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I have a Asus Prime H-270 Pro and i a corsair CX 550 and an Interesting I5-7600

I was really really stupid and i plugged in the legacy power/ floppy disc power into a fan controller thinking oh you do molex to fan and a fan controller is on the end, Yea i'm stupid i know i fried the mobo so i'm trying to RMA but i'm reading and i think they won't replace it so Rip my life but is my CPU fried? The GPU wasn't fried from the looks, 

 

The reason it friend was becuase i was dumb and was gonna test my PSU but left the legacy power in I'm so dumb ik idk i was just so excited and boom shattered my dreams but is the CPU ok or do i need a new one, Also what about the ram? the controller was right next to ram/24 pin power please help thank you!

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im not quite sure what you did here to be honest

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

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@Bryce2254 I doubt the CPU and RAM are fried, tbh I think the mobo itself may have survived this, maybe only this fan header is broken now. Just hook up all cables properly and try again. 

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1 hour ago, Bryce2254 said:

I plugged Legacy Power/ Floppy disk power from a PSU into a fan controller on my motherboard

ok. so. im still not 100% sure what you actiually did but im assumeing you pluged one of those small MOLEX connectors with 4 pins into a fanheader. that would most likely take down your board but i would say the CPU is probably fine but not guaranteed fine

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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4 hours ago, Bryce2254 said:

I have a Asus Prime H-270 Pro and i a corsair CX 550 and an Interesting I5-7600

I was really really stupid and i plugged in the legacy power/ floppy disc power into a fan controller thinking oh you do molex to fan and a fan controller is on the end, Yea i'm stupid i know i fried the mobo so i'm trying to RMA but i'm reading and i think they won't replace it so Rip my life but is my CPU fried? The GPU wasn't fried from the looks, 

 

The reason it friend was becuase i was dumb and was gonna test my PSU but left the legacy power in I'm so dumb ik idk i was just so excited and boom shattered my dreams but is the CPU ok or do i need a new one, Also what about the ram? the controller was right next to ram/24 pin power please help thank you!

What did it do, did it smoked, exploded, smelled or anything? The board should have some kind of overvoltage protection, but everything is possible. I suggest you check the board with different ram and CPU and try your RAM and CPU in other board

 

Don't buy Apple M1 computers with 8GB of RAM

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11 hours ago, dave_k said:

What did it do, did it smoked, exploded, smelled or anything? The board should have some kind of overvoltage protection, but everything is possible. I suggest you check the board with different ram and CPU and try your RAM and CPU in other board

 

It made very loud POP and smelled like burning

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13 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

ok. so. im still not 100% sure what you actiually did but im assumeing you pluged one of those small MOLEX connectors with 4 pins into a fanheader. that would most likely take down your board but i would say the CPU is probably fine but not guaranteed fine

If you look at a Legacy Power connector i plugged that into a fan controller/header

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14 hours ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

 

@Bryce2254 I doubt the CPU and RAM are fried, tbh I think the mobo itself may have survived this, maybe only this fan header is broken now. Just hook up all cables properly and try again. 

Mobo was out i think, The LEDS were on but no boot/post so i just sent it back for an RMA lets hope they actually accept it :(

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13 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

ok. so. im still not 100% sure what you actiually did but im assumeing you pluged one of those small MOLEX connectors with 4 pins into a fanheader. that would most likely take down your board but i would say the CPU is probably fine but not guaranteed fine

tutorial-4pin_fdd_power_conn.jpg Into a fan controller 

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6 hours ago, Bryce2254 said:

If you look at a Legacy Power connector i plugged that into a fan controller/header

Well at least you destroyed the fan controller and most of the motherboard. psu might have taken damage. CPU we can't say, I would guess it has a 50% chance of being alive

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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6 hours ago, Bryce2254 said:

tutorial-4pin_fdd_power_conn.jpg Into a fan controller 

Yah that's what I was talking about. It's almost entirely the reverse of a fan header 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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