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Tiger Shark
Is my PSU/mb fried or what? Computer smells burnt during normal use session....
So my dad plugged a zip drive into the P4 system. P4P800-VM motherboard I believe with a "Hirpo" 250w PSU. Screen goes black and shuts down. I can smell a slight burnt smell at the back of the computer. The PSU power light blinks or stays green but the system won't boot--no fans turn on either.
Just to check the PSU I put an Asus Smartpower 300w in the computer to see if it would boot. No luck. Just a quick flash of a light inside the case and then nothing.
Is my motherboard fried?
BTW: My area has frequent power surges and the PC didn't have a protector... so I think that's the problem. Anyway to accurately test and see which part of my system is messed up?
Last edited by tarentinos; 02-14-2006 at 12:59 AM.
I used to own a nice tower, but then it was too expensive to upgrade consistently. And I only play Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors DEATHMATCH. And that doesn't need a lot of power (PM me if you want to get in some games). So now I own a MacBook, but I like to think of myself as a well-informed Apple convert who still uses Windows sometimes.
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