Motherboard Fried, wat do?

[notj0e]

Hey guys, I've run into a bit of a problem.

Last night I attempting to replace a fan in my system and as I was doing so I had forgotten to turn off the system from a couple of minutes beforehand to see if the fan had worked properly (Stupid mistake, but the environment I was working in wasn't exactly peaceful).

I came into contact with a fan header on my motherboard and got a small shock. I didn't think much of it at the instant but a couple of minutes after the incident the pc would not boot. The motherboard was showing signs of power and was booting prior to the incident.

I have looked at all the parts and none appear to show any physical damage but I'm afraid that something still may have been damaged. it was only a small shock but it was obviously enough to short out the motherboard.

My question is, how should I go about resolving the issue? I've concluded that the motherboard does not work but how can I know nothing else was affected? If something else was damaged or is now malfunctioning as a result will it damage any other components? Including a replacement motherboard? I don't have any spare parts for testing and troubleshooting, so should I take it to a shop and pay a fee? I would really appreciate any feedback or advice. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

In case it is relevant my specs are:
Gigabyte Z87X UD3H
Intel i5 4670k
Corsair Vengeance Pro 2x4gb CL9 1666
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
SAMSUNG Barracuda 2TB
Corsair RM650
EVGA GTX 780 ti ACX SC 3gb
Noctua NH D14 (2x NF A15 140mm)
Windows 8.1

tl;dr Z87X UD3H fried and asking for best way to go about getting my system up and running again.

EDIT: I should mention that I tried booting it with only the mobo, cpu, one stick of ram and cpu cooler connected and it still wouldn't boot.

 

[digitaldoc]

The best way would be to try the parts in another system so see what is working. In the end, from the situation you describe, you most likely shorted the motherboard, and the rest of the components are ok.

I would get a replacement motherboard, and reinstall the rest of your parts as they are all high quality, and recent enough that I would use them again. Depending how that goes, just don't be surprised if something else needs replacement.

 

[notj0e]

Thanks, But say something was affected, will it damage the new motherboard? Say the CPU or RAM for example.

 

[digitaldoc]

Thanks, But say something was affected, will it damage the new motherboard? Say the CPU or RAM for example.

In the worst case, anything can happen.

However, this would be most unusual, and most likely this is just the motherboard. The rest of your parts are seriously too good to just toss in the garbage without trying!