Should I be worried a fall has damaged my PC?

Juanquestions · Jan 10, 2017

I just got my new PC delivered to me however when I picked it up from the post room when the guy was getting the PC out in its packaging he let it fall on its side, like a proper drop and this is heavy pc so I would imagine there was a bit of force behind it.
I am new to all of this and honestly I dont know how sturdy a PC is I am worried the parts inside the case are now damaged should I be? and if they were damaged would the PC simply not function or would it simply work at like 95% capacity?
My fear is the PC is now like 5% worse and I would never know.

PC-4LIFE · Jan 10, 2017

It's unlikely anything was damaged, as there aren't really any moving parts inside.

Impossible to say unless you test it out.

Juanquestions · Jan 10, 2017

PC-4LIFE :

By moving parts do you mean any parts as they were already installed onto the pc before it fell. and if the parts were damaged how could I test it out would it be obvious like them simply not working or would there be slight problems

theonerm2 · Jan 10, 2017

The only way your PC is going to function at a lesser capacity is if the cooling solutions inside were damaged somehow and that is unlikely. A broken fan for example. The case holding the parts would have to be damaged severely before damage could be done to the parts inside. It's possible that a hard drive could be damaged though. A hard drive is easy to replace though and they would for sure replace it if it was damaged during shipping. If there is visible damage to the case then send it back. If there is no visible damage and everything seems to work good then just keep it.

PC-4LIFE · Jan 10, 2017

Juanquestions :

You'd just have to boot it up and live with it for a while, if there was any problem it would become evident.

You could stress test the GPU and CPU for instability, but it's highly unlikely they were damage, except maybe the GPU.

mjslakeridge · Jan 10, 2017

Check to make sure that the cpu cooler is still firmly attached to the motherboard. If this is an Intel platform, the 4 push-pin locking devices can pop loose.

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