Turned on new pc and poof!

[KedsDead]

I no longer use fan controllers. I use the motherboard, most mother boards (atleast mine does anyway) has fan curves. I can link them together. So once I have it set I dont have to ever do it again. I do have an old corsair commander, and used to have manual 5.25 mounted controllers that I dont use anymore. I find that once you set a fan curve you never go back to it. So a fancy fan controller and software are cool and all, but how many times are you going to use it?

Standoff, as in motherboard standoff on the case?

From your provided picture, it looks like you are missing atleast one.

Or thats something else entirely.

 

[Dr. Dro]

I no longer use fan controllers. I use the motherboard, most mother boards (atleast mine does anyway) has fan curves. I can link them together. So once I have it set I dont have to ever do it again. I do have an old corsair commander, and used to have manual 5.25 mounted controllers that I dont use anymore. I find that once you set a fan curve you never go back to it. So a fancy fan controller and software are cool and all, but how many times are you going to use it?



From your provided picture, it looks like you are missing atleast one.

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Or thats something else entirely.

Yeah the case's standoff layout is incorrect and it likely shorted the motherboard for having standoffs in the incorrect places, granted this is a mistake but it should NOT have killed the board, this is what anti-surge protection is for. I'd argue that unless there's physical damage on the motherboard from the standoffs being tightened in the wrong places, it's grounds for a valid RMA IMO

 

[KedsDead]

Well if the stand-off bridged a pin on the back of the mother board, could have been power and ground ( who knows really ) no surge protector is going to save that. The OP said he got it at MicroCenter, so they have a no questions asked 30 day warrantee. The extended warrentee isnt bad for the price. 3 years anything go wrong, bring it back for store credit. I have replaced a few mice and headsets that way. (kids, little parts breakers they are)

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Do you know the likelihood of other parts being damaged?

From the way you described the problem, that's always a possibility. The fact that you didn't even bother to mention the brand/model of PSU makes it even more possible.

 

[cst1992]

It’s a sea sonic platinum - https://seasonic.com/focus-plus-platinum

Except he did.

@Worldofsockets My bet is also the rogue standoff. Did you check for it? Each and every standoff has to be accounted for - otherwise it could cause shorts in the motherboard.

 

[delshay]

Yep, typical placement.


No visual signs that I can see.


This is the spot. I haven’t the heart to undo it all just yet, as I’m still pretty upset over the entire thing. Any ideas as to what that chip is doing? Seems like a really strange spot if you ask me.

No need to go any further, that chip is burnt. Send it back if it's under warranty.


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You have to remember, this computer was working. The OP just turned it on one day & there was magic smoke. To me something has failed. The biggest concern now did it take out any traces.

 

[Frag_Maniac]

Except he did.

Not in the first post I was responding to he didn't. After checking it wasn't mentioned until the 4th post of the thread. You would think anyone that's built "30+ computers over the years" would mention that right way, especially considering the problem described.

 

[Worldofsockets]

I no longer use fan controllers. I use the motherboard, most mother boards (atleast mine does anyway) has fan curves. I can link them together. So once I have it set I dont have to ever do it again. I do have an old corsair commander, and used to have manual 5.25 mounted controllers that I dont use anymore. I find that once you set a fan curve you never go back to it. So a fancy fan controller and software are cool and all, but how many times are you going to use it?



From your provided picture, it looks like you are missing atleast one.

View attachment 330782

Or thats something else entirely.

No, I started to take it apart, to see if anything on the back showed signs. The board looks good outside of that. Just to clarify, this thing was working since the 9th just fine when it was assembled, and only thing swapped was the usb controller from lian-li and three fans. When I get back, I’ll double check the standoffs. I normally have them all in but you never know, I could have missed one as this replaced a mini itx build. I guess I need some clarification, can usb controllers actually damage a motherboard? I’m not saying it’s it, just don’t want to rebuild it all and it pops again.

 

[MarsM4N]

I would check the board manual & the fan controller manual. Esp. look for header power limits. How many fans did you connect? Did you use the correct header?

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Yeah reviews say Pooph is a scam crap is still crap clean it up properly

Sure it wasn't the new gpu adapter going pooph ?

 

[Ferrum Master]

It is pretty weird that the supply of a SATA3 controller is blown.

 

[Dr. Dro]

No, I started to take it apart, to see if anything on the back showed signs. The board looks good outside of that. Just to clarify, this thing was working since the 9th just fine when it was assembled, and only thing swapped was the usb controller from lian-li and three fans. When I get back, I’ll double check the standoffs. I normally have them all in but you never know, I could have missed one as this replaced a mini itx build. I guess I need some clarification, can usb controllers actually damage a motherboard? I’m not saying it’s it, just don’t want to rebuild it all and it pops again.

Yes, it is possible, but it is extremely rare as midrange and high end motherboards almost always have fuses on the USB ports, (I believe even the cheap ones have it nowadays, it's become very common) if there's a major surge that fuse will blow and the USB ports will die, but the motherboard should survive with other hardware intact

 

[Worldofsockets]

Not in the first post I was responding to he didn't. After checking it wasn't mentioned until the 4th post of the thread. You would think anyone that's built "30+ computers over the years" would mention that right way, especially considering the problem described.

I literally have four computers in my office all half torn apart because I do this on the regular. However, I never spent $3k on a computer as I’ve always done with the best ROI method. That’s why it was nerve racking for me. I tend to not go above $1700 on builds, so this one matters more to me than the others.

I would check the board manual & the fan controller manual. Esp. look for header power limits. How many fans did you connect? Did you use the correct header?

I got a new motherboard and bought a new psu just in case. Unfortunately, the same model wasn’t in stock so I had to grab an asus prime x670e. I know the VRMs aren’t as good, but it will have to do. So far it’s working just fine! I haven’t bothered to plug in the rgb controller stuff as I’m afraid of it blowing again

Thank you all for the help! Maybe I’ll install the controller someday lol