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    Is my CPU fried, or just my motherboard?

    Thank you so much Rocktalkrock and Smorizo! I called Gigabyte now that they were open for calling on the phones today, they told me to call Amazon where I ordered the board. And today was the last day (!!) to do Refunds and Exchanges through Amazon (even though their site said it ended...
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    Is my CPU fried, or just my motherboard?

    Well i guess it is the board after all. Paperclip method boots the power supply with nothing connected, and now that i examined the board under better lighting conditions, i see that trademark grey dusty looking "burnt" look on the back of the board where my nephew plugged the PSU into... So...
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    Is my CPU fried, or just my motherboard?

    Corsair CX Series 550 Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Modular Power Supply (CP-9020102-NA) Man that would be great if it would be ok, but everything is correctly hooked up and I can't get the board to do jack all. The one thing other than motherboard failure I am thinking is a possibility and...
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    Is my CPU fried, or just my motherboard?

    Gigabyte board model: GIGABYTE GA-AB350M-DS3H CPU model: AMD Ryzen 2200G RAM: Corsair Vengeance 3200Mhz DDR4 The story (TL;DR at the bottom): I was helping my 10 year old nephew build a computer, he's been very excited about electronics and robotics class at his school, and I've built many...