I SHORTED MY MOBO!

[mnijee]

I had an ECS KA3 MVP mobo that I seemed to have shorted last night in a failed attempt at overclocking my cpu. Yes, it really does suck to be me right now. I am a little worried I may have shorted my CPU as well, but I wont know until later tonight. *crosses fingers*

Well, assuming it is just my mobo, I am planning to pick up a mid-grade mobo tonight for a quick fix. But i'm wondering if it will be as easy as I am thinking...

After I swap out mobo's will it be necessary to reformat my computer? Or will all my info on my hard drive still be in tact?

 

[masterasia]

You will definitely need to do a clean install unless you're swapping it out with the same motherboard. Hopefully all the ram still works too. You might want to run Memtest86+ to see if you have any dead ram. Hopefully you're video card still works too. I've see shorted boards take out video card, expansion cards (wireless, raid, sound), ram, and CPU.

Sorry to scare you, but prepare for the worst.

 

[mnijee]

ojeez...
thanks for the heads up. lol.

 

[jitpublisher]

What do you mean "shorted"? I find it hard to believe you actually ruined anything by simply overclocking. It can happen, but it is not likely, exactly what did you do?

 

[Newf]

Have you tried the basics, like resetting the BIOS?

 

[marco324]

yea i agree reset cmos check connections power supply about losing your data you can
start up windows uninatall old mb drivers backup what you want then reinstall windows

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Was there smoke ? Otherwise how do you know you 'shorted" something ?

 

[mnijee]

hey guys.

Well at first (after i upped the clock speed too high of a value), my computer was not rec'ing any power. I first assumed that it was my power supply, so i went out and purchased a new PSU. plugged everthing back in, tried powering it up again, and still nothing.

I was bummed. I automatically assumed i fried my mobo, and possibly even my cpu/gpu/etc. as maseresia was explaining.

But the next day after work, I didnt touch a thing and simply tried to boot up my computer again, and POWER I DID RECEIVE. i was so happy. the only problem at this point was that it would not post.

so from there, i tried to pull the battery for a few minutes which to reset the bios, which didnt work. Then I used the jumper to reset it, and it did in fact work.

My computer is finally up and running! woo-hoo.

to answer your question no i didnt get any smoke. but strange enough I wasnt getting any sort of power...

 

[frwycop]

To Youngster, what do you mean by "Then I used the jumper to reset it, and it did in fact work." what is that exactly . I just posted a new thread under Dell 8400. I think I fried my Mo Bo. You can e mail me at frwycop@myway.com
thanks Tony

 

[frwycop]

Sorry, I meant to type mnijee instead of Youngster.

 

[mnijee]

Sorry, I meant to type mnijee instead of Youngster.

well i'm not sure if all mobo's are equipped with jumpers, but if can pull up your manual for your motherboard, the motherboard has a jumper that essentially short circuits the mobo so that the bios resets itself.

if you can find your manual to your mobo (go to the maker's website if you cant find it...they should have it there) and it may have a section on how to use your jumper.

but if you are sure that its fried i doubt its gonna help.

good luck.