Dead BIOS can short components?

[troubles_innocence2]

Two weeks ago I tried updating the BIOS on my ASUS Z170-P and it failed. I could not fix it and neither could any shops in town. I bought a Ryzen CPU and new motherboard and they're coming some time. Upon inspecting the CPU from the dead motherboard, I can see a capacitor completely missing and one popping out and a darker color than the others. This was even before sending it to the shop. In other words it's a dead CPU. This worries me a bit because I want to use the memory and GPU from the previous set-up in the new Ryzen one. What are the chances that it fried both my GPU and memory? R9 390 is the GPU and the old CPU is an i5 6500.

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I forgot to mention: the shop said both CPU and memory were still working but due to the obvious damage to the CPU, I doubt they actually tested it or at least thested it thoroughly. 

[Moonzy]

any photos?

[troubles_innocence2]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

any photos?

 

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, troubles_innocence2 said:

 

 

 

hmm hmm, this does suggest that your CPU is indeed missing a capacitor

but it missing a capacitor might still work, since capacitor is only to stabilise voltages, it's not crucial unless the CPU is unstable without it

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1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

 

 

hmm hmm, this does suggest that your CPU is indeed missing a capacitor

but it missing a capacitor might still work, since capacitor is only to stabilise voltages, it's not crucial unless the CPU is unstable without it

So do you think the GPU and memory should be okay? I never noticed the capacitor missing when I first built the PC

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, troubles_innocence2 said:

So do you think the GPU and memory should be okay? I never noticed the capacitor missing when I first built the PC

never heard of bios killing GPU, so it should be safe

same goes for RAM, and even CPU for that matter (capacitor missing have nothing to do with bios update, unless it's some kind of a freak accident)

 

admitedly, i dont have much experience flashing bios

the last time i did it, i bricked by b150 board, so i had to buy a new board for my i5 6600 lol

though i do have success in flashing bios in my x570 board, so it's not all negatives

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1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

never heard of bios killing GPU, so it should be safe

same goes for RAM, and even CPU for that matter (capacitor missing have nothing to do with bios update, unless it's some kind of a freak accident)

 

admitedly, i dont have much experience flashing bios

the last time i did it, i bricked by b150 board, so i had to buy a new board for my i5 6600 lol

though i do have success in flashing bios in my x570 board, so it's not all negatives

well thank you for your answer!

[Guest]

You can recover the bios on the board using the original disk that came with it. Post from disk the dvd reader all other drives disconnected. Select bios recovery. 

 

If there is parts missing from the cpu, you would know when you broke off a cap. They don't just fall off. 

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1 minute ago, ShrimpBrime said:

You can recover the bios on the board using the original disk that came with it. Post from disk the dvd reader all other drives disconnected. Select bios recovery. 

 

If there is parts missing from the cpu, you would know when you broke off a cap. They don't just fall off. 

I no longer have the CD nor a CD reader so that wasn't an option. I never handled the CPU roughly, never dropped it or took it out the socket before sending it to the shop two weeks ago. However, I did buy the CPU second hand from CEX, so it might have always been like this.

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29 minutes ago, troubles_innocence2 said:

I no longer have the CD nor a CD reader so that wasn't an option. I never handled the CPU roughly, never dropped it or took it out the socket before sending it to the shop two weeks ago. However, I did buy the CPU second hand from CEX, so it might have always been like this.

The shop should have been able to recover the bios on the board. Asus boards have used the disk method for over a decade and is the #1 listed recovery option before using a flash drive or programmer.

 

The cpu is probably fine.

 

Ah well. You have other hardware on the way making this thread pointless now. 

 

Good Luck on your future build! And if its an Asus board, don't throw the disk away. Its your fastest easiest recovery option. Now you know.