CPU Track Cut

[MrRX7]

What would happen if a single CPU track on a motherboard was cut accidentally by an aftermarket CPU coolers standoffs?

[Godlygamer23]

You mean a trace?

 

If you mean a trace, nothing good would occur. Either it would not work at all, or you would get malfunctions.

Edited October 1, 2013 by Godlygamer23

[RatedBlam]

Probably nothing good, I'd suspect a non-working pc. @Godlygamer23, I'd suspect so as he made a thread about his cooler cracking the mobo (hopefully I rember right)

[MrRX7]

@Godlygamer23 yes trace / track same thing lol

 

@RatedBlam it didnt crack the mobo just dug into it a bit... all 4 did...

[Godlygamer23]

@Godlygamer23 yes trace / track same thing lol

 

@RatedBlam it didnt crack the mobo just dug into it a bit... all 4 did...

When it dug into the traces...did any copper show?

[MrRX7]

not that I can see... @Godlygamer23

[Godlygamer23]

And since doing that, have you tried booting up your computer? If no copper is showing, it should work fine.

[RatedBlam]

@Godlygamer23 yes trace / track same thing lol

 

@RatedBlam it didnt crack the mobo just dug into it a bit... all 4 did...

Oh, OK. If some thought went into making of the mobo, there is a safe area around the cooler-mounting holes

[Leonard]

I suspect the motherboard would be an amputee or dead.

[MrRX7]

ok thanks all,

@Leonard whats an amputee?

[RatedBlam]

 A person without a certain bodypart, for example a leg has been amputated @MrRX7

[MrRX7]

how could a motherboard be an amutee then? @RatedBlam

[RatedBlam]

how could a motherboard be an amutee then? @RatedBlam

It probably is just a figure of speech, like motherboard is dead, even though they can't die

[MrRX7]

so him saying amputee he means dead pretty much? @RatedBlam

[RatedBlam]

so him saying amputee he means dead pretty much? @RatedBlam

Pretty much

[Dravic]

so him saying amputee he means dead pretty much? @RatedBlam

 

No, by amputee he meant it would malfunction or lose some functions.

Dead is when you can't post with the mobo anymore.

[Leonard]

Pretty much

Not really. By amputee, i mean the motherboard may work but some functions may not be available any more due to the damage to that part of the motherboard. Weather it be one DIMM slot may not work or let us say a fan header my not be recognized but the rest of the motherboard still functions. 

[RatedBlam]

Not really. By amputee, i mean the motherboard may work but some functions may not be available any more due to the damage to that part of the motherboard. Weather it be one DIMM slot may not work or let us say a fan header my not be recognized but the rest of the motherboard still functions. 

BAdly worded on my part, by pretty much dead I meant lost some of it's functionality, so almost dead would possibly be better

[Leonard]

BAdly worded on my part, by pretty much dead I meant lost some of it's functionality, so almost dead would possibly be better

Agreed