate any help troubleshooting this issue!! Thanks you!!!

Hi people, my mobo (asus z170 pro gaming) broke, it wont boot past the bios, tried switching out all parts except the mobo, flashed the latest bios update, reset the mobo entirely, didnt do anything, so now I'm looking to upgrade. I have an i7-7700k, but I'd like to have more cores, preffereably 8 minimum for my video editing adventures, as this one is also kinda worn out and now working as smoothly as I want it to, so I'll be upgrading that aswell, but I have too little knowledge of chipsets and future proofing my build to draw a conclusion on what to get. My current upgrade includes an Asus Prime X299-A paired with an i7 7820x, as this gives me the specs I desire, but I have no clue if this is a solid purchase for the future, as I maxed out my potential with my old motherboard way too quickly. Any suggestions on what chipset or board/cpu combination to get would be enormously appreciated, aswell as other tips/must haves. Specs: Asus z170 Pro Gaming (done for) i7-7700k (still working but eh) GIGABYTE 1060 6GB Kingston 4x4 DDR4 at 2133 MHz Corsair VS450 PSU Kingston 256GB SSD Thanks in advance, Jack

So I have a Dell optiplex motherboard. I removed it from its case and placed it on a bench that I've made in a box. I've connected all of the parts on the motherboard. When I tried turning on the pc it didn't turn on so I figured out later that the ram slot is not functional I have no idea why. Then after removing the RAM piece from the unfunctional slot and when I tried turning on the pc, smoke came out of it and it's probably the motherboard because I saw brown stains on the back of it. My question is that whats the reason of the ram slot malfunctioning and why my motherboard got fried?

Okay, this is a long story so bear with me. I recently sold my friend my old MSI Z170a Gaming Pro Carbon Motherboard and I7 - 6700. We built the PC together and got Windows installed, everything. A surprisingly smooth build. When I was going through and showing him his drivers, and how to check up on his hardware, I noticed the CPU was only running at 0.90Mhz when it's supposed to be running at 3.4Mhz. I could tell something was wrong and was looking to figure out the problem. My buddy said it was fine and that it wouldn't be a problem for him. Later that day it became a problem for him, we decided to boot up Valorant for some games and he was only getting around 30fps. Keep in mind this lad has a GTX 1070 and 16Gb 3200 DDR4 RAM as well. I could tell that the bottleneck was the CPU running at a low speed. I Googled how to fix the low CPU speed issue and found a guide for the exact CPU he had saying that the CPU wasn't receiving enough power and that it needed to be upped to 1.4v in the BIOS. When we entered the BIOS we saw that the CPU was only pulling 1.2v and changed a setting to allow 1.4v. When we hit save and reboot the PC just never turned back on. A little while after that we noticed that the PSU also makes a click sound now when you try and power it on and then nothing happens. I feel really bad because I shouldn't have been this naive and let this happen. I want to help him fix it, and I hope we didn't just fry everything because I honestly don't want to buy him a new PC. But at the same time I shouldn't have let this happen. Please, please, please help.

Hey guys I was given this samsung laptop , model R540. It wasn't working and I came to the conclusion that the "external" ATI GPU was fried. (nothing shows up on screen). I couldn't really do anything so I used a heat gun to try to revive it and apparently it works just fine for now. However, this probably won't last forever so I want to find a more permanent solution. Now I'm pretty sure the i3 it has includes integrated graphics, but there is no option in BIOS to force intel HD instead of ATI. It's a bit odd since a different laptop I had with a fried external GPU, was able to boot and work with basic graphics with the standard vga driver. Any ideas how I can get it to work for good? I mean, switch to internal GPU somehow, I know the ATI one is dead.