A friend asked me this question because one of his friends' processor got fried. [strike]It happened when the assembler from a computer shop tried overclocking the system without replacing the stock heat sink fan and without the owner's knowledge.[/strike]
He now has no CPU but wants to know if his motherboard can still be salvaged.[strike] I also told him to sue the store or ask for a replacement on all the broken/fried components but he said this happened 2 years ago and is not sure if the guy who was at fault still works there.[/strike]
I tried thinking that he should get a working CPU with a compatible socket and test if the system goes past POST/load BIOS. He says it's a Sandy bridge socket. My suggestion of using a spare CPU is that it might fry that CPU if the mobo is broken. Are there any other way to test the motherboard?
A little edit and misinformation. It wasn't anyone's fault at any store. The owner said he did a BIOS update but forgot to clear the CMOS to load optimized defaults and found that it was overclocked by default after the update. I hope that clears up some confusion.
He now has no CPU but wants to know if his motherboard can still be salvaged.[strike] I also told him to sue the store or ask for a replacement on all the broken/fried components but he said this happened 2 years ago and is not sure if the guy who was at fault still works there.[/strike]
I tried thinking that he should get a working CPU with a compatible socket and test if the system goes past POST/load BIOS. He says it's a Sandy bridge socket. My suggestion of using a spare CPU is that it might fry that CPU if the mobo is broken. Are there any other way to test the motherboard?
A little edit and misinformation. It wasn't anyone's fault at any store. The owner said he did a BIOS update but forgot to clear the CMOS to load optimized defaults and found that it was overclocked by default after the update. I hope that clears up some confusion.
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