Computer went pop, need help

Elrad · 26 May 2013 at 20:43

Hi, turn my computer on this afternoon and after a few secs there was a pop noise and then a burning smell. so i quickly took out the power cable and a few secs later smoke was comimg out the top. I stripped my machine and put another psu in and it powered up. Great i thought! So i put my items back in but im getting no display by gfx card or onboard gfx......... ao is it my motherboard?? Every thing runs the cpu fan the lights are lit on the motherboard. Could th board still run but be knackered? My biggest worry is my ssd's. Any insight would be helpful.

Thank sean.

RJC · 26 May 2013 at 20:49

What motherboard and system spec are you using?

It might be worth trying a CMOS reset and check around the CPU socket for any burn marks from any MOSFET's

trickynickyuk · 26 May 2013 at 22:13

also you could check your GFX card for any burn marks as well

RSRAVI · 27 May 2013 at 13:21

could be anything need more information please ......

CaNsA · 27 May 2013 at 13:22

Chuck a spare gfx card in and try that.
But i fear it maybe a popped mobo.

jesusismyairbag · 27 May 2013 at 20:05

thats a real shame fella, shot a spare gfx in it if you can. thats bad luck mate sorry don't have anything to suggest.

pastymuncher · 27 May 2013 at 20:55

What make and model was the psu?

Chicken #16 · 28 May 2013 at 13:36

did you have a network set up? It might be possible to see if the pc is "alive" if it's visible on your network. Or put them in a sata usb caddy and see.

doesn't sound good re the hardware but very possible the harddrives are ok. There is still hope even if they appear to be corrupted. Testdisk has helped in the past.

ubersonic · 28 May 2013 at 14:49

Queen wasp?