Re: ASROCK Dual 939 smoking!

DKarma wrote:
I bought this board w/ all other new components to build a new system.
I hooked everything up and a resistor or diode started smoking! The
board refuses to post after said smoking occurred.

Well you released the magic smoke, how is it supposed to work without it?

This will be the third board of this brand in a row this has happened
to...exactly the same every time. I plug them in put components in and
they smoke...same place. I was using a stock power supply that came w/
the case that I bought new from this place so after the second burned
board I got a new PS and RMA'd the board (the old PS didn't have a -5
rail for some reason so I thought that was the problem.

If they're burning in the same place, I have to wonder about the case and/or how you mounted it. It sounds like you're shorting it in the same place every time.

I put it
together again today w/ new PS (completely diff brand) and the damn
thing smoked again...dunno if it is the board but it isn't the PS thats
for sure. I have it plugged into a power strip that the old comp was
plugged into also.

Other components are as follows:

Board 1
Asrock....
Stock xion PS and case (MS)
MWAVE brand ram 2gigs
3500+ AMD
250 gig SATA hdd....?brand.

Board2 same as board 1

Board3

Asrock...new after 2nd RMA
Aspire PHATTY new PS and Xion case again
same ram
same processor
same hdd


What are the chances of 3 in a row?

I'm either retarded or one unlucky ***.


Get a new or used cheapo case and mount it according to the instructions that came with the board. If unsure, ask here. Make certain you are not letting any metal mounting supports contact the board underneath. Some boards have extra holes which are not meant for supports or for plastic supports only. I've seen techs with a decade or two of experience assembling PCs make this error and end up stumped, too.

Regards,

Ari


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