Stupid friend

[belgiumkiddo]

So... This friend I have thought it would be a good idea to touch his motherboard with a small peace of metal while the pc was still running... As expected the pc won't turn on anymore. Did he short everything out? Or is there a chance that he can still save his baby? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

[kelvinhall05]

I think he will need to replace his mobo but his gpu, ram, and cpu should be ok (I think).

[Guest]

 

 

Well I think the mobo is dead Jimmy

[xitywampas]

Pull the MB battery and main power first and hold the power button for like a minute. Put the battery back and try to reboot. If that doesn't work it's probably dead.

[AresKrieger]

Depends on what he shorted, best case scenario he merely destroyed the moba or a spcific part of the board like a dimm slot/ or something that requires a cmos reset, worst case scenario he destroyed everything

[xitywampas]

2 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

I think he will need to replace his mobo but his gpu, ram, and cpu should be ok (I think).

That could have killed everything, but maybe not.

[[狐] DJ Charizard]

Most likely he just killed the motherboard and nothing else. Sometimes when a motherboard goes, it might take other parts with it, such as a CPU, GPU, etc. I would try the parts on a donor motherboard or have him buy a new motherboard and figure out what else went down with it.