Plugged floating wire into power supply, everything broke.

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Without powering down my home-built PC. I plugged a PCIe to SATA power cable adapter into one of the PCIe inputs on my power supply. Immediately, the computer powered down and won't respond to any sort of activity at all. I took the board out of the case and tested and the capacitors hum near the memory module but nothing else. This makes me think it is the motherboard, not the power supply, but the way that I broke it makes it seem like a power supply or something to do with PCIe.
I have already sent the motherboard in for repair, but am wondering if I should do the same with the power supply while waiting for the return. Opinions?

Details:
Motherboard: Supermicro X10SRA-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E5
GPU: GTX 980Ti
 
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Tradesman1
Take a look at the port you plugged into on the PSU for for burning, melting - can also try powering on with paperclip/wire (though that won't tell if your power port got damaged. Can also test each connection with a multi-meter, there are places on the web with step by stepo instructions
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Take a look at the port you plugged into on the PSU for for burning, melting - can also try powering on with paperclip/wire (though that won't tell if your power port got damaged. Can also test each connection with a multi-meter, there are places on the web with step by stepo instructions
 
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Ok thanks for the recommendation, I bought a new power supply for now because who knows what the motherboard repair will turn up.
 
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