The story of my mistakes
First of all full disclosure it sparked due to my own ineptitude. I laid out the motherboard on my desk to just test parts to see if they were working, and viola they did. However while mucking around in the windows settings, I noticed that there was a small screw pressed directly up against a solder point on the board. Instead of powering off the computer like a smart person, I panicked and just grabbed the board and picked it up, and immediately the screw fell and made contact on a second piece of metal, and sparked the board. The computer immediately shut down and I removed the screw.
The actual situation
The motherboard works seemingly fine. I've been using it for a few days, and had no problems. I checked it for any kind of damage and didn't notice any, but I also don't really know what to look for beyond burnt components. There wasn't any kind of acrid smell when it happened, so my guess is nothing melted. Here's my conundrum. I don't have any kind of warranty on this board, since it's a second hand I got off a friend along with basically the rest of the computer minus the case. I know motherboard failure can bring down the rest of the computer with it, so I feel I should replace the board. But I can't find any high end motherboards compatible with this cpu (i5 2500k) for reasonable prices since it's so out dated. The board seems to be behaving, and a visual inspection doesn't reveal any damage, so should I just spring for a new motherboard instead of buying an actual gpu for this thing?
tl;dr
I sparked my motherboard but it doesn't look damaged and it's behaving fine. I have no warranty. Should I buy a new one?
First of all full disclosure it sparked due to my own ineptitude. I laid out the motherboard on my desk to just test parts to see if they were working, and viola they did. However while mucking around in the windows settings, I noticed that there was a small screw pressed directly up against a solder point on the board. Instead of powering off the computer like a smart person, I panicked and just grabbed the board and picked it up, and immediately the screw fell and made contact on a second piece of metal, and sparked the board. The computer immediately shut down and I removed the screw.
The actual situation
The motherboard works seemingly fine. I've been using it for a few days, and had no problems. I checked it for any kind of damage and didn't notice any, but I also don't really know what to look for beyond burnt components. There wasn't any kind of acrid smell when it happened, so my guess is nothing melted. Here's my conundrum. I don't have any kind of warranty on this board, since it's a second hand I got off a friend along with basically the rest of the computer minus the case. I know motherboard failure can bring down the rest of the computer with it, so I feel I should replace the board. But I can't find any high end motherboards compatible with this cpu (i5 2500k) for reasonable prices since it's so out dated. The board seems to be behaving, and a visual inspection doesn't reveal any damage, so should I just spring for a new motherboard instead of buying an actual gpu for this thing?
tl;dr
I sparked my motherboard but it doesn't look damaged and it's behaving fine. I have no warranty. Should I buy a new one?
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