Serious help: cpu burning smoke

[Rgyl11]

it is not rocket science and if you analyze....certain cables can only go n fit a specific port.
Everything is connected to the motherboard.

that said...coming back to your problem...since you dont have much DIY experience, suggest you to bring the PC to Nigel's shop. Let him pin point whether the PSU is spoilt or may be the entire mobo is jeopardized.

if you bring the PC back to the original shop...the shop will smoke screen and tell you some other thing spoil....then end up you might get chop again.

Nigel's shop is #02-32 at Sim Lim Sq....incidentally at Level 2.

hmm.. thats my concern too.. don't wanna spend any extra bucks for no reason..

back to the question again is it save to turn on my pc now or after i change psu how do i do test and ensure which part is faulty?

 

[Rgyl11]

inspect all your components for burnt marks lor... that's the only way to pin point where the fault is

i've tried to inspect after the smoke left and don't see any visible obvious burnt marks..

 

[Steyr69]

hmm.. thats my concern too.. don't wanna spend any extra bucks for no reason..

back to the question again is it save to turn on my pc now or after i change psu how do i do test and ensure which part is faulty?

it is a matter of swap n test.
first off, get a known working PSU n pop in....see whether your mobo boots up.

i dun advise you to turn on the pc...it might trip your house power supply....if there is a serious short somewhere.

as said, since you have not much PC experience, best to leave it to the experts.

 

[OngHuatHuat]

I was suan until I eventually built one myself based on advice in this forum.
But also thanks to all the bros here, I learnt a lot on pc parts and pc building.

After building a new pc for myself, I even upgraded my old pc based on the knowledge I gain here.
Typical no pain no gain.

I'm serious .... One thing about this forum everybody hates prebuilt lol

 

[OngHuatHuat]

Take out the psu first then do a test run just on the psu alone. Can google video for it.

 

[Rgyl11]

it is a matter of swap n test.
first off, get a known working PSU n pop in....see whether your mobo boots up.

i dun advise you to turn on the pc...it might trip your house power supply....if there is a serious short somewhere.

as said, since you have not much PC experience, best to leave it to the experts.

Ok so while meddling after a day of letting it cool down. Now it seems like the psu doesn't reek of burnt smell while the mobo 's fan did indeed smell strong of burning.

Probably my best solution is to bring down to sim lim tomorrow as my house got no spare mobo to test out

 

[Rgyl11]

I was suan until I eventually built one myself based on advice in this forum.
But also thanks to all the bros here, I learnt a lot on pc parts and pc building.

After building a new pc for myself, I even upgraded my old pc based on the knowledge I gain here.
Typical no pain no gain.

Upgrading and diy is good though problems like my case will arise where I thought higher watt psu = better while a lot people telling me it's over killing...

 

[pedokuma]

Upgrading and diy is good though problems like my case will arise where I thought higher watt psu = better while a lot people telling me it's over killing...

it is about power efficiency. Your PSU will draw only draw what your PC needs, so there will only be a small very difference in your power bill (not noticeable, maybe 1 plate of chicken rice over 1 year?). PSU works most efficient at ~60-80% of their total power.

Between a 500W and 700W PSU with efficiency in mind, it will save you around 20-30W but this will end up being a very small cost to you in the long run. This is all about your computer load and the efficiency level of your psu.

Your system require ~400W, so a 520-600W PSU would be more than enough. But don't stress the PSU to 90% and above, as it will promote wears faster to the PSU.

TLDR: Big PSU and small PSU, not much saving in yearly power consumption as they only draw what they need. With power efficiency level in mind, bigger PSU draw slightly more power from the wall. Getting a big PSU is perfectly fine, but just not cost efficient to the wallet unless you are going to need that extra juice soon (crossfire / overclocking)

Do correct me if i am wrong in any details.

 

[localITguy]

Quite true....and there is on site support.
My colleague bought a DELL and his dad for some reasons...keep on burning DVDs....making duplicates....then the DVD ROM spoilt.
Faster call DELL and the next day, they sent a technician down to troubleshoot n replace the defective ROM.



Nothing against pre-built.
It is just not in our mind becoz many of us here knows basic DIY PC.
But I have to point out the prebuit systems makes it hard to do custom upgrading at times.
Not much flexibility. If want to upgrade or change a part, I find there are limitations.
Like for rams, some mainstream rams those prebuilt sets cant recognize.
Very nitty gritty small annoyances which I find it in the end is best to get the parts n DIY one myself.

that only Applies to DELL..

if yoiu want buy Branded. just get DELL. OnSite support is better

 

[kimsix]

that only Applies to DELL..

if yoiu want buy Branded. just get DELL. OnSite support is better

Yes, Dell pro-support nbd onsite replacement is an advantage for branded PC under Dell.