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Soo.... Just moved last week, finally got around to plugging in the pc, I noticed that the led lights on the fans were not working, but the fans were, everything seemed ok, machine booted up, i took the side / back panel off (thermal take core p3) and found that the usb part of the led controller is not plugged in, and there is no way to plug it in without taking the video card out, I said screw it and out the panel back on.

That's when things went downhill... I smelled the magic smoke, PC shut off and started power cycling quickly. Unplugged it right away, checked for anything lose, nothing... Looked for debris on the video card or motherboard... Nothing . Being slightly dumb I plugged it back in and powered it on. To my surprise it booted into Windows without any issue.

Now I'm confused , what the hell went poof?? :X
 
Check your cables. I had a fan wire burn the plastic off itself instantly right before my eyes. Turned bright red as it flash burned down both ends, poof. About gave me a heartattack. It was awesome. Turns out i nicked it and a couple other fan wires when i cut the zipties(cable management at its best) down with some industrial grade scissors. Fortunately nothing was damaged but the fan.
It may be your usb cable got partially plugged in and shorted.
 
had the power cycling after i built a new rig i fixed that by taking out 24pin replugging it in. was my own doing i shoulda checked before filling her all up. i dont know if this is ok linking to my build on another forum but White Widow,
 
Ahh, Figured it out. It was the TT FAN/LED controller, it has open ports with pins on all sides, and I had rested it down on an exposed screw on the back side of the case. luckily it has 9 fan controllers and I'm only using 2 :D
 
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