Built New PC Today - Then broke it?

ATLANT3AN

ATLANT3AN

ATLANT3AN

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Hey, I built my new PC today and everything was working fine, Installed Windows and that, Realised I was missing a connector on my sound card the power for the I/O drive, connected that up to a molex and switched on.

Massive whistling high pitched noise, not sure where coming from switched it off instantly, I realised I had only covered 1 lot of PATA pins and not the other, I put it the right away round and still I get sound, I took the I/O drive out, still get sound.

X fi Platinum Champion Series, I havent took the full sound card out yet and tried it, but what do you think has happened? NO smoke or nothing like that, no burning smell?

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ATLANT3AN
 
PhillyDee --> Explain why? Surely he's already had the power plugged into the graphics card.. Because the machine was working...
 
I completely removed it, Still making the sound, Now as my error was in the PATA cable I would have thought the error would be it simply didnt work so perhaps when i added the molex connector to power the I/O. I made a mistake elsewhere? Or what, Please dont say its a motherboard problem O mean surly they protect against simple things like this? Everything is brand new.

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I think the PC would continue to work if I let it, the fans are working it is going through various stages on the CPU poster, but I stop it for fear of damaging it more so.
 
PhillyDee you are right, The graphics card wasnt plugged in. I must have knocked it out when messing with sound card but how could you possibly know that? Thanks so much man, I will try putting the sound card back in tomorrow too tired now.

You are a legend, Sorry I doubted you it just seemed strange and I assumed it was in.
 
Heh. TBH, i must have misread it. I heard High Pitched Whine, and thought graphics card. Ive done it myself. Definately a soiled trouser noise.
 
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