Asrock Z97 Anniversary motherboard

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   I had installed all the components on my computer from the tower to motherboard to graphics card and all. It was running great for about 2 months and tonight I had noticed after a long while of my fans wasn't running. I opened up the computer an plugged a free power cable into the motherboard and when I turned teh computer back on, i smelled this odd plastic smell and the computer monitor didn't show anything and just a black screen.

Do you guys know if somehow the motherboard just fried? My friend told me that could have happened, but how do you know if a component goes bad? The computer screen literally never even shows anything at all, just all black.

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motti15 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 31 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote motti15 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Asrock Z97 Anniversary motherboard Posted: 31 Jul 2015 at 12:35pm
	I had installed all the components on my computer from the tower to motherboard to graphics card and all. It was running great for about 2 months and tonight I had noticed after a long while of my fans wasn't running. I opened up the computer an plugged a free power cable into the motherboard and when I turned teh computer back on, i smelled this odd plastic smell and the computer monitor didn't show anything and just a black screen. Do you guys know if somehow the motherboard just fried? My friend told me that could have happened, but how do you know if a component goes bad? The computer screen literally never even shows anything at all, just all black.

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 24653	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2015 at 1:34pm
	Welcome to the forums. When you say you plugged in a free power cable to the motherboard, what cable did you connect and where? Molex look a little like this (oooo) SATA power [====] Fan connector [...] then there are the motherboard power connections _ __ [o][o] [o][o][o][o] 4pin [o][o] and [o][o][o][o] 8 pin If you connected the wrong cable to the motherboard it is possible you have damaged it.

motti15 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 31 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote motti15 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2015 at 7:23pm
	Everything had been plugged in and was working fine. There was a fan connector attached to the motherboard and a separate power supply to the fan that was dangling there with 4 pins. I connected that with one of the remaining power cables. It ended up turning the fan on to work but that's when I smelled that odd plastic smell and wonder if it somehow shorted out the board, which had never happened before. Yes it was a molex connector. The fan connector was already attached to the board Edited by motti15 - 31 Jul 2015 at 7:25pm

Xaltar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 16 May 2015 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 24653	Post Options Post Reply Quote Xaltar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2015 at 9:14pm
	So the fan had dual connectors? One 3 pin and a molex I would guess. You are not meant to connect both. You may be lucky and the burning you smelled may be the fan cables. I assume you have already tried disconnecting the offending fan entirely? If you have and the board still will not power on then I am afraid it is likely blown.

motti15 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 31 Jul 2015 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote motti15 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jul 2015 at 11:12pm
	Yes, I had unplugged it after and it the computer doesn't turn on. I"m afraid also it might be the board, but I would assume that the other components such as SSD, HD, ram, and so on should all be fine still, right?