Smoke coming out of my computer?

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Hi Every1,

about a week ago i was building a computer and i wasnt quite finished and i plugged it in, the fans drives and that were working, cool ( i know now to wait and not to plug it in intill youve finished,

my freind changed the volts of the power supply and turned it on(115v instead of 230v) and it blew the fuse on the PSU, didnt know how to change it, got a new PSU, arrived it yesterday put it in the computer case turned it on, i could smell something, looked it was smoke, turned it off as qwuik as i could, now the old PSU that blew was 300wats, the nwe is 400w,would that make a difference to the computer, the intel pentuim was not isstalled but thats the only thing that wasnt, i mean is that a main voltige point,

PLZZ HELP,

thanks

georgeSmoke coming out of my computer?
I dare say, amigo, that you've probably FRIED several components. However, you might have just fried the power supply if you are lucky, I mean like winning powerball lucky.



The use of the wrong power supply will fry the beJesus out of valuable components. Be glad the CPU wasn't inside, your lovely Intel Pentium, which will turn to putty with an overvoltage.



Also your little fuse might have been the WRONG voltage, which means it allowed TOO much voltage to exist before blowing and caused, I%26quot;d bet using my psychic powers and crystal ball, EXTENSIVE damage. What you've done is short circuited the computer by not having a complete flow of electricity and no grounding. God only knows what you've fried and is beyond repair and what is not damaged. Odds are the harddrive, the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives, FANs whatever are OK.



What you have probably killed are memory circuits, sound cards and the like which operate on very LOW voltages. But a short circuit rather changes things. You should have hooked the electrical cord to your friends brain and turned it on and short circuited that. That way, useful and valuable items of technology wouldn't have been destroyed. hee hee



You are claiming to have used UNDER-voltage. Under-voltage will not blow a fuse EVER. Too little voltage a device will simply not work.



Maybe next time you build a computer, you'll make sure your %26quot;friend%26quot; is like out of state. For all you know, your friend accidentally put a booger in the circuitry or spilled his coffee in it.



Building a computer is easy if you follow the directions, but most people think they know better than the manufacturers of various components, which is of course FALSE.Smoke coming out of my computer?
First thing, dont ever plug the power to the computer until ALL the components are in. With the new power supply it should work fine. Also, never switchthe volt while the thing is turn on. Power supply are VERY VERY dangerous and voltage charged. Trust me...I should know :-(





LOL to the girl on top...ELECTROCUTEDSmoke coming out of my computer?
Well not to be offensive but if you can't spell do you really think you should be building computers(unless you don't speak English then please forgive me)? Anyways from what I read your friend put 115v instead of 230? If you live in the USA then it should be 115v if not then 230v. Also, check your motherboard theres a chance you fried it.Smoke coming out of my computer?
Once when i was checking memory in my new computer i left the module resting in the slot, instead of pushed in, and it set on fire. Luckily i put it out and the slot was melted but everything else (including the memory chip) worked fine. Lucky me!Smoke coming out of my computer?
It could have been the PSU smoking, or it could have been something inside, such as the motherboard. The change from 300W to 400W should not matter, but now I would be afraid that everything connected to your mobo is fried. It probably fried when the first one blew, and now the second one blew because the voltage just could not transfer through the motherboard.Smoke coming out of my computer?
I say, call the fire brigade and run!



Don't put water on it unless you want to get electrocuted!Smoke coming out of my computer?
If you set 110v on the supply and then connect to 230 the first thing that happens ids that the psu blows, often going unregulated. This puts dangerously high voltages onto the motherboard, the result of which is likely to be a blown motherboard, memory, cpu, drives and possibly fans. You friend owes you a new machine. Do NOT let him near anything electrical, he has no clue what he is doing. On other equipment this mistake could have been fatal (literally).