Smoke pouring out of PC!!!

dekez said:
So now I'm scared as hell to overclock the thing and my house smells of burnt plastic. Somehow I'm going to have to get rid of this stink before my GF gets back or she will go mental, as I often leave this rig on 24/7 for folding! :eek:

So anyone know what happened here? My theory is cheap cable not designed to take the extra current with the overclock?
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light some candles, have a romantic dinner waiting... :P 2 birds with one stone.
 
Happy said:
All good, everyone needs to a 'OMFG' moment :D
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True :) oh well, 8pin attached, lynx sprayed (no glade), story for girlfriend made up just in case. Live to fight another day :D

PhillyDee said:
It wasnt also catching he fan was it?
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It is a possibility, it was catching when I first put the rig together (few months ago now) and I rearranged the wires so it wouldn't. Could have worked its way loose over time, or have been some small damage caused that I didn't see from before (I did check) which then failed when I overclocked. Thanks I'll double check this when I put new extensions in.
 
Rroff said:
This is why boards now have 8 CPU pin (2x4) - quads can pull too much amperage when OC'd, addin a cheap low guage cable and only using 1 of the 4 pin connectors...

Its another reason why overclocking 65nm quads on older boards like the P965 isn't a good idea... they aren't designed for the amperage.
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It's a P5Q pro, I'm going to be running it at stock for a while now :)

Rroff said:
light some candles, have a romantic dinner waiting... :P 2 birds with one stone.
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Good idea, couldn't have happened at a worse time though, her mum, sister, and 2 friends are currently staying with us at the moment, and one is sleeping in the dining room where the PC is! lol
 
I left the doors and windows open for a while (there was quite a breeze coming through which helped) then met up with her for a curry, didn't get back till 10ish and by that time the smell was just about gone and no one noticed anything :)
 
At least your rig is all right :)
Had this happen to me with a molex connector that was hanging in the case and touched the unplugged cdrom drive and started to smoke like a chimney had to unplug and through it out the garden then buy a new psu
 
i see an opportunity here. Have a tidy up, get some scented candles burning, set the table and make something nice to eat for when she gets home

You can get rid of the smell and give her a treat at the same time ;)
 
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