Damaging a MOBO

[IMPERIUS]

Hi!

a guy recently said to me that if a screw accidentally falls on the MOBO it can completely destroy it. Is that true? I mean there is a procetvive coating on it right?

Than you and sorry for my english

[WereCat]

If the MoBo is powered on then it can, if it is not then I can imagine that it can damage it if it falls into the socket and bend some pins but otherwise there is minimal chance of damaging it as long as it is turned off.

[kwljunky]

Hi!

a guy recently said to me that if a screw accidentally falls on the MOBO it can completely destroy it. Is that true? I mean there is a procetvive coating on it right?

Than you and sorry for my english

 

He's trolling, unless it somehow scraped across and took a few components off, which I doubt. Or unless the screw dropped from space. 

[NeCoNLive]

I think it can happen.

 

 

But it never happened to me and I have been building pc´s over 10years now.

 

 

biggest PC killer I know is Neon lights that break or by installing the on/off switch on the back for lights.

[Padunkadunk]

In 99.9% of screw drops on the mobo, you'll be fine. 

[Opcode]

If the board has juice it could happen, tho you should never be toying inside a plugged in machine to begin with. As in terms of cosmetic damage, it's just a screw.

[IMPERIUS]

And he also mentioned that one of his pals destroyed his gpu when he was replacing the thermal paste on it or something like that? You dont need any paste on your gpu, do you?

[Tagiau]

And he also mentioned that one of his pals destroyed his gpu when he was replacing the thermal paste on it or something like that? You dont need any paste on your gpu, do you?

It comes pre applied. You don't need to change it unless you really want to, or you are watercooling. And to break a gpu by removing the heatsink. Your friend must not have the smartest friends. It is literally removing a few screws and lightly twisting in an outward motion.

[grimmjow660]

No. I've dropped screws so many times and nothings ever happened. You'll be fine

[kei7t9]

Think I dropped screws on my mobo while assembling and reassembling it like 3 times, then stabbed it with a Philips screw driver twice. Although no scratch. Its still working.