Question Shocked motherboard, questions

[swanepoellukas5]

So I'll be honest, I'm a damn idiot. I was building a pc for my cousin with my old parts, and, to be honest it was a rushed, boched job. I forgot the IO shield, forgot the SATA cable. Guess what, last thing before I power on the pc, LAST. THING! I plug un the fan and shock something. I hoped it was the cooler, but I'm 90% sure it was the mobo. I then imediately turned it on to make sure it didn't break. It did. I kept trying to get the bios to pop up but nothing. Tell me, is anything else fried? Or just the thing I touched?

 

[Darkbreeze]

Just because there was a small static shock, if that is what it was, doesn't mean anything is fried. The kind of damage LIKELY to be done by that is minimal in most cases, if at all. Possible, yes, but unlikely. It is MORE likely that you have made a mistake somewhere else in the process.

I'd check everything here, twice or three times:

"No POST", "system won't boot", and "no video output" troubleshooting checklist

"No POST", "system won't boot", and "no video output" troubleshooting checklist This checklist is a compilation of troubleshooting ideas from many forum members. It's very important to actually perform every step in the checklist if you want to effectively troubleshoot your problem. 1.Did you...

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And if nothing turns up, then I'd follow this to try and find where you went wrong or what's up:

How To - Motherboard bench testing

Finding the problem through bench testing If you are here then it’s likely you have encountered a serious hardware issue and have been unable to resolve it using the standard no-POST troubleshooting procedures. If you have not yet attempted to resolve your issues using the no-POST...

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[swanepoellukas5]

While I did shock the mobo, the problem was that I put the RAM in the incorrect slot. O well

 

[Darkbreeze]

So, as I said, checking the basics again was what was needed to resolve the issue. Glad you got it sorted out. Good luck.