MOBO fire!!

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shinygecko

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I recently installed my q6600 onto my xfx 680i board and one of the capacitors above the cpu made a pop sound and caught fire with that lovely ozone burnt electronics smell :(

So i rma'ed the board back and got a replacement, my question is, is it likely that this killed my cpu/and or memory or should i be fine?
Can i start the motherboard without cpu or memory in it with damaging it just to make sure it does not catch on fire again?
It is about 30 degrees Fahrenheit outside and the first mobo i installed was quite cold when i installed it is it possible maybe it short circuited or something? (just got off ups truck)
My new mobo is arriving here shortly, should i wait for it to "thaw" before i try using it?

o and on more thing when i try it out before putting it in the case, think i would be safe just setting my TT ultra 120 extreme on top on the cpu or should i fasten it in? it does not wobble or anything just wondering if it will cool it enough
 
Another reason not to buy 680i boards. :eek:

It was probably just a bad board. Capacitors don't work as well at extremely low or high temps but they shouldn't have issues at 30F, and they certainly don't normally explode.

Go ahead and try to boot on the new board with the CPU, memory, and vid card. If it doesn't post you can start troubleshooting from there.

Do install the heatsink completely. Just setting there it might be ok for getting into the BIOS, but I wouldn't risk it.
 
had a similar experience on a Socket A board. The cpu and memory were fine for me.
I'm guessing that your stuff should be OK ;)
 
Install the heatsink when the board is outside of the case. Test it first, before installing into case. Once it POSTS, you can shutdown and just install the mobo with heatsink already installed. Its just easier that way, lol.
 
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