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4 pin 12v atx power supply connected the wrong way...
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March 31st 04, 02:23 AM
kony
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On 30 Mar 2004 15:04:03 -0800,
(Mike Henley) wrote:
Hi... thanks to a distraction i ended up connecting the 4 pin 12v atx
power supply from the psu to the motherboard\cpu the wrong way... it
was a 180 the wrong way... it sounded like a firecracker when i turned
on the machine and it went dead.... everything else was connected
right just that one stupid 4 pin 12v...
what might've got damaged... would the motherboard only got
damaged.... or the motherboard and cpu too... would other parts i had
connected like memory, graphics card, hdd etc damaged too... thanks
(it's an amd athlon 64 and asus k8v) :-(
If the power supply meets the Intel ATX12V guidlines it should have turned
off and not be damaged. If it's a cheap/generic power supply then all
bets are off. The motherboard should be dead but most likely nothing
else.
kony