Pre-Existent Problems carried into new build

[FireManDude]

Hey all!
so long story short a long time ago i posted in this forum about my motherboard having red flickering lights and failing to turn on at all,with the help of the forum we were able to attribute this to a short circuit caused by a connection from the case to the motherboard (HD audio on the Corsair 300r),at the time of this mishappening my old graphics card (GTX 260) was connected instead of my upgrade,now that i have the time and funds i wish to try sort this computer out again,i am purchasing a Gaming 3 board by MSI and the 4790k i7,to this new build i will only carry my RAM sticks,the CPU cooler and the Newer Graphics card (R9 290)

Will any problems from the short circuit can effect my new build ? (even though i did not circuit the board with my R9 290 i tried booting my computer with it several times) (or the ram sticks)
any advice will be helpful and thanked for

 

[non-smoker pete]

You have NO way of knowing what will happen until you build the system and try to boot it.

Assemble the system with NO HDD, NO optical drive, NO add-in cards other than video, and try to boot it. If it works, install the other components and test it again.

If it DOESN'T work, your problem(s) is limited to the hardware you are testing.

Simple trial-and-error will help you figure this out.

Good luck, let us know what happens.

 

[FireManDude]

You have NO way of knowing what will happen until you build the system and try to boot it.

Assemble the system with NO HDD, NO optical drive, NO add-in cards other than video, and try to boot it. If it works, install the other components and test it again.

If it DOESN'T work, your problem(s) is limited to the hardware you are testing.

Simple trial-and-error will help you figure this out.

Good luck, let us know what happens.

Thank you very much for the reply!
i shall try that when the parts arrive,what do you think of the chance that the New Graphics card could have been damaged by being entered into a Board after it has been destroyed ?

 

[non-smoker pete]

Well, simple logic tells us that the odds of the new videocard being damaged under those circumstances are 50/50, but I disagree with that. Chances are that if the original motherboard was damaged, there is very little chance that it could have caused any problems with the new videocard. Of course, YMMV, life IS a crapshoot, and your card MIGHT be damaged or somehow defective, but I'm willing to bet that your videocard will work as expected.

Assemble the bare-bones system as I previously suggested, do NOT do a full build. Test the bare-bones assembly and assess the situation. If all goes well, shut down and complete the build. I don't see a need for you to add one single component at a time and re-test everything. If all of the other parts are new, they SHOULD all work, but again, YMMV. Just take your time, which is how a professional would do it. Amateurs rush everything, cause problems, then panic because they fail to follow a logical assembly process. Many of them also fail to follow a logical THOUGHT process as well, which can lead to more problems, both during the build and after completion.

Take your time; think about how to accomplish the objective BEFORE you begin. Ask questions if you need clarification on something. Your computer is YOURS, so be the master of your domain, and you'll be able to resolve any problems you might encounter.

Good luck, please post here again to let us know how things turn out.