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I am 16 and I have been following tech since my childhood. I really wanted a gaming PC so I researched and bought the parts and decided to assemble it myself. WORST. CHOICE. EVER. I was so sure that I couldn't mess up cause everything goes in a single way in, except one, the one nobody warns about. There was a 4-pin connector coming from my PSU that LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE A FAN CONNECTOR, I thought it was a PWR fan.

 

I failed to see that PWR_FAN on mobo was 3 pin. Turns out it was a floppy disk connector.... I burnt my mobo. I luckily got a replacement free of cost... phew (I have no idea why they did that). I figured that all the video on youtube for assembling pc's used high end PSU's which probably didn't have this connector thus they forgot to mention it. I did find other people doing the same mistake on the net and getting same results.

 

My parents are furious at me now cause I could have just straight up burnt their money. They have the right to be though... should have called an engineer. Did you guys mess up your first PC or I am the only ultra stupid one to do so? 

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Always read the manual son :)

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Built first one at 14 not a single problem when building

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At early AM sometime...years ago...

Epic tiredness/noobness.

 

I've put a 6pin PCIE power plug into the 4pin motherboard plug....

 

Killed the motherboard....

 

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I am 16 and I have been following tech since my childhood. I really wanted a gaming PC so I researched and bought the parts and decided to assemble it myself. WORST. CHOICE. EVER. I was so sure that I couldn't mess up cause everything goes in a single way in, except one, the one nobody warns about. There was a 4-pin connector coming from my PSU that LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE A FAN CONNECTOR, I thought it was a PWR fan.

 

I failed to see that PWR_FAN on mobo was 3 pin. Turns out it was a floppy disk connector.... I burnt my mobo. I luckily got a replacement free of cost... phew (I have no idea why they did that). I figured that all the video on youtube for assembling pc's used high end PSU's which probably didn't have this connector thus they forgot to mention it. I did find other people doing the same mistake on the net and getting same results.

 

My parents are furious at me now cause I could have just straight up burnt their money. They have the right to be though... should have called an engineer. Did you guys mess up your first PC or I am the only ultra stupid one to do so? 

tell your parent that self discovery thru trial and error is just as important as school.  remind em that you could have got in to drugs.  same amount of money as building pcs but not as cool.

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I did. Found no mention of a floppy connector.

Most modern PSUs only have maybe 1 floppy connector and it's pretty easy to distinguish from a fan connector and the fan connector would come from the fan not the PSU so it was kinda your fault :/

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I am 16 and I have been following tech since my childhood. I really wanted a gaming PC so I researched and bought the parts and decided to assemble it myself. WORST. CHOICE. EVER. I was so sure that I couldn't mess up cause everything goes in a single way in, except one, the one nobody warns about. There was a 4-pin connector coming from my PSU that LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE A FAN CONNECTOR, I thought it was a PWR fan.

 

I failed to see that PWR_FAN on mobo was 3 pin. Turns out it was a floppy disk connector.... I burnt my mobo. I luckily got a replacement free of cost... phew (I have no idea why they did that). I figured that all the video on youtube for assembling pc's used high end PSU's which probably didn't have this connector thus they forgot to mention it. I did find other people doing the same mistake on the net and getting same results.

 

My parents are furious at me now cause I could have just straight up burnt their money. They have the right to be though... should have called an engineer. Did you guys mess up your first PC or I am the only ultra stupid one to do so? 

Nah, good job. I burnt my friend's PSU, burnt two motherboards with OC'ing(AM3+ 760G). You live and learn, next time you'll do everything correctly. In the long run it's going to pay off( already did, you got your money back).

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i had no problem my first time building other thn not pushing the ram DIMMs all the way in

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Most modern PSUs only have maybe 1 floppy connector and it's pretty easy to distinguish from a fan connector and the fan connector would come from the fan not the PSU so it was kinda your fault :/

I am talking about the PWR_FAN of psu not a case fan

 

 

At early AM sometime...years ago...

Epic tiredness/noobness.

 

I've put a 6pin PCIE power plug into the 4pin motherboard plug....

 

Killed the motherboard....

 

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Good to know I aint the only one.

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Nah, good job. I burnt my friend's PSU, burnt two motherboards with OC'ing(AM3+ 760G). You live and learn, next time you'll do everything correctly. In the long run it's going to pay off( already did, you got your money back).

I don't think at all it was worth risking 800$

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tell your parent that self discovery thru trial and error is just as important as school.  remind em that you could have got in to drugs.  same amount of money as building pcs but not as cool.

 

I could have called an engineer and could have done it in front of him.

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I could have called an engineer and could have done it in front of him.

Why? PCs are not rocket science - electronics are not too hard to understand either - hell - I learned most stuff about PSUs in high school.

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I've never actually damaged a computer during the assembly stage.

 

I guess RTFM? I always do, even after 100+ PC builds/repairs.

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GG, this is why you should check what you're plugging in instead of being cocky and trying to do things with no help.

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I am talking about the PWR_FAN of psu not a case fan

What is a PWR fan of a PSU? And why would you need a plug anything into the mobo from the PSU apart from the 24pin and 8pin

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I don't think at all it was worth risking 800$

It paid off at the end. And you have a story to tell to friends :P. From now on you'll be building your PC yourself, witch is cheaper.

Not everything can be calculated if it was worth or it was not. If you would have know that your MB will get burn, then of course it wouldn't be worth. Usually even beginners assemble their PC without major problems. It was fairly safe bet doing it yourself, but shit happens.

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I am 16 and I have been following tech since my childhood. I really wanted a gaming PC so I researched and bought the parts and decided to assemble it myself. WORST. CHOICE. EVER. I was so sure that I couldn't mess up cause everything goes in a single way in, except one, the one nobody warns about. There was a 4-pin connector coming from my PSU that LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE A FAN CONNECTOR, I thought it was a PWR fan.

 

I failed to see that PWR_FAN on mobo was 3 pin. Turns out it was a floppy disk connector.... I burnt my mobo. I luckily got a replacement free of cost... phew (I have no idea why they did that). I figured that all the video on youtube for assembling pc's used high end PSU's which probably didn't have this connector thus they forgot to mention it. I did find other people doing the same mistake on the net and getting same results.

 

My parents are furious at me now cause I could have just straight up burnt their money. They have the right to be though... should have called an engineer. Did you guys mess up your first PC or I am the only ultra stupid one to do so? 

 

Nope I did loads of research and read the manuals that came with everything, I'm also from the time where we actually used floppy disk drives so I know the connector well, regardless... It would of been listed in your manual for the PSU.

 

Hindsight is a bitch tbh but you can avoid 90% of mistakes in life by reading manuals.

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I've had two build and no issues from them. I've taken apart this pc 3-4 times do to un-settling wiring and various cooler changes.

 

I'm one of those guys who has to have perfect wiring, well... The best I can get out of a semi-modular power supply.

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I could have called an engineer and could have done it in front of him.

as an engineer i would have charge a counsultant fee more than the cost of your system build.  next time go slow an use the manual. 

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tell your parent that self discovery thru trial and error is just as important as school.  remind em that you could have got in to drugs.  same amount of money as building pcs but not as cool.

Teach your kids to build computers, and they will never have enough money for drugs.

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Teach your kids to build computers, and they will never have enough money for drugs.

yea its one or the other but not both

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