Possible Vibration Damage to Hardware Components?

3phemeral

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A couple of years (1-2) back, I decided to build my first PC (without very much existing knowledge, I was 14). Overall, it went quite well except for a few things which I now fear could have lead to damaging of my hardware components. My computer was quite expensive considering everything and so, in order to save money in some areas, I decided to buy a really cheap case ($40 or something). Everything did fit, without very much room but when I decided to install a water cooler for my CPU: "Corsair H50", it couldn't fit at the back and top of the case at all so I decided to get creative. :pt1cable: I took out almost all of the parts except the Motherboard and the CPU which was already locked in place and made the case bigger myself with the help of a hammer. Basically, I welded the case into a new form via deadly hammer impacts to the top of the case. The Motherboard and CPU were still attached to the case for a period of time, but I did realize my mistake after 10 minutes and decided to take out the components before finishing shaping the case.

Yes, I realize how stupid of an idea this was, especially with some hardware still being screwed into the case. Everything did end up fitting in the end. Oh, another Important detail: before I had shaped the case for the fitting of my Corsair H50 water cooler, I did have some problems with getting the display to work, and after it did work, I had problems with spontaneous shutdowns after 1-2 hours of use. I suspect this was as a result of high CPU temps as it was in the 63°C + range, without even running anything, just on standby or browsing the internet. The water cooler seemed to have fixed that after it was installed, and the PC is more or less perfectly functioning overall.

However, I am extremely paranoid that those vibrations from the hammer impacting the case could have caused some damage to the Motherboard and CPU during the intallation of the water cooler.

As of now, CPU is functioning okay despite being overclocked from 3.5Ghz to 4Ghz (Even works fine on 4.2Ghz), all of the Inputs on the motherboard work fine (I've tested each one). The Graphics card makes a wierd screech upon start up, but it hasn't let me down and the computer is capable of running over 10h as far as I've tested. The question is: Do you think that the vibrations from shaping the case with a hammer (while the Motherboard and processor were still attached to the case) could have caused potential damage to the components?

Here are the specs of the items listed in the description:
Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

CPU - AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Desktop Processor FD8320FRHKBOX

Videocard - GIGABYTE GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16

Watercooler - Corsair H60

Chasis - Thermaltake V3 Black Edition VL80001W2Z Black SECC / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

So, what do you guys think? I'm eager to hear responses. Do you think it will be worth to replace the motherboard or processor for fear of potential damage? Or am I overreacting, and is everything actually not as bad as it seems (low chance of potential damage).

*NOTE: The videocard was problematic since before I installed the water cooling device, thinking of replacing that as soon as possible, also. With this in mind, I'm not a wealthy person, only a kid with a part time job. My investments can only go to the most important areas. So I need to decide, if it is worth replacing the Motherboard or should I just save up for more important things like a new videocard or 1080p monitor.. Thanks for reading!
 
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The fact that everything is working fine now means that your shouldn't change your components due to paranoia. Just keep using your computer how you normally would and keep your cpu at default profile for about a week of normal use (no OC). If everything goes well just put your oc profile back on and use your system like this never happened, if something does go wrong in about a week or so pm me or re post on the forum.

mazooni

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The fact that everything is working fine now means that your shouldn't change your components due to paranoia. Just keep using your computer how you normally would and keep your cpu at default profile for about a week of normal use (no OC). If everything goes well just put your oc profile back on and use your system like this never happened, if something does go wrong in about a week or so pm me or re post on the forum.
 
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