Ever heard a computer make this sound...

[Cigar_Jack]

BBZZRRTTT!

and then an awful smell of burning circuit board..

Thankfully just a power supply. Damn part of me was hoping to have an excuse to do a full upgrade. It scorched a good sized portion of the power supply. I'll have to post a picture.

 

[tedski]

You never know what sort of power spike went into the other components of your system during this burnout. So you could very well have a partially compromised motherboard, CPU, memory and video card ... and these will no doubt become disabled during some critical timeframe (like a online cigar purchase, update of your website or hold 'em game)

I suggest an immediate upgrade as a precautionary measure ...

 

[AndrewDill]

Not sure if you know about this site, but you can go on www.slickdeals.net

You can find some pretty sweet deals on computer parts fairly often.

Check it out.

 

[Cigar_Jack]

Nope just a power supply.. *sigh* I so wanted an leet upgrade. It only happened as I was turning the computer on. Must have been a rogue dust bunny.

 

[Rank_Tyro]

Once some of the Magic Smoke has escaped from a computer, it is only a matter of time before other problems arise.

If ALL of the Magic Smoke escapes, then you need to replace the entire thing.

Back up that data!

 

[Altercall]

Good point, you have to think that there was some serious voltage going through those circuits. I would back up you data and start looking for cheap motherboards and processors. Then start looking at memory deals. That's usually how I upgrade, progressively. Well, not this time, I'm getting a ton of stuff from a friend in college that has to have the latest stuff to run his games. I miss college!:frown:

 

[cvm4]

Yea, that's happened to me before. It especially sucks when you're not schooled on computer parts and have no clue what just happened!

 

[caudio51]

The smell of burning electronics is never good. Glad it was just he ps.

 

[Wasch_24]

You never know what sort of power spike went into the other components of your system during this burnout. So you could very well have a partially compromised motherboard, CPU, memory and video card ... and these will no doubt become disabled during some critical timeframe (like a online cigar purchase, update of your website or hold 'em game)

I suggest an immediate upgrade as a precautionary measure ...

:rofl: