The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
Please vote in the Forum Structure Poll. Polling will close at 2PM EST on January 21, 2025.
I think something is wrong... (PC)
Bald Eagle 86
Registered User regular
Registered User regular
So today I got a new video card, AGP, swapped it in and only got really multicolored lines all across the screen.
So I switched back my old one and everything worked... so I switched back to the new one.
Same thing happened, so I put the old one back in but this time the start up wasn't the same,
and I could smell and see a bit of smoke come out of somewhere! I quickly turned it off, tried to turn it on
a bit later and no smoke but my power supply kinda makes this rattling noise, and there's no connection to my monitor.
Is there something wrong with the power supply or is this a bigger problem? It's 50/hr for a technician to look at it, so I thought I would ask here first.
So I switched back my old one and everything worked... so I switched back to the new one.
Same thing happened, so I put the old one back in but this time the start up wasn't the same,
and I could smell and see a bit of smoke come out of somewhere! I quickly turned it off, tried to turn it on
a bit later and no smoke but my power supply kinda makes this rattling noise, and there's no connection to my monitor.
Is there something wrong with the power supply or is this a bigger problem? It's 50/hr for a technician to look at it, so I thought I would ask here first.
Bald Eagle 86 on
0
Posts
Really though, if smoke comes out, it could be anything. You may be able to plug in components one-by-one to see what works and what doesn't. However, that might just break more of your computer.