Does a Pop and a Puff of Smoke = a blown motherboard?

[KitchenWitch]

:shrug:

[salvorhardin]

1. Uh oh!

You've let the magic smoke escape. That's what really makes your computer work you know.

Seriously, it could mean that or it could mean a blown power supply (which often takes out the motherboard, and assorted other components) as well. It's never a sign of anything good.

[KitchenWitch]

2. I am hoping it is just the power supply...

but I am thinking it is the MB...oh well.

[hobbit709]

3. Smoke is not good

If you have another power supply handy, connect it to the board and see if everything works.If it doesn't, it's fried. What kind of system do you have? Most of the time the board shuts down before the CPU and drives are blown.

[KitchenWitch]

4. No extra power supply at the moment.

But will get one tomorrow.

[KitchenWitch]

5. Why would a power supply/motherboard blow like that?

Is there anything I could have done to prevent it?

[hobbit709]

8. Could be too much dust

in the box and caused it overheat. Could be just because it wanted to, at least it seems that way to me sometimes. I periodically get a can of air and blow out the box-it seems to cut down on power supply failures- but then I work my computers pretty hard.

[Old and In the Way]

6. Could be a capacitor......have you looked real close at the components on

the motherboard? Check the power supply first...if you have a multi-meter you can check to see if you are getting the rated voltage from the plug.

[KitchenWitch]

7. thanks I will do that first.

[Jersey Devil]

10. Hopefully not a flux capacitor or

he may never be able to return to the present from the future!

[KitchenWitch]

9. Update: It was just a blown power supply!

:woohoo: