Smells

Privateer · 22 Jul 2009 at 19:48

every now and then I get a burning smell come out of my PC trying to feel the cause is impossible I'm stumped what it can be, can drivers do it.

Wiggins · 22 Jul 2009 at 19:55

Drivers are pieces of written software so will not leave a bad smell when corrupt

Hardware on the other hand will. Have you got a fan burning up or a PSU that is on its way out. Only way to find out is pop your head in the PC case and have a sniff around (not with it switched on though).

JonJ678 · 22 Jul 2009 at 19:55

Not drivers. Motherboard or psu get my vote. Looking at your sig I'm pretty sure its the psu.

Back up your data

Edward01 · 22 Jul 2009 at 19:56

wire touching a heat sink somewhere? Will melt/burn the plastic

RJC · 22 Jul 2009 at 19:57

Double check all electrical connections, tried doing a search for your psu, sound a bit cheap :eek:

PS - Your sig is to big max 4 lines.

something daft already!! · 22 Jul 2009 at 20:02

Defo get rid of that PSU! They are a danger to your sanity and pc parts. They go bang quite often. I had two fail in three months. Lucky my PC was not killed in the process. I would look for any scorch marks on you mobo and parts just incase though.

SpiderX · 22 Jul 2009 at 20:10

howiepoohs said:
Defo get rid of that PSU! They are a danger to your sanity and pc parts. They go bang quite often. I had two fail in three months. Lucky my PC was not killed in the process. I would look for any scorch marks on you mobo and parts just incase though.

lol yea, get rid of the psu. heard nothing but bad news with them

DavyBoy · 22 Jul 2009 at 20:15

I have to agree with the others, ditch that PSU mate!!!

The PSU is the most important component inside your case, as it is supplying the power to all your other hardware... it's never a good idea to try and save money by purchasing a cheapo PSU as it could end up damaging your other expensive hardware...

You have a nice rig there man, get yourself a decent PSU to give your hardware a nice clean power source...

I've never even heard of that brand of PSU!!!

Privateer · 22 Jul 2009 at 20:25

ok ill do that, is this ok.
Hiper 880w PSU HPU-4M880 QuadRail

RJC · 22 Jul 2009 at 20:31

Hiper have poor reputation around here, have a look at the Corsair 650w on this week only.

Privateer · 22 Jul 2009 at 20:41

RJC said:
Hiper have poor reputation around here, have a look at the Corsair 650w on this week only.

that looks great, will a 650 be enough I have 3 Sata aswel

RJC · 22 Jul 2009 at 20:44

More than enough

Xelene · 22 Jul 2009 at 21:02

it's probably dust, get a can of spray air

Privateer · 22 Jul 2009 at 21:18

RJC said:
More than enough

its not big enough, exsteme say I need 685w
http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

Privateer · 22 Jul 2009 at 21:24

sldsmkd said:
it's probably dust, get a can of spray air

its to new to be dust.

RJC · 22 Jul 2009 at 21:30

I did that earlier and it come out as 445w.

I'm running i7 @ 4ghz with ATI 4870X2 and 2 hd's which pulls 520w ~ with prime and 3d win mark running.

Edit:

Added a few extra items on, to give a estimate.

Privateer · 22 Jul 2009 at 21:40

RJC said:
I did that earlier and it come out as 445w.

I'm running i7 @ 4ghz with ATI 4870X2 and 2 hd's which pulls 520w ~ with prime and 3d win mark running.

I have 7 fans,10 usb 3 of those usb's are external hd's, 1 bluray and 2 dvdrw.

RJC · 22 Jul 2009 at 21:43

How many cpu's did you put down, 1 or 4?

Privateer · 22 Jul 2009 at 21:55

RJC said:
How many cpu's did you put down, 1 or 4?

4 for my AMD Phenom II 955 3.2GHz SKT AM3 Processor, is a 4 core CPU.

RJC · 22 Jul 2009 at 21:58

Privateer said:
4 for my AMD Phenom II 955 3.2GHz SKT AM3 Processor, is a 4 core CPU.

The question is asking how many physical cpu's, your running 1 physical cpu with 4 cores.

The wattage you got would have been for 4 physical cpu's meaning your running 16 cores