I was installing the astek waterchill set and was running the PSU to get all the bubbles out and make sure there were no leaks. Welp, I had the 12v connector for the 9800 pro unconnected (it was in the way of the res top) and I accidentally bumped it and the 12v molex touched the 9800 pro's 12v connector in the wrong spot and there was a huge blue spark and the PSU shut off.
I powered on and the screen was all messed up..wierd characters everywhere. Ater a while the computer would just stop. Once I got into windows, but then the screen got all wierd. I tried a 9800 non pro I had laying around and the same thing happened. I then tried an nvidia ti 4200 and it worked a lot better....things jsut went wrong after the 3rd time I rebooted.
So I figured I fried the motherboard. But then I hooked up my old computer and the 9800 pro AND the 9800 non pro didn't work...only the nvidia ti4200 works now....I just thought it was wierd that the 9800 non pro failed and the ti4200 still works...I guess the mobo fried the ATI card and not the nvidia. I thought that was wierd.
I've got a new a8v on order...hopefully the CPU is ok....
The RAM is ok so I'm a little less "distressed"
I powered on and the screen was all messed up..wierd characters everywhere. Ater a while the computer would just stop. Once I got into windows, but then the screen got all wierd. I tried a 9800 non pro I had laying around and the same thing happened. I then tried an nvidia ti 4200 and it worked a lot better....things jsut went wrong after the 3rd time I rebooted.
So I figured I fried the motherboard. But then I hooked up my old computer and the 9800 pro AND the 9800 non pro didn't work...only the nvidia ti4200 works now....I just thought it was wierd that the 9800 non pro failed and the ti4200 still works...I guess the mobo fried the ATI card and not the nvidia. I thought that was wierd.
I've got a new a8v on order...hopefully the CPU is ok....
The RAM is ok so I'm a little less "distressed"