So this is my first build and well I might have screwed it. I tested my motherboard and cpu + cooler outside the system first and everything was fine. So I mounted the mobo, cpu, and graphics card in the case and as I'm still waiting for my ram to arrive, I tried powering on the system to make sure everything was still fine.
The case led turned on, the cpu cooler started spinning and the mobo gave me the missing ram code but then a burning smell came from the graphics card area. So obviously I turned the psu off and examined the area. It was kinda dusty but nothing major. I cleaned it off with a dry antistatic cloth.
Now when the psu is turned on the case led doesn't turn on anymore and the mobo doesn't give any code. So can a graphics card short ruin a motherboard?
The case led turned on, the cpu cooler started spinning and the mobo gave me the missing ram code but then a burning smell came from the graphics card area. So obviously I turned the psu off and examined the area. It was kinda dusty but nothing major. I cleaned it off with a dry antistatic cloth.
Now when the psu is turned on the case led doesn't turn on anymore and the mobo doesn't give any code. So can a graphics card short ruin a motherboard?
OC'd my i5 to 4.3GHz seemed to have reached thermal limit at about 88 degrees. 
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