Can a computer pass all stress tests and still have motherboard damage?

joojoo1234

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Prime 95 mixed as well as one of the video card tests that stress the machine... All passed. Ran for many hours. Will save a Bios but will not update. Windows Defender preventing a program from loading... my only strange oddity other then the bios update thing.... it clamps down on it and looks and looks... common? I made an error building and sent video card power through the usb card power connector in my pcie port. My version of Windows is unregistered for two months as I don't want to waste my money. Replace the board and shut up? Very curious...