Originally Posted by
Spoons
Built many of PC's before, and just happened to make the most bone headed move ever. I'll blame it on building tonight dead tired.
I plugged PCI-E power into CPU power... I have no idea how I even got the cable in as they are keyed differently, but somehow I did. Fucking rookie shit.
PSU clicked (Gigabyte GP-P750GM) but nothing powered. Didn't even get a fan or anything to light up. Trouble shooted for a bit, a couple more attempted start ups to the same thing. Then fucking lost it when I figured out what I did. Fixed it, booted fine, installed windows. Everything is working fine, no hang ups.
Any chance I caused any damage that I might not notice right now?
No way to really tell...
Things to keep an eye out for:
1) Check the capacitors on the mobo, look for any that may have blown.
2) Keep an eye on stability (BSODs, etc.)
3) I don't know if this is relevant, but run a memtest. This will create a decent load and make sure memory modules weren't fried
4) Check to make sure the Mobo is keeping BIOS time after power is disconnected for 5 minutes.
Be happy it booted, we all make mistakes every once in a while!
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