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Computer broken, Is store scamming?

Meeran
By Meeran
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Hi!!

 

A few days ago i made a post about how my computer wouldn't turn on but motherboard lights would work. I didn't have a spare PSU to test if my PSU was broken, so i took it back to the store i initially bought my computer from and they came back to me saying my CPU and my power supply is broken but not my motherboard... I dont know if that makes sense or if theyre just trying to rip me off. Is it possible for the CPU to get broken by the PSU but not the motherboard? Have they potentially swapped my cpu with a faulty one just to say my cpu was broken so i have to buy a new cpu from them?

 

My specs were

i7 7700K

Asus Maximus Hero IX

EVGA Supernova G1 powersupply

1070ti

 

Thanks! Any help is appreciated! 

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While unlike it is possible for both to be dead and the board to be fine. 

CPU - I9 10900 | CPU Cooler - Corsair Hydro Series H100x AIO | Motherboard -  Aorus B460 PRO AC | RAM -G.SKILL Ripjaw V series 4x8GB 2666MHZ | Graphics Card - Gigabyte RTX 3070  | Power Supply - Cooler Master 650w  | Storage -  Working on a new Spicy 

 

Operating System - Windows 10 Pro

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Meeran said:

Have they potentially swapped my cpu with a faulty one just to say my cpu was broken so i have to buy a new cpu from them?

hmmmmm do you have the box your CPU came in?  You could just match the serial #'s up.   If anything, I would just say thank you and go buy a PSU and a CPU from somewhere else, or look at this as a time to do an upgrade.

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20 minutes ago, TylerDurden! said:

hmmmmm do you have the box your CPU came in?  You could just match the serial #'s up.   If anything, I would just say thank you and go buy a PSU and a CPU from somewhere else, or look at this as a time to do an upgrade.

i looked around and to my surprise, i have the box to literally everything but that... i would upgrade to the new 10700k but the cpu alone is like 1000$ in new zealand

but would u say its possible for my CPU and Powersupply to die but not Motherboard?

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1 hour ago, Meeran said:

i looked around and to my surprise, i have the box to literally everything but that... i would upgrade to the new 10700k but the cpu alone is like 1000$ in new zealand

but would u say its possible for my CPU and Powersupply to die but not Motherboard?

electricity is strange, I have had my modem twice knocked out by lightning on the same outlet, but everything else connected was fine, go figure

 

so yes, possible

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