My CPU smells like “smoke” is that bad?

[Defunct Lizard]

My pc is not booting, and my cpu cooler Smells like smoke I have a OEM motherboard and an i5 650 and the intel stock cooler

 

the fans are spinning but nothing is coming up on the monitor.

 

is my cpu broken or is it my motherboard? Is anything broken at all?

 

[Levent]

does it POST?

[Defunct Lizard]

No all it does is spin the fans up.

[Callum Stringer]

5 minutes ago, floppy disk mayhem said:

My pc is not booting, and my cpu cooler Smells like smoke I have a OEM motherboard and an i5 650 and the intel stock cooler

 

the fans are spinning but nothing is coming up on the monitor.

 

is my cpu broken or is it my motherboard? Is anything broken at all?

 

is it a used PC? maybe you need to replace the thermal paste

[TechMan2175]

you have a dead cpu most likely if you smell smoke 

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8 minutes ago, floppy disk mayhem said:

My pc is not booting, and my cpu cooler Smells like smoke I have a OEM motherboard and an i5 650 and the intel stock cooler

 

the fans are spinning but nothing is coming up on the monitor.

 

is my cpu broken or is it my motherboard? Is anything broken at a

anything that smells like smoke isnt good. I think that your cpu is already overheating so it wont post. Reapply thermal paste and if you want u can upgrade the cooler if none of that works your cpu is dead

[raxbg]

Does it at least beep? If not, it is probably the mobo (assuming you actually have a buzzer). Check the capacitors around the CPU, if there are some blown off - it is 99% the mobo.

[raxbg]

2 minutes ago, TechMan2175 said:

you have a dead cpu most likely if you smell smoke 

Which burned off electronics doesn't smell like smoke? Why did you assume CPU?

[Levent]

4 minutes ago, raxbg said:

Which burned off electronics doesn't smell like smoke? Why did you assume CPU?

I was going to say I would be impressed if you actually got an sealed CPU package to smoke off. (and also guys cpus are not that fragile, if that was the case subzero overclocking wouldnt be a thing)

[Godlygamer23]

Before assuming it's the CPU, check the motherboard for burned components. While the smell could appear to come from the CPU, it might be something that sits around it. At this point, I would power off the build entirely and inspect the board, and if you do not find anything, remove the CPU, inspect it and the socket(including the backside).

 

Also, just so we're clear, the CPU has components on the rear that can fail as well, which might lead to the burning smell. 

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Edited November 26, 2017 by Godlygamer23
Added photo.

[Defunct Lizard]

I will take the advice.

[raxbg]

It can also be a dead power supply - actually if it wasn't for you saying that the smell comes around the CPU area - dead power supply would sound pretty likely.

[Armakar]

15 minutes ago, Callum Stringer said:

is it a used PC? maybe you need to replace the thermal paste

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[Godlygamer23]

Just now, Armakar said:

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I'm highly doubtful either of those things would lead to the burning smell. If the CPU was overheating, the system would shut off or severely thermal throttle. 

[Callum Stringer]

1 minute ago, Armakar said:

cHaNgE tHe ThErMAl pAsTE
rEsEaT ThE rAM
 

wrong use of meme

[Armakar]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

I'm highly doubtful either of those things would lead to the burning smell. If the CPU was overheating, the system would shut off or severely thermal throttle. 

I was mocking the person who recommended changing the thermal paste.

[raxbg]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

I'm highly doubtful either of those things would lead to the burning smell. If the CPU was overheating, the system would shut off or severely thermal throttle. 

And then it will work again, once it cools off a bit.

[Callum Stringer]

Just now, Armakar said:

I was mocking the person who recommended changing the thermal paste.

the same thing happened to me with a old pc it smelt like shit but it was the lack of thermal paste...

[Defunct Lizard]

yeah... I'm just going to switch to AMD for a while...