Hi guys, recently I bought an e6600 (got it for £60) and a foxconn 662mx motherboard along with 1gb of some cheapy value ram. Now when plugging everything in it went ok, but it kept turning off, I had a 420w power supply at the time so I wasn't surprised but I noticed I didnt push down the heatsink and fan properly, before I knew this though, I was moving it around to check the little knobs were pushed down, with everything in place, it wouldn't turn on at all.
Now to make things even worse, I foolishly changed the input from the standard 230 odd volts or whatever it is, to the american one, 113 odd. Which made the psu explode. I was shocked and annoyed, but bought another one the next day, probably for the same price, a trust one (probably crap) with 570w. Still no sign on life as before the explosion, the only sign is that the cpu fan apears to move a tiny tiny bit for less than a second before it stops, you hear the psu click into gear for a milisecond too but other than that, no sign of life thanks to the lack of motherboard lighting. No beeps, no going into the post or bios screen, nothing.
I tested my graphics card which survived the pop, but I'm not sure if anything else is alive, I'm really worried it took out my cpu, and I have a feeling it may have taken my motherboard. But the odd thing is that you can see it twitching when trying to turn it on. I've tried everything I can think of, clearing the cmos/bios with the jumper, pulling out the battery, checking for shorts on the motherboard, putting it on the desk and trying it, everything. I checked the cpu too, but nothing I can think of. One thing I guess I should mention is that I didnt add any thermal paste as it was second hand, but I doubt that's the problem. Plus the old one seems to have melted back into its original form.
What can I do guys and what do you think has bitten the dust? Either the motherboard has a failsafe for something and automatically turning off or the cpu and mobo are completely dead.
I hope I've given enough information for you to help me with my problem, I'm not made of money so you know...
Thanks for your upcoming replies.
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Now to make things even worse, I foolishly changed the input from the standard 230 odd volts or whatever it is, to the american one, 113 odd. Which made the psu explode. I was shocked and annoyed, but bought another one the next day, probably for the same price, a trust one (probably crap) with 570w. Still no sign on life as before the explosion, the only sign is that the cpu fan apears to move a tiny tiny bit for less than a second before it stops, you hear the psu click into gear for a milisecond too but other than that, no sign of life thanks to the lack of motherboard lighting. No beeps, no going into the post or bios screen, nothing.
I tested my graphics card which survived the pop, but I'm not sure if anything else is alive, I'm really worried it took out my cpu, and I have a feeling it may have taken my motherboard. But the odd thing is that you can see it twitching when trying to turn it on. I've tried everything I can think of, clearing the cmos/bios with the jumper, pulling out the battery, checking for shorts on the motherboard, putting it on the desk and trying it, everything. I checked the cpu too, but nothing I can think of. One thing I guess I should mention is that I didnt add any thermal paste as it was second hand, but I doubt that's the problem. Plus the old one seems to have melted back into its original form.
What can I do guys and what do you think has bitten the dust? Either the motherboard has a failsafe for something and automatically turning off or the cpu and mobo are completely dead.
I hope I've given enough information for you to help me with my problem, I'm not made of money so you know...
Thanks for your upcoming replies.
- (do I really need to type in my forum name?)