First post, by Hamby
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This doesn't exactly have to do with old hardware (but it does involve an older dual xeon motherboard) but..
I put together my ASUS Z8NA-D6C dual xeon computer into an old ATX case. My old power supply wasn't powerful enough, so I got an EVGA 600BR (for almost half price by buying direct from their website, btw).
This time it fired up. Literally.
It worked for about 20 minutes, then the system shut down... with a melted rubber smell. The led on the MB would light, and the fans would spin for half a second, then nothing. So, thinking I had a fried power supply or MB, I unplugged it for about an hour.
Plugged it back in and the system fired up, but gave the 2 / 8 beeps meaning video card problems...
then the video card...an EVGA GTX 1060 I got from ebay... literally burst into flames. I mean the flames came off the circuit board an inch. Seemed to have come from two tiny surface mount chips, when I examined the card later.
I bought another video card (going to have to give up some retro stuff to pay for it 🙁 ) another type of EVGA GTX 1060... and it ran fine all day. I had been afraid that the power supply or the video card were just too much for that old motherboard, but now I think I just bought myself a faulty card.
But I am curious what could cause literal flames?