burning smell

neocon · 11 Jul 2008 at 16:12

i had an accident, when putting the cover back on my pc i left a wire in the cpu fan so it coulnd turn. doh! first thing i noticed was a burning smell so i checked my temps (motherboad 60C and cpu 64C).

i have since removed the wire and the fan now works. the temps are back to normal. i am worried that i have caused permanent damage though?

domthecondom · 11 Jul 2008 at 16:43

if the CPU works fine i wouldnt worry to much, but if your unlucky you have fried your CPU a little. How long did you let it on for? could be damage that aint gone do nout

neocon · 11 Jul 2008 at 17:06

domthecondom said:
if the CPU works fine i wouldnt worry to much, but if your unlucky you have fried your CPU a little. How long did you let it on for? could be damage that aint gone do nout

bout 20 minutes, 64C isnt really that hot, i think the burning smell could have been the fan..

i played tf2 last night and it seemed ok, no screeen freezes

mathwat · 11 Jul 2008 at 18:01

you cpu would be fine.. it would have throttled before any damage was done plus you would have heard an alarm going off to tell you the temps was to high.. Just keep an eye on the fan cause it might fail.. the burning smell would be the bushes..

neocon · 12 Jul 2008 at 14:46

ok, cool

Justintime · 12 Jul 2008 at 16:08

Burning as in electronic or just plastic burning? If plastic then its likely the fan was getting slightly toasted from the hot sink as it was'nt being cooled.

Phil2008 · 12 Jul 2008 at 16:39

Why didnt you want the fan to spin anyway??

Devil_Spawn · 12 Jul 2008 at 16:40

Phil2008 said:
Why didnt you want the fan to spin anyway??

im sure he just meant he accidentally left a wire in the fan which blocked its movement...

manveruppd · 12 Jul 2008 at 16:43

Almost definitely the fan, don't worry.

EDIT: could've been just dust that got blown into your PSU though, that can smell a bit plasticky when it burns.

synixx · 12 Jul 2008 at 16:53

I accidentaly forgot to plug in the HSF one time, i started to get a burning smell, and then the computer shut itself down. I turned it back on and went into the bios, cpu reading was at 96c lol (burning might have been the thermal paste frying), but still everything is working as it should.