PSU failed, not sure if it killed certain parts.

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Hello, first post here, though I've been using Tom's for a long time to help with tech work.

First things first, my Corsair HX1050 fried. Smoke, smell, the works.

I was wondering if my EVGA GTX 970SSC(which was connected to that fried PSU) could possibly damage my my motherboard, if installed, into my new rig. A Friend of mine was nice enough to give me a GTX 1060 3GB for now, but I want to use, or sell my 970.

Nothing from that build was overclocked.

Been googling answers, but so far everything is from 2013 or less.

Any response, or info, help, anything, would be great!
Thanks!
 
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jr9
When a PSU blows up literally anything that was in the PC can be damaged. Anything from motherboards to hard drives can be damaged. The only thing you can do is test the parts in other systems or preferably on a test bench with throwaway parts. Unless the card looks physically burned I would feel comfortable installing it on a test system. I've never seen a damaged graphics card or RAM damage a motherboard. OCCT would be a good tool to stress test the card for a long period of time. If I was doing this I'd feel better doing it in an open air test bench with a fire extinguisher handy. Safety first.
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When a PSU blows up literally anything that was in the PC can be damaged. Anything from motherboards to hard drives can be damaged. The only thing you can do is test the parts in other systems or preferably on a test bench with throwaway parts. Unless the card looks physically burned I would feel comfortable installing it on a test system. I've never seen a damaged graphics card or RAM damage a motherboard. OCCT would be a good tool to stress test the card for a long period of time. If I was doing this I'd feel better doing it in an open air test bench with a fire extinguisher handy. Safety first.
 
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I had a similar experience around a year ago. My PSU went in a huge bang and puff of smoke. Luckily for me, it didn't take any internals with it to the electronics grave. It all depends on whether the surge protection in the PSU can handle it. Most of the time it should. Hope for the best, expect the worst.
Before you connect a new power supply, make a thorough visual check of everything in your PC to see if you can see anything burnt. Cables, boards and components.
 
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t0asty

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Sorry for the late response, but also, thank you for the advise.

I should have also mentioned, both my HDDs, 16GB of ram were okay. Mobo is dead, as is the PSU. That's off of the old rig. I do have a spare rig around, albeit the thing doesn't have a PSU currently. But I'm upgrading the one I have soon, so I guess I'll test my gpu in the throwaway rig I have.
 
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Good to hear you got it up and running again! Is the motherboard visually damaged? If not, check if there's a BIOS reset jumper on the motherboard to see if it's just not a corrupted BIOS from an unexpected failure? Do it with minimum parts in that "throwaway" rig you have, just to avoid ruining other valuable components.
 
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