HELP! My computer smells funny......... (im not kidding)

Lithium · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Dec 2002 Posts: 5

I just recently built a new system, I have a:

MSI KT3-Ultra 2 w/ USB 2.0 DDR333 mobo
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
CoolerMaster CP5-6J31c up to AMD XP 2600+ cpu fan
512 megs DDR ram
Enermax CS-3051L-S3A case
and a Enermax EG301P-VB(FM) 300W psu

now, when ever i walk into my room where the computer is it smells like the comp is overheating (i know it sounds kinda crazy) but i checked the air that the fan is blowing out of the case and it feels fairly cool, and i switched the fan on the side of the case to blow air into the case instead of blowing air out of the case.

so... can anyone tell when why the computer smells likes its overheating, you can smell it as soon as you walk into the room, its very odd. well, thanks for the help.

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Lithium · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Dec 2002 Posts: 5

I have a 52x cd rom drive and a 10g HDD (yeah, go ahead and laugh). I just put it together on saturday and i dont think i have over heated it, i havent been running it all the time.

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Sounds like a power supply has popped something. They will do that at random and doesn't have to be under extreme load to go bad.

Remember, it's electronic and therefore it will go whenever it wants to.

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Lithium · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Dec 2002 Posts: 5

well it dosent seem to be smelly as bad as it was now, but if it gets smelly again i guess ill have to get a replacement.

now, wheres that damn receit