Is my motherboard dead :S?

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Well as the topic says, I returned back from work yesterday to find my keyboard wire looked like it had been chewed through :confused: , anyway I plugged in my old ps2 keyboard and it worked fine but later on I got a little curious and put insulating tape around the bitten wire and plugged my usb keyboard back in (Logitech Ultra-x) and suddenly my pc switched off. I switched it back on and it wouldn't even post the power light was on and the hdd activity light was a solid colour, so I tried reseeding my memory and graphics card but still the same thing. It just turns on and and nothing comes up on my monitor. I was advised by a friend of mine that basically the keyboard had shorted the motherboard and I should RMA it, so I did via the company I bought it from and they basically said it takes 4-6 weeks going through MSI ( MSI K9N Neo-F AM2). So I ordered a new one last night from Overclockers, Is it my motherboard that is actually borked or could any of my other components have gone with it?

Thanks for reading :rolleyes:
 
its never adviseable to use anthing thats got any damdage to it wether it be a monitor or a keyboard cable.

it may well have shorted out the mobo

on one system i had i was stupid and stuck a screw driver into the usb port, that just made the psu shut off automaticly

luckaly the mobo and everything was all a ok

but rember kids sticking anything where its not supposed to go can get you into trouble!!!

the only real advice i can give would be to throw away the keyboard.

jackassuk56
 
well.. after it happened I immediately through it in the bin, I just hope none of my other components are damaged and a new motherboard will fix the issue.
 
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