Can fried on board sound chip do extra damage?

[jscincy1]

It seems my crappy psu I bought when I upgraded my rig fried the on board sound chip even though I see no physical damage. Can the damaged sound card chip cause any damage to the motherboard or other components if i just get a sound card? or should i replace the motherboard?

 

[maddogfargo]

Any electrical component that has failed is a potential short circuit or voltage anomaly waiting to happen.

If you know it has failed for sure, I would replace the board.

Having said that, what makes you think it fried the sound chip? Could just be faulty driver or a bad speaker/microphone connection. Even a BIOS setting can turn things on or off that make certain audio CODECS not work right, such as front panel connections.

 

[jscincy1]

Any electrical component that has failed is a potential short circuit or voltage anomaly waiting to happen.

If you know it has failed for sure, I would replace the board.

Having said that, what makes you think it fried the sound chip? Could just be faulty driver or a bad speaker/microphone connection. Even a BIOS setting can turn things on or off that make certain audio CODECS not work right, such as front panel connections.

I uninstalled and reinstalled drivers twice. Checked with multiply speakers and headphones. Routed sound through the graphics card successfully. Made sure that the right default devices where selected in windows and checked bios settings. As far as telling if the connection is bad I am showing connections on the case jacks with no sound and no dectection in the back jacks.

 

[MidnightDistort]

I'd just replace the motherboard, no telling what that PSU did, and don't buy a crappy PSU or install one if you don't want it taking out the motherboard and the surrounding components.

 

[jscincy1]

I'd just replace the motherboard, no telling what that PSU did, and don't buy a crappy PSU or install one if you don't want it taking out the motherboard and the surrounding components.

I have learned this the hard way. This was my first true (from the ground up) build and I should have spent the extra money instead of saving it. I am currently trying to get one through paid for through coolmax (seeing as the pos cause the problem under their warranty).

 

[Raul_McCai]

don't buy a crappy PSU or install one if you don't want it taking out the motherboard and the surrounding components.

What he said.
The PSU is probably the single most critical thing to your system's safety. If it's spiking voltages or running unstably then every single component of your system is at risk.