HELP MOBO PANIC

[BiscuitMassacre]

SO I am really freaking out right now. I just got an LED strip for my case, and the one of the strips managed to hit my Asus Z97-AR mobo. It was only on there long enough to restart the system. It made a bad smell and a little bity spark direcly on the board. I don't have a mobo speaker. It boots just fine except there is no display. I reinstalled both my 970 and Ram, and I even tried the onboard graphics. No screen whatsoever. Please help.. I am only 14 so my computer is literally the only physical thing I have besides my laptop and phone. Its estimated worth is $1500. Thanks

[BiscuitMassacre]

All lights turn on, the on off switch is fully funtcional. the fans spin, even on the 970, the CD drive turns on. just no display.

[Verrierr]

Do you have another display device you could try connecting your rig to?

[AriCode]

Did you make sure all connections are secure? Also..make sure that your monitor is still plugged in. Hope it's only a little situation that can be easily fixed.

1 minute ago, Verrierr said:

Do you have another display device you could try connecting your rig to?

Try this.

[BiscuitMassacre]

2 minutes ago, Verrierr said:

Do you have another display device you could try connecting your rig to?

 

1 minute ago, AriCode said:

Did you make sure all connections are secure? Also..make sure that your monitor is still plugged in. Hope it's only a little situation that can be easily fixed.

Everything is secure, but I will try another display. There is no physical damage (no burns).

[AriCode]

Just now, BiscuitMassacre said:

 

Everything is secure, but I will try another display. There is no physical damage (no burns).

Good luck!

[Verrierr]

Just now, BiscuitMassacre said:

 

Everything is secure, but I will try another display. There is no physical damage (no burns).

Could be just a faulty cable by the way so try to use a different one.

[BiscuitMassacre]

Different ram, different dispaly, different display cable. no output on onboard.

[AriCode]

Man...that blows. Replacing the Motherboard (assuming that is the issue) may require you to replace other core components as well.

[Tieox]

Reset the CMOS?

[Jack Dvorak]

25 minutes ago, BiscuitMassacre said:

SO I am really freaking out right now. I just got an LED strip for my case, and the one of the strips managed to hit my Asus Z97-AR mobo. It was only on there long enough to restart the system. It made a bad smell and a little bity spark direcly on the board. I don't have a mobo speaker. It boots just fine except there is no display. I reinstalled both my 970 and Ram, and I even tried the onboard graphics. No screen whatsoever. Please help.. I am only 14 so my computer is literally the only physical thing I have besides my laptop and phone. Its estimated worth is $1500. Thanks

This is why you turn your PC off and unplug it before changing things...

[BiscuitMassacre]

Just now, Jack Dvorak said:

This is why you turn your PC off and unplug it before changing things...

I did. the led strip fell on the motherboard. 

[AriCode]

It made a spark even when the entire PC was off and unplugged? Were you using some obscure RGB lighting strips?

[BiscuitMassacre]

Just now, AriCode said:

It made a spark even when the entire PC was off and unplugged? Were you using some obscure RGB lighting strips?

THe pc was on when it hit. The led strips had a metal connector on the end that was apparently outputting electricity and that hit the board. I swear if i lose this computer...

[BiscuitMassacre]

removed the cmos battery. no change

[Tieox]

Tried moving the GPU into another PCi-Express slot? while you said you tried onboard, you tried that after removing the 970?

[BiscuitMassacre]

Just now, Kierax said:

Tried moving the GPU into another PCi-Express slot? while you said you tried onboard, you tried that after removing the 970?

yeah. Will try that.

[AriCode]

How did the RGB strip hit the MOBO? It just fell off? Was it glued onto the inside of the case or was it a magnet connection?

[BiscuitMassacre]

11 minutes ago, AriCode said:

How did the RGB strip hit the MOBO? It just fell off? Was it glued onto the inside of the case or was it a magnet connection?

It was resting on the side of the case. completely my fault it fell.

[AriCode]

You didn't even secure it? Dude...

[BiscuitMassacre]

7 minutes ago, AriCode said:

You didn't even secure it? Dude...

I wasn't going to put it that case. I just seeing if it worked , and get an idea what it would look like. I am so screwed.

[Andster29]

Take a couple of deep breaths. Try everything one step at a time. Never try to do multiple steps at once. Take another the monitor and try hooking it up to your laptop. This will see if the monitor is still working.  Next: take your system to the basics (GPU out, no keyboard or mouse, unplug everything except the display). Try turning it on plugged into the onboard graphics. If that works, plug everything in one item at a time. 

[BiscuitMassacre]

38 minutes ago, Andster29 said:

Take a couple of deep breaths. Try everything one step at a time. Never try to do multiple steps at once. Take another the monitor and try hooking it up to your laptop. This will see if the monitor is still working.  Next: take your system to the basics (GPU out, no keyboard or mouse, unplug everything except the display). Try turning it on plugged into the onboard graphics. If that works, plug everything in one item at a time. 

Pretty sure its done. I cannot test the other hardware. I tried the SSD so I am sure the HDD is fine to. Would anyone know if a short circuit affects your CPU/GPU/ or RAM? Is there any way to repair it?

[Andster29]

As a last measure, just take it and unplug everything. Let it sit for a day with no power in it at all. When you do RMA the board, call ASUS directly and play dumb. Emailing them takes an eternity and a half. Just call, get it done in a hour and don't give away what you did. Tell them it just stoped working. It will cost like $10 to ship. Yes I know it sucks, but better than getting a brand new board. Use the box the board came in to ship it to them. Not the full box , but the smaller one the the board was physically in. 

[AriCode]

Any update?