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pointdablame:
Well something is definitely dying or dead.  Pop and smoke guarantees that something either a) died, or b) is going to die soon.  Computer components don't smoke just for fun heh.  If it came from the case itself, you may have fried something on the mobo.  Like was mentioned, PCI slots may be blown, caps may be ready to pop, etc etc.  I don't know how long I'd trust that computer working if I were you.  Time to rip it apart and test each component individually I think.

We need to know the wattage of your PSU.  For just the components and the joystick, a 300-350w would be fine.  That car amp however probably draws a hell of a lot of juice.  I couldn't even guess what you'd need, but I bet its way more than a 300w.
sofakng:

--- Quote from: RayB on July 28, 2004, 02:23:03 pm ---All this time, you don't bother telling us what the wattage of your power supply is.....

Smoke and a pop is a sign of something burnt. I'm amazed you got anything working again. Though you say the P360 isn't.... I'd bet it's dead now.

--- End quote ---

Well, I'll post a follow up later tonight, but I'm almost positive the power supply is VERY generic and 250 watt.  I'm at work so there is no way I could know for sure until I go home.

The power supply seems to run everything BUT the joysticks just fine.  I even have the amplifier cranked up fairly loud.  The power supply doesn't seem to even flinch (everything runs stable, etc) with all that hooked up.  However I will agree that I'm probably at MAX capacity or NEAR MAX capacity with all that hooked up and perhaps the joysticks are pushing it over the edge...

As for the smoke and pop, I didn't see smoke, I smelt something burnt...  Yes, I know... no difference really.  The motherboard was already near death (usb barely works, ps2 ports are broke, etc) so I won't be upset if thats the defective part.  All I hope is that the other  components and joysticks are OK.


sofakng:
Ok, small update.  I've gotten BOTH P360 joysticks to work just fine.  It turns out I had a keyboard mapping problem which made me think the joystick was defective.  Anyways, I'm very happy all my joysticks are working just fine...  I'm a bit worried about what happened though because I definitely smelt something burning, but everything seems to be OK, at least for now...

As for the power supply being able to supply enough power, I didn't have enough time to check it out any further (and I forgot to check the ratings on the power supply itself).

Just thought I'd give an update to anybody curious.

Thanks for all the help!
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