- Feb 28, 2017
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This is going to sound weird, but when I plug a device that charges into a USB 3.1 slot rather than a USB 2/3 slot, the computer starts to smell hot, kind of like a mild oven smell that's being blown near me through the fans. I concluded that maybe the power supply was getting overworked. So I overclocked my graphics card just a little because I thought that by doing so, it would raise the power needed for the computer, thus making the power supply hot and the computer smelling hot, confirming my theory. It didn't, and the computer ran rock-solid even with a 10% overclock on the graphics card, showing no symptoms whatsoever of problems. But twice when I plugged my device which charges, a Sony speaker, into the USB 3.1 slot, the computer smelled hot.
The Sony speaker is now plugged into a USB 2 or 3 slot. Can't remember which. And no computer problems.
Specs:
i5-7600K
6 USB devices total in use right now
8GB DDR4
GT 730 Fermi overclocked by 10%
7200RPM hard drive
350 watt power supply
The Sony speaker is now plugged into a USB 2 or 3 slot. Can't remember which. And no computer problems.
Specs:
i5-7600K
6 USB devices total in use right now
8GB DDR4
GT 730 Fermi overclocked by 10%
7200RPM hard drive
350 watt power supply