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P4C800 Deluxe, Sonata, G550 - offgassing smell
Anyone else get a strong offgassing smell lasting over a week when using
anything close to the following combination: P4C800 Deluxe,Antec Sonata,Matrox G550, Mushkin Level II 3500 256mb, P4 2.4C stock, bios 1014, XP(runs fine). Smell is more of strong offgassing as opposed to burning - not strong enough to drive you from the room but you really don't wan't to be in there - after a week normal running, a fair few sandra burnins and just plain idling. MB temps 24-30, CPU 30-36, HD 31-46 all during sandra burnins. No front panel cables are connected to the system board. Smell persists with or without front case light connected. Smell persists with or without using Antec 380s fan only connectors to fans, with or without case rear 120 fan or extra vantec stealth 120 for cooling HD. Have untied all PSU cables. No visible hot spot on board. The G550 is warm to touch but no different than running in the other system. Looked for unused system board mounting stud but no such luck. I have swapped in a PS from another working system with no improvement. Swapped out CPU, HS and fan, G550 into another system with no smell. Rma'd board after a week and new board has same smell (although only after 1 day). Any ideas? |
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sswain wrote:
Anyone else get a strong offgassing smell lasting over a week when using anything close to the following combination: P4C800 Deluxe,Antec Sonata I have the same mobo and cabinet and all cables from frontpanel is wired. No problems here at all from the beginning. Any ideas? Tried to unplug hardrives, cd-drives and gfxcard and put your nose close close to them after a few hours of power-on? But depending how new your mobo is it can have such a smell for 2-3 weeks because it needs to "burn off" - if you understand. I tried that with my old asus k7v mobo when I bought it. And actually any new electronic smells now and then, no matter what it is (new radio, telly, comp etc). -- Peter T. Cph., Denmark |
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I built a very similar system (see pasted detail below) this weekend, but
none of the strange symptoms you are describing are duplicated. A complete burn-in has been done, and all front panel connectors are connected to the proper spot on the motherboard. With your replaced motherboard repeating your symptoms, I'd suggest you look into the case PSU. Maybe a ton of cat hair got sucked in there? Or maybe just a funky smelling PSU? Antec Life Style Series Black Case With 380W Power Supply, Model:Sonata. Specification:Case Type: Mid Tower Color: Piano Black Material: 1mm SECC Steel Drive Bays: 3x5.25" & 6x3.5" Expansion Slot: 7 Front Ports: 2xUSB & 1xIEEE1394 Power Supply: 380W Cooling System: 2x120mm Fans Mainboard Compatibility: 12"x9.6" ASUS 865PE Motherboard for Intel Pentium 4/Celeron Processors, 800MHz FSB, Model "P4P800 Deluxe" Retail Specifications: Supported CPU: Socket 478 Pentium 4/Celeron Processors Chipset: Intel 865PE + ICH5R FSB: 800/533/400MHz RAM: 4x DIMM support Dual Channel DDR400/333/266 Max 4GB IDE: 2x UltraDMA100/66(4 Drives),2x UltraDMA133(4 Drives) Slots: 1x AGP 8X/4X, 5x PCI Ports: 2xPS2,1xCOM,1xLPT,1xLAN,1xSPDIF Out,2xIEEE1394(Rear 1),8xUSB2.0 (Rear 4) Onboard Audio: AD1985 6-Channel CODEC Onboard LAN: 3COM Gigabit Ethernet Onboard SATA/RAID: 2x Serial ATA 150, RAID 0/1/0+1,JBOD Matrox Parhelia 128MB Triple-RGB, Dual-DVI,TV -RETAIL Specifications: Chipset/Core Speed: Matrox ParheliaT(PH-A128R)/220MHz Memory/Effective Speed: 128MB DDR/550MHz BUS: AGP 1X/2X/4X/8X Ports: DUAL DVI connector Support 3D API: DirectX®8.1 and OpenGL®1.3 Cable/Accessories: DVI to Dual VGA Cable,VGA to RCA&S-Video Cable,VGA via DVI Adapter,Driver CD,Manual Max Resolution@32bit Color: 1600X1200 dual digital&1920X1440 dual analog Retail Box (See pics for details) Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail Specification Model: Intel Pentium 4 2.8C w/ Hyper Threading Co Northwood Operating Frequency: 2.8GHz FSB: 800MHz Cache: L1/12K+8K; L2/512K Voltage: 1.525V Process: 0.13Micron Socket: Socket 478 Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2 Warranty: 3-year MFG Packaging: Retail box (with Heatsink and Fan) Mushkin 184 Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 Level One Dual Pack - Retail Specification Manufacturer: Mushkin Speed: DDR400(PC3200) Type: 184 Pin DDR SDRAM Error Checking: Non-ECC Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered Cas Latency: 2-3-2 Support Voltage: 2.5V-2.75V Bandwidth: 3.2GB/s Organization: two 64M x 64 -Bit Warranty: Lifetime Alps DF354H121F Black 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM Specifications: Capacity: 1.44MB Average Access Time:3 ms (track to track) Interface: 34 Pin Standard Floppy Connector Form: 3.5 inch Media Type: All Standard 1.44MB & 720KB 3.5 Floppy Diskettes Features: High reliability attained by the employment of a direct-drive motor Remark: OEM Western Digital 36.7GB 10,000RPM SATA HARD DRIVE, Model WD360GD, OEM DRIVE ONLY Specifications: Capacity: 36.7GB Average Seek Time: 5.2ms Buffer: 8MB Rotational Speed: 10000 RPM Interface: SATA Features: Not specified Manufacturer Warranty: 5 years Remark: OEM DRIVE ONLY Seagate 160GB 7200rpm EIDE Hard Drive, Model ST3160023A, OEM Specifications: Capacity: 160GB Average Seek Time: 8.5 ms Buffer: 8MB Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM Interface: E-IDE ATA100 Features: 350 Gs non-op shock, 3D Defense System Manufacturer Warranty: 1 year Remark: OEM Plextor 708A-BPS/BL Black 8X DVD-RW/+RW DVD Recorder, 2MB, OEM Specifications: Write Speed: 8X DVD+R,4X DVD-R,4X DVD+RW,2X DVD-RW,24X CD-R,24X CDRW Read Speed: 40X CD-ROM,12X DVD-ROM Interface: ATAPI EIDE Buffer: 2MB OS Support: Windows XP/2000/Me/98SE Features: Buffer Under Run Proof,Lossless linking Remark: OEM (see pictures for details) Samsung BLACK 16X DVD Drive, MODEL SD-816BEPB, OEM Specifications: Read Speed: 48X CD-ROM, 16X DVD-ROM Interface: E-IDE/ATAPI Buffer: 512KB Access Time: 90 ms Data Transfer Rate: DVD: 21,600 kByte/s, CD: 7,200 kByte/s Features: Reduces noise and vibration with DVA, Stablizing DVD Play Back Remark: OEM Bulk (see pictures for details) "sswain" wrote in message ... Anyone else get a strong offgassing smell lasting over a week when using anything close to the following combination: P4C800 Deluxe,Antec Sonata,Matrox G550, Mushkin Level II 3500 256mb, P4 2.4C stock, bios 1014, XP(runs fine). Smell is more of strong offgassing as opposed to burning - not strong enough to drive you from the room but you really don't wan't to be in there - after a week normal running, a fair few sandra burnins and just plain idling. MB temps 24-30, CPU 30-36, HD 31-46 all during sandra burnins. No front panel cables are connected to the system board. Smell persists with or without front case light connected. Smell persists with or without using Antec 380s fan only connectors to fans, with or without case rear 120 fan or extra vantec stealth 120 for cooling HD. Have untied all PSU cables. No visible hot spot on board. The G550 is warm to touch but no different than running in the other system. Looked for unused system board mounting stud but no such luck. I have swapped in a PS from another working system with no improvement. Swapped out CPU, HS and fan, G550 into another system with no smell. Rma'd board after a week and new board has same smell (although only after 1 day). Any ideas? |
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In article , sswain
wrote: Anyone else get a strong offgassing smell lasting over a week when using anything close to the following combination: P4C800 Deluxe,Antec Sonata,Matrox G550, Mushkin Level II 3500 256mb, P4 2.4C stock, bios 1014, XP(runs fine). Smell is more of strong offgassing as opposed to burning - not strong enough to drive you from the room but you really don't wan't to be in there - after a week normal running, a fair few sandra burnins and just plain idling. MB temps 24-30, CPU 30-36, HD 31-46 all during sandra burnins. No front panel cables are connected to the system board. Smell persists with or without front case light connected. Smell persists with or without using Antec 380s fan only connectors to fans, with or without case rear 120 fan or extra vantec stealth 120 for cooling HD. Have untied all PSU cables. No visible hot spot on board. The G550 is warm to touch but no different than running in the other system. Looked for unused system board mounting stud but no such luck. I have swapped in a PS from another working system with no improvement. Swapped out CPU, HS and fan, G550 into another system with no smell. Rma'd board after a week and new board has same smell (although only after 1 day). Any ideas? Don't you hate that smell ? I thought it was just me, as many people claim they cannot smell it after a week or more. I seem to be able to detect the smell really well, as even if the computer is turned off and unplugged, I can smell it sometimes if I walk within a couple of feet of the computer. My theory is the chemical is a flame retardant applied to either the Antec PS or to the whole of the inside of the case. I tried cleaning all the metal on the inside of the Antec case with rubbing alcohol (propanol), but that made no difference. I cannot say that I enjoy living with this stink, as it tends to fill the room while the computer is running. Some day, when I can afford it, I'll get another case and a separate power supply from some other vendor. Paul |
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I have P4C800 DLX and Antec case and have noticed it also. It seems to
lessen after the computer was 3-4 old and running continously. Bubba |
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 20:12:57 GMT, sswain wrote:
Anyone else get a strong offgassing smell lasting over a week when using anything close to the following combination: P4C800 Deluxe,Antec Sonata,Matrox G550, Mushkin Level II 3500 256mb, P4 2.4C stock, bios 1014, XP(runs fine). My Antec TruePower supply stunk for about a week. Does it smell like vinyl? I could smell it as soon as I took it out of the box; I never suspected it was any other component. |
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Oh Yeah! My Sonata and P4P800D AND Enermax465PE had that new just recently
manufactured smell. I personally thought it was the PSU. Just new parts heating up.....plastic and all the toxic metals too. BUT. I had'nt smelled it this bad before or in a long time. When we used to build Heathkit radios, that new electronic parts smell...........Oh yeah........ "Jim Shaffer, Jr." wrote in message ... On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 20:12:57 GMT, sswain wrote: Anyone else get a strong offgassing smell lasting over a week when using anything close to the following combination: P4C800 Deluxe,Antec Sonata,Matrox G550, Mushkin Level II 3500 256mb, P4 2.4C stock, bios 1014, XP(runs fine). My Antec TruePower supply stunk for about a week. Does it smell like vinyl? I could smell it as soon as I took it out of the box; I never suspected it was any other component. |
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