I just completed assembling my PC, and the lights started flickering before smoke appeared.
I just completed assembling my PC, and the lights started flickering before smoke appeared.
I just completed assembling my PC and connected the cable to the power outlet. The outlet flickered briefly before switching on. After pressing the case power button, nothing happened—no fans, no sound, just smoke appeared. What should I do? My components include an R5 5600X, Gigabyte B550 AORUS Elite AX v2, MSI MagCoreliquid 240R V2, 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro, W.D RED 4TB, W.D. Black Sn850X 1TB, TUF 3060 12GB, and extra fans like Artic BioniX P120 A-RGB.
It’s clear smoke isn’t a good indication. Where exactly is it coming from? From the wall or inside the device? Could you have dropped a screw during assembly and caused a short? Were you pulling on wires too much or damaging them? Did you verify all your connections properly? If you’ve done everything right, there’s likely a hardware problem.
I just wish you added a low voltage argb to a higher voltage connector—it would melt the cable quickly but won’t ruin your PC. RGB cables in the wrong sockets smoke and emit a strong odor within seconds, so hopefully that’s all that happened. If your fans had RGB, they’d now function without any flashing lights, which is the ideal situation.
The smoke appears close to the motherboard header, possibly around the 24-pin area. It might be related to a loose or damaged connection. Checking the pins and ensuring proper contact could help identify the issue. Other connections like power or data cables may also contribute if they’re faulty.
Display a photo of your entire motherboard along with a detailed shot of the specific section. It might just need a loose connection or a faulty motherboard/PSU.
I made that error using an argb cable instead of RGB, it melted quickly. I wasn’t careful and connected it to the wrong splitter at an Alphacool AIO years back. Now there’s smoke coming out and no RGB signal left from one fan.
Smoke I would generally regard as incorrect voltage over a cable...too high a voltage leads to overheating. if it is a short circuit the system will just crap out on you and shutdown. if a short is on something very low voltage it will heat up slowly until the damage is extreme and then a shutdown. just back track and check all your connectors but no garantee that something is not already damaged. That you shut it down yourself indicates a problem and I do believe it is a low voltage or else the system would have shutdown to protect itself. Ceck any fan headers around the area. unplug the 24 pin and use a lamp to look in the socket? is there any damage is there any dirt. do the same with the connector from the PSU itself. you need to look at everything and check...