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Can a bad piece of software kill a motherboard?

Parvesh Khatri
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Hello everyone,

I fucked up 2 motherboards within 2 months, First was a Gigabyte B360M with i5 8400 installed and the another was a dell optiplex with i3 2120 installed.

The common thing was a 5$ 450 watt PSU, and crucial ssd running linux mint and YouTube when both died crashing the video. The PSU still works, so I don't think it killed them that much.

So the question is,

Can a bad software or glitch kill a motherboard?

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Just now, James Evens said:

$5 PSU already sounds suspicious.

 

And I wouldn't trust a $5 PSU supplying power to a couple hundred dollars, potentially thousands, of computer components. 

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5 minutes ago, Parvesh Khatri said:

Yeah, its a generic one from china. But it works fine.

"PSU works fine"

 

"I have mysteriously killed 2 motherboards in the recent past"

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1 minute ago, James Evens said:

Generic China $5 480W PSU doesn't sound more trustworthy.

Bad PSU e.g. high ripple have a real chance to damage the hardware.

How much should I spend on a 450 watt PSU?

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3 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

"PSU works fine"

 

"I have mysteriously killed 2 motherboards in the recent past"

I'm running 3rd motherboard on it 😉

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58 minutes ago, Parvesh Khatri said:

I'm running 3rd motherboard on it 😉

 

I was going to say this PSU only needs one more victim to qualify as a serial killer but apparently just two is the minimum. Weak. 

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my dad once got a ocz 1000 wat psu for $40....and lasted say 6 moths and he told me it was still under warranty and wanted to get another.. i agave him the look.

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As noted, its more likely that PSU is the reason, not software. For software, motherboard doesn't really exist. Software doesn't make that kind of changes that would affect. It's not like with GPUs where drivers and software can have very direct effects. With motherboard, you are more likely to see issues with CPU, RAM and storage if the software would be the cause.

 

But with PSU constantly delivering power through at least 2 connections with mobo, much more likely to cause issues.

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