This will teach me to be a newb building late at night. I have an ASRock Z97 Extreme 6. My PSU is an EVGA Supernova Nex 750G. My 24-pin ATX Power Connector is plugged in correctly. The Extreme6 also has an 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, but says you only need the 2nd 4 pins for extreme overclocking. The PSU has these 2 types of 8 pin connections:
CPU1 & CPU2: Cable is a 1x EPS12V 4+4 pin
VGA1, VGA2, VGA3, VGA4: Cable is a 4x PCI-E 6+2 pin
I mistakenly connected one of the VGA connections to my motherboard's 8 pin slot and powered on. I got a faint "burning smell" and heard something "winding down". Realizing my mistake, I have since switched the cable, so have the CPU1 cable from my PSU connected to the 4 right hand spots on the 8 pin connector (up against Pin 1 & 5). When I turn the power on (using the power button on the motherboard), the Dr Debug light blinks once quickly (all lights, basically an "88"), the CPU fan turns on for a brief second, the PSU fan turns on for a brief second, and then everything turns off.
I have unplugged most of the connections from my board so that now I just have the 24 pin power connector, the 8 pin CPU power connector, my CPU cooler fan plugged in to the CPU fan header, and my RAM, which is in the grey slots (DDR3_A2 & B2).
Did I blow the thing up? And if so, how badly, and is there a way to test what I may have fried? Like is there a good way to make sure my PSU is still working, etc...
Feeling like an idiot, and needing some serious guidance... thanks for the help.
CPU1 & CPU2: Cable is a 1x EPS12V 4+4 pin
VGA1, VGA2, VGA3, VGA4: Cable is a 4x PCI-E 6+2 pin
I mistakenly connected one of the VGA connections to my motherboard's 8 pin slot and powered on. I got a faint "burning smell" and heard something "winding down". Realizing my mistake, I have since switched the cable, so have the CPU1 cable from my PSU connected to the 4 right hand spots on the 8 pin connector (up against Pin 1 & 5). When I turn the power on (using the power button on the motherboard), the Dr Debug light blinks once quickly (all lights, basically an "88"), the CPU fan turns on for a brief second, the PSU fan turns on for a brief second, and then everything turns off.
I have unplugged most of the connections from my board so that now I just have the 24 pin power connector, the 8 pin CPU power connector, my CPU cooler fan plugged in to the CPU fan header, and my RAM, which is in the grey slots (DDR3_A2 & B2).
Did I blow the thing up? And if so, how badly, and is there a way to test what I may have fried? Like is there a good way to make sure my PSU is still working, etc...
Feeling like an idiot, and needing some serious guidance... thanks for the help.
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