PC Mother Board TECH Question

[spiderman2k1]

Well I was clean in the inside of my PC I took the hole PC apart to clean all the dust the fans had load noises so I open up my PC. After I was done clean I turn on the PC but forgot to hook up one of the fans that’s in the back of the PC its a IDE FAN it just hooks up to any IDE but then you just hook up the other end to what you need hard drive or CDRom Drive. Well while the PC was booting up I for got to hook up the Fan so I did it when the PC was turn on I know its stupid I was not think it was late and I was starting to fall a sleep. Well the PC turn of I thought crap I broke my PC.

Would this PC be turning off being a safety feature, or could I have damaged my PC? It seems to be working fine now.

[jimmalenko]

Would this PC be turning off being a safety feature, or could I have damaged my PC?

Most likely a safety feature IMO - it might have inbuilt surge protection, or it experienced shorting out, so it rebooted. If it's running fine now, I don't think you've got anything to worry about. Any damage would be apparent straight after the fact IMO - if you fry the motherboard, you won't even get to the BIOS.

[redwudz]

Sounds like a protection feature of the PC or the power supply. Should be OK, but definitely turn off a PC and unplug it before making any connections. I blew out a motherboard by unplugging a harddrive power connector and having it short out against some metal. Expensive lesson.

[spiderman2k1]

"jimmalenko" Ha thanks for the quick reply. How is it down in Australia? Boston is freezing LOL. Also HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimmalenko]

"jimmalenko" Ha thanks for the quick reply. How is it down in Australia? Boston is freezing LOL. Also HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not bad ATM - today was a chilly 20 degrees C

Yesterday got to 36 degrees C, so I looked after myself and drank plenty of vitamin-B

[spiderman2k1]

"redwudz" Did you have a older mother board? I have a AMD 1.8XP chip and a VIA 266A mother baord chip set MSI.

I know On my old P2 400 PC when putting in my Creative labs MPEG2 card I once hit a jumper and turn on the PC, but this turn off my PC freaked me out alot more LOL. Buy the way HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spiderman2k1]

"jimmalenko" Do you mean vitamin-C not vitamin-B? if you do drink stuff with vitamin-B what is it? I know vitamin-B is very good for you. Thanks

[jimmalenko]

"jimmalenko" Do you mean vitamin-C not vitamin-B? if you do drink stuff with vitamin-B what is it? I know vitamin-B is very good for you. Thanks

sorry, forgot I was talking to internationals. Vitamin-B is aussie slang for beer

[spiderman2k1]

"jimmalenko" Do you mean vitamin-C not vitamin-B? if you do drink stuff with vitamin-B what is it? I know vitamin-B is very good for you. Thanks


redface.gif sorry, forgot I was talking to internationals. Vitamin-B is aussie slang for beer

Ha i like that. I think I'm going to need some vitamin-B my self. My uncle likes to joke around little> He says I need my medicine I need my Johnny Walker.

[Capmaster]

This belongs in the Computer forum ...

[spiderman2k1]

"Capmaster" Sorry about that my mistake.

[redwudz]

When I blew out the MB, it also took out the power supply and the video card. I imagine I shorted the 5V to the 12V lead. Saved the memory and the drives, though. If I remember rightly, it was an ECS KS5A (Or something like that.) AMD processor, fairly new board.

Most newer MB and power supplies require that you unplug the power cord also if you want to change connections because they have power still available to the MB even when the computer is 'off'.

[Josef K]

Well I was clean in the inside of my PC I took the hole PC apart to clean all the dust the fans had load noises so I open up my PC. After I was done clean I turn on the PC but forgot to hook up one of the fans that’s in the back of the PC its a IDE FAN it just hooks up to any IDE... ...Well the PC turn of I thought crap I broke my PC.

If you check your BIOS you'll most likely see a temperature setting whereby the motherboard will shut down the PC once this is reached (in the Power Management section).

I'm not sure what you mean by 'IDE fan'. Is it a hard drive fan or are you calling a Molex an IDE? (Molex being those evil power connectors that rip your skin off when you try to get them out again.)

While I'm at it, I hope you didn't use a vacuum cleaner... Oh the fun that can cause. They create a huge amount of static and the best thing to use is a can of compressed air, blow the fluff out onto the floor where you can clean it up after you close your case..

Most newer MB and power supplies require that you unplug the power cord also if you want to change connections because they have power still available to the MB even when the computer is 'off'.

One good thing I see is that a lot of new boards have lights on them so you just have to wait until the light goes out (not long) before you proceed.

Mobo's aren't half as lethal as monitors for storing energy way after you unplug them.

[spiderman2k1]

"Josef K" Its not a IDE sorry Its the power out let where you power up hard drives and CDr drives right next to the IDE cables. No I used a small brush that came with my Norelco electric raver LOL works great for cleaning you PC LOL.

[Capmaster]

"Capmaster" Sorry about that my mistake.

Not a problem at all, Spidey