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My motherboard got fried, I think I plugged in a fan to the wrong spot and on boot I heard an electric pop and the computer stopped working. A chip on the motherboard is visibly cracked but I didn't see any battery damage or burns.
Are there any components that I should be worried about being fried? I'm using a second computer, I can't boot from the harddrive that was in the fried mobo but I can still see all the files on it if I boot from something else. Nothing seems to be corrupt, repair doesn't work but when I boot I keep getting the error message
Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key
Could my RAM, CPU or GPU be compromised? I don't want to go plugging things in and testing them if theres an issue with them
Maybe this can help you.
– C0deDaedalus – 2018-05-26T16:09:47.037The motherboard is toast, replace it or get another PC. Don't take a chance frying other components that could be re-used if you decide to replace the motherboard. – Moab – 2018-05-26T16:21:35.203
"Could my RAM, CPU or GPU be compromised?" Not in the way you describe. Causing a short by introducing higher voltages where they shouldn't be is going to cause the weakest wires to heatup and sever like a fuse.. a very expensive fuse. The idea that it would fail into a parts killing state is highly unlikely. You should post a photo of the chip and where you plugged in the fan. Considering I don't actually know what happened though I can't really provide any further info besides that. – jdwolf – 2018-05-26T17:14:12.050
Some PSUs can fail into a bad or unregulated state. ... which is why you never want to get a cheap PSU among many other reasons. It could well be a PSU issue simply exacerbated by the introduction of a new fan plugged in correctly. – jdwolf – 2018-05-26T17:16:35.573