Hookster264
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I am upgrading a computer for my mother-in-law with a new mobo, cpu and ram, using her existing IDE optical and HDD. (these are to be updated soon too)
Mobo is EVGA nForce 730i.
CPU is Intel E7500 core 2 Duo
Ram is G.Skill 2x 1Mb GBNQ
I had the system powered on, all was working fine. The system was almost at POST and the display recognized the change in CPU and required CMOS updated to continue.
I went to plug a keyboard into the back and the system shut down. I thought I saw a small wisp of smoke coming from the back side; I also had the back side panel off.
Did I just fry the mobo? How could this happen by just plugging in a keyboard?
I did notice the mobo was a bit loose and slid maybe 1cm when plugging in the keyboard. Could the mobo have slid against a standoff and shorted?
Now when I attempt to power on the system all the fans will spin for a second, but it shuts off automatically right away.
Mobo is EVGA nForce 730i.
CPU is Intel E7500 core 2 Duo
Ram is G.Skill 2x 1Mb GBNQ
I had the system powered on, all was working fine. The system was almost at POST and the display recognized the change in CPU and required CMOS updated to continue.
I went to plug a keyboard into the back and the system shut down. I thought I saw a small wisp of smoke coming from the back side; I also had the back side panel off.
Did I just fry the mobo? How could this happen by just plugging in a keyboard?
I did notice the mobo was a bit loose and slid maybe 1cm when plugging in the keyboard. Could the mobo have slid against a standoff and shorted?
Now when I attempt to power on the system all the fans will spin for a second, but it shuts off automatically right away.