Hey people,
I woke up this morning with a lovely burning smell coming from my computer, always the type of thing you hope for.
Once I had quickly turned the computer off and taken it to pieces i identified the offending piece as the ATX connection between the motherboard and my psu. All 4 red cables (which I understand to bet he 5v rail) had managed to cause significant melting to the plastic on both devices.
The PSU is relativly new, its a Thernaltake Silent Purepower 480w, while the mobo is a little older as a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP (KT333).
I have no idea what caused the problem, but after a little snooping around on the web, i conlcuded that the connection was probably loose, or not seated correctly in some way.
I intend to get the psu replaced by thermaltake, as there's no reason it shouldn't still be under-warranty, alas that doesn't look like a capability for the mobo.
So I've been thinking about what to get for an upgrade. I just recently bought a Radeon 9600 XT and a Athlon 2400+, so given that I don't want to have to buy a new CPU right now, im thinking about a KT600 or a nforce2 mobo. I am also currently running 2x256 of PC2100 ram, which I'd like to upgrade to a gig, but given the way that PC3200 is pretty much the same price as PC2100, i was wondering if there was any reason to buy the cheaper variety.
I'm also wondering if the chipset on a kt600 is capable of running higher speed ram (like PC3200) I'd be able to take advantage of it while still using the Athlon 2400+.
I guess, in conclusion does anyone have any suggestions on which mobo would be best to get, and what ram would make the most sense.
Cheers everyone.
(Full SYS STATS: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ajc802/sysstat.html )
I woke up this morning with a lovely burning smell coming from my computer, always the type of thing you hope for.
Once I had quickly turned the computer off and taken it to pieces i identified the offending piece as the ATX connection between the motherboard and my psu. All 4 red cables (which I understand to bet he 5v rail) had managed to cause significant melting to the plastic on both devices.
The PSU is relativly new, its a Thernaltake Silent Purepower 480w, while the mobo is a little older as a Gigabyte GA-7VRXP (KT333).
I have no idea what caused the problem, but after a little snooping around on the web, i conlcuded that the connection was probably loose, or not seated correctly in some way.
I intend to get the psu replaced by thermaltake, as there's no reason it shouldn't still be under-warranty, alas that doesn't look like a capability for the mobo.
So I've been thinking about what to get for an upgrade. I just recently bought a Radeon 9600 XT and a Athlon 2400+, so given that I don't want to have to buy a new CPU right now, im thinking about a KT600 or a nforce2 mobo. I am also currently running 2x256 of PC2100 ram, which I'd like to upgrade to a gig, but given the way that PC3200 is pretty much the same price as PC2100, i was wondering if there was any reason to buy the cheaper variety.
I'm also wondering if the chipset on a kt600 is capable of running higher speed ram (like PC3200) I'd be able to take advantage of it while still using the Athlon 2400+.
I guess, in conclusion does anyone have any suggestions on which mobo would be best to get, and what ram would make the most sense.
Cheers everyone.
(Full SYS STATS: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~ajc802/sysstat.html )
