I bought a barebone system a few weeks back that came with an ULTRA brand 500w PSU and Sony DVD-ROM. Assembled it and tested her out for a few days -- all was good. The PSU however never lost it's new electronic smell (this may be relevant later).
Last week I decided to do some mods, beginning with sleeving the PSU cables. I was very careful and systematic, ensuring that everything was reassembled properly. I was in no rush and after a couple days finished the job.
Today I planted the PSU back in my system and gave her a boot. It locked at the "Detecting IDE Drives" message. It took removing both the HD and DVD-ROM for it to get beyond this stage. I tested the HD and DVD-ROM on my old system; HD was fine, but the DVD-ROM caused even this system to now lock at boot.
Initially I assume the DVD-ROM just died, so I test an old Sony 4x CD-ROM on the old system (checks out okay) and then plug it into my new modded system. When I turn the system on, the CD-ROM immediately goes Rice Krispies (snap crackle pop) and smoke appears. UGH.
Which brings me to my dilemma. Where is the problem? It's easy to suggest I screwed something up while modding the PSU (which I won't discount), but I feel confident in the job I did. The PSU itself certainly isn't fried, at the fans still spin, lights turn on, and I can enter CMOS. If the PSU fried the DVD/CD-ROM, then why is the HD fine? Is it too unlikely that the DVD-ROM merely went bad and the 4x CD-ROM couldn't handle a 500w PSU, meaning the PSU is actually fine?
I'm nervous to plug any drives back into the PSU, even though it still appears to be fine. I'm really stumped on this one -- any advice??
Last week I decided to do some mods, beginning with sleeving the PSU cables. I was very careful and systematic, ensuring that everything was reassembled properly. I was in no rush and after a couple days finished the job.
Today I planted the PSU back in my system and gave her a boot. It locked at the "Detecting IDE Drives" message. It took removing both the HD and DVD-ROM for it to get beyond this stage. I tested the HD and DVD-ROM on my old system; HD was fine, but the DVD-ROM caused even this system to now lock at boot.
Initially I assume the DVD-ROM just died, so I test an old Sony 4x CD-ROM on the old system (checks out okay) and then plug it into my new modded system. When I turn the system on, the CD-ROM immediately goes Rice Krispies (snap crackle pop) and smoke appears. UGH.
Which brings me to my dilemma. Where is the problem? It's easy to suggest I screwed something up while modding the PSU (which I won't discount), but I feel confident in the job I did. The PSU itself certainly isn't fried, at the fans still spin, lights turn on, and I can enter CMOS. If the PSU fried the DVD/CD-ROM, then why is the HD fine? Is it too unlikely that the DVD-ROM merely went bad and the 4x CD-ROM couldn't handle a 500w PSU, meaning the PSU is actually fine?
I'm nervous to plug any drives back into the PSU, even though it still appears to be fine. I'm really stumped on this one -- any advice??