Did I just Brick my motherboard?

t1m4 · 11 Jan 2018 at 21:42

Hi,
I have an old system which I have been playing around with as a flex server. Then I found an another motherboard which has more pic-e slots so I went and tried the cpu from my server in it. Safe to say it doesn't work. Went to put everything back together and I put the wrong side of the 8 pin connector in the motherboard (stupid mistake) now nothing seams to work. The cpu fan will spin, no keyboard light up, no graphics output. Have I bricked my board? Or did I break the cpu? I don't have another to test with.
Thanks

Pocah · 14 Jan 2018 at 15:18

I'm guessing you put it on upside down. If that's the case then the damage could be considerable. I think it's almost certain the motherboard is damaged but honestly who knows about anything else? If it was upside down, certainly other things could be damaged.

LePhuronn · 18 Jan 2018 at 16:19

How the hell did you plug the 8-pin EPS in incorrectly? It's keyed to only fit 1 way. but yeah, you've probably fried the board now with it trying to draw power from the wrong wires.

mattyfez · 18 Jan 2018 at 18:52

Depends on the quality of the socket, some are not as tight a fit so you can force them in the wrong way.

LePhuronn · 31 Jan 2018 at 16:28

mattyfez said:
Depends on the quality of the socket, some are not as tight a fit so you can force them in the wrong way.

The plugs are physically different shapes though. Unless the socket on the board is literally 8 square keys then the plug won't fit without jamming the thing in.

adrichardson81 · 8 Feb 2018 at 21:38

If you're getting power to the CPU fan, it's almost certainly mobo plus whatever it took with it. Presumably you've pulled your HDDs and checked them on another rig?

t1m4 · 8 Mar 2018 at 11:31

Yes everything else is working fine apart from the MB. So think I was lucky only lost one component

SinlessViper · 9 Mar 2018 at 22:39

youve got to have forced that in as they are practically dummy proof :'), i would say it would only take the MOBO though, the power serge would have only reached the capacitors before frying the mobo and cutting the circuit off to everything else