was gong to re-install windows fresh when I got home tonight…backed up thunderbird and restarted (going into the setup). Since my dvd drive has been acting up (wont always read cd’s correctly) it was giving me a copy file error. So I shut it down and went to install a spare I have laying around… set it to master (and totally unhooked the dvd drive) and started it up.
as soon as the fan started spinning I saw arcs/sparks coming from inside the case along with a ploom of white smoke and the smell of burning electronics. I quickly shut it back down and thought I fucked it up pretty bad (maybe fried processor/memory/video card?). I went thru and double checked everything and nothing was out of place. I waited a few seconds and tried it again. Works fine and nothing seems to be damaged.
