First came the unforgetable stench,then I saw the SMOKE rising from the cabinet.I`ll never forget that smell. . 9/23/03 during cold start(after a normall shutdown the night before) the monitor just started to light up then went all black,I then noticed smoke rising from the back of the PC case,this is not a good sign?What the?Unplugged the 110V cable. . A complete dismantlling of the PC revealed a fried chip on the mobo,the ITE chip was full of blisters.What could be the cause ? . This PC is only 3 months old.I put it together with all new components and has been running stable with no problems at all . . I sent the burned board back to be replaced 9/26/03.The ASUS RMA people did replace it with a new board.Finally it arrived,almost three weeks later. . After putting it all back together I pressed the power button and got nothing,no fans,no HDspin,clicks,nothing. . I have tried everything,traded out the AGPcard,Ram,etc with proven parts from a doner PC.I even tried some SDRAM,still nothing.Unfortunatly I couldn`t find another P4 ready power supply to try so I have a new one on the way.I am hopping this will be the prob. > The CPU and all the rest look and smell good.Is there anything else that the ITE chip burnout could have damaged,ram,cpu??? Beside my patience… . Thank You Dan… . The OS system/components are as follows XPpro…Asus P4S533-X,Intel P4 2.4GHZ 478/533MHZ FSB,Kingston PC2100DDR/256MBx2,30GB Maxtor HD,PNY GeForce3 Ti 500 AGP 64MB, Asound Express 120 PCI,Aopen V92 Modem,Liteon 56X24X52 CDRW,400W Power Supply,KTC 17″ Monitor.
