[SOLVED] Survival of my components

[drezina12]

So my pc was running slow and I opened up task manager and saw that I had my ram full. I checked it and it said I only had 8 gb ram instead of 16. I shut it off and opened the bios setup to see which slot was not working. Also my specs: Cpu:i7 6700k 4ghz
Ram:2x 8gb stick
gpu:Nvidia gforge gtx 1070 ti
motherboard:Asrock z170 Pro4s
So I checked it and I realised that maybe the slot malfunctioned so I turned off the power, unplugged it, removed the working stick and put the suspicious one in its place. Turned on the power leds when on but no output then I put the working one in and I was expecting it to turn on but it didn't. I got a little scared at that moment so I turned the power off again and put the working stock in another slot. Pushed the power button leds on thick white smoke came out of the back of the motherboard I rushed and switched off my psu and unplugged it. What are the chances of my components being still working. I need help

 

[PC Tailor]

What PSU is it? If the problem was instigated by your PSU output, then the quality of the PSU will usually dictate how safe your components are, it's why on the forums here we always tell people to avoid budget PSUs.

Secondly, there is no real way to tell, the only way you will be able to tell is to fit your components into a working rig and checking if they function normally or not.

 

[drezina12]

My psu is fine the motherboard somehow shorted with the case

 

[PC Tailor]

Yes but it's your PSU that supplies power to the system.

Either way, my second point remains, the only way you'll know outside of a visual check (looking for blown capacitors or burn damage for example), is by testing them in a working system.