This morning I killed my computer

[ovil101]

The story takes place yesterday, when my cat ate part of the wire to my mouse. The wire was damaged but it still worked, so I just bent the wire in a way that I could still use the mouse. Eventually it gave up and died. This morning, being a stubborn bastard, I attempted to get it to work again. I plugged the mouse into my motherboard's USB. My keyboard turned off, my monitor went black, and my cpu fan started going insane. I hit the reset switch, nothing. I held the power button down for 10 seconds. Nothing. I unplugged the cable from the wall. Plugged it back in, and now it wont turn on. So I went out to the store and bought a new PSU, and it still does not turn on. What are the chances that everything in my computer just died?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Most likely you killed USB port of your motherboard.
Depending on your luck, it's possible that motherboard died also.

 

[k1114]

Well if it won't turn on, I'd say it probably shorted and killed the mobo too. Psu might be fine but everything connected to the mobo is going to need to be checked on a working pc.

 

[ovil101]

Most likely you killed USB port of your motherboard.
Depending on your luck, it's possible that motherboard died also.

No the motherboard is definitely dead. It isn't even booting with the new PSU. How likely is it that I killed everything?

 

[k1114]

Very unlikely because it shouldn't have gone back to the psu so not everything. If I had to take an educated guess, which is all you can do here, I'd say it just killed the chipset and stopped there.

 

[ovil101]

Very unlikely because it shouldn't have gone back to the psu so not everything. If I had to take an educated guess, which is all you can do here, I'd say it just killed the chipset and stopped there.

So what your saying is I might not completely be fucked? The motherboard is pretty dead. The psu might be.

 

[Geekwad]

I'd say motherboard too, as first suspect.

What are your complete system specs?

 

[ovil101]

I'd say motherboard too, as first suspect.

What are your complete system specs?

i5 4690k, 16GB ram, Corsair CX 430 PSU (probably dead), MSI CSM-B85M-E4 (definitely dead), RX 480 (If thus is dead I will cry).

 

[k1114]

There's not really a point in further speculation. Either start swapping or have your components collect dust.

 

[ovil101]

There's not really a point in further speculation. Either start swapping or have your components collect dust.

Already started, got a new PSU and ordered a new motherboard.