Mysterious PC damage

fangot · 10 Nov 2012 at 09:37

Which of the following is likely to cause the damage:

1) a live ethernet cable with a heavy duty staple through it

2) soldering a vga cooler fan cable which the PC is powered on and running

The damage to the motherboard is a no longer functioning onboard ethernet port and 6 onboard multi-coloured sound jack ports.

fangot · 10 Nov 2012 at 10:01

well the staple was accidental, whilst the cable was being routed a day or two before

the soldering was obviously a mistake, but i didnt think heat alone would short something out

fangot · 10 Nov 2012 at 10:10

ok so by momentarily seperating the soldered connection with the hot iron, that shorted something out?

fangot · 10 Nov 2012 at 10:26

okay, doesnt matter whether its 12v or a higher voltage, its going to short it?

fangot · 10 Nov 2012 at 10:32

ok, so i maybe i got lucky too

just a bit random how the onboard sound and ethernet ports were killed. maybe could have been a lot worse damage, cpu, ram, gpu etc...