Help-A7V600 smoked what is wrong?

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Here is my setup AMD xp 2500, A7V600, 512MB RAM PC3200, Radeon 7000
64MB AGP VGA card, Antec 430watt power supply.

Here everything is new. I assembled it. I connected 2 hardisk, CD
drive & floppy. I turned on the computer, my computer did not do
anything expect that the GREEN LED came on mother board.

I did following things

1) Then I removed all disks & VGA card. So my computer was connected
to RAM & two PCI cards. I started the machine I got beep.

2) Then I removed all cards & RAM, only CPU is connected to MOBO. I
started the machine I got beep.

3) Then I connected only RAM & VGA card (no drives & no PCI cards). I
switched on the computer, **SMOKE*** started coming. I turned off the
computer.
Could it have damaged CPU & MOBO?

4) Then I removed VGA card. So machine was running with RAM only.
I switched on the computer, I heard beep, no smoke.
No smoke mean, my MOBO & CPU are OK?


How identify the culprit here. I can try with another VGA card.
I have no clue what's wrong, pls suggest a way to solve this.
 
Ramesh said:
Here is my setup AMD xp 2500, A7V600, 512MB RAM PC3200, Radeon 7000
64MB AGP VGA card, Antec 430watt power supply.

Here everything is new. I assembled it. I connected 2 hardisk, CD
drive & floppy. I turned on the computer, my computer did not do
anything expect that the GREEN LED came on mother board.

I did following things

1) Then I removed all disks & VGA card. So my computer was connected
to RAM & two PCI cards. I started the machine I got beep.

2) Then I removed all cards & RAM, only CPU is connected to MOBO. I
started the machine I got beep.

3) Then I connected only RAM & VGA card (no drives & no PCI cards). I
switched on the computer, **SMOKE*** started coming. I turned off the
computer.
Could it have damaged CPU & MOBO?

4) Then I removed VGA card. So machine was running with RAM only.
I switched on the computer, I heard beep, no smoke.
No smoke mean, my MOBO & CPU are OK?


How identify the culprit here. I can try with another VGA card.
I have no clue what's wrong, pls suggest a way to solve this.
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Could try removing the "VGA" card and sniff (smell) it. If it smells
a faint burned smell, it is probably broken. <Lo
 
3) Then I connected only RAM & VGA card (no drives & no PCI cards). I
switched on the computer, **SMOKE*** started coming. I turned off the
computer.
Could it have damaged CPU & MOBO?
Click to expand...

Could have?

It CERTAINLY did.

Having said that, I once put my 486 in the wrong way and it blew a spark and
smoked. I reconnected it in the right orientation, and it still worked and
did for years.

But that was a ****ing fluke. Usually that smoke means money down the drain.
 
Ramesh said:
Here is my setup AMD xp 2500, A7V600, 512MB RAM PC3200, Radeon 7000
64MB AGP VGA card, Antec 430watt power supply.

Here everything is new. I assembled it. I connected 2 hardisk, CD
drive & floppy. I turned on the computer, my computer did not do
anything expect that the GREEN LED came on mother board.

I did following things

1) Then I removed all disks & VGA card. So my computer was connected
to RAM & two PCI cards. I started the machine I got beep.

2) Then I removed all cards & RAM, only CPU is connected to MOBO. I
started the machine I got beep.

3) Then I connected only RAM & VGA card (no drives & no PCI cards). I
switched on the computer, **SMOKE*** started coming. I turned off the
computer.
Could it have damaged CPU & MOBO?

4) Then I removed VGA card. So machine was running with RAM only.
I switched on the computer, I heard beep, no smoke.
No smoke mean, my MOBO & CPU are OK?
Click to expand...

Did you install the (usually) brass standoffs before installing the
motherboard ? Inspect the back side of the motherboard for damage before
doing anything else.
 
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