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Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X |
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Motherboard | MSI B350 Tomahawk |
Cooling | Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4 |
Memory | 32GB (2 x 16GB) Kingston FURY Beast, DDR4 3200MHz, CL16 |
Video Card(s) | ASUS Cerberus GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Advanced Edition |
Storage | Samsung 960 EVO 512 GB (M.2), Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB (SATA) |
Display(s) | 27" Ozone DSP27 Pro |
Case | Fractal Design Define S2 |
Audio Device(s) | Onkyo TX-SR444 |
Power Supply | Seasonic 620W M12II-620 Evolution |
Mouse | Logitech G502 HERO SE |
Keyboard | Razer Ornata Chroma |
Software | Windows 10 Home x64 |
Hi,
Today a family PC suddenly shut down while it was in use. It wouldn't power on afterwards, so I suspected that something had died. I swapped the PSU to another unit and upon pressing the power button, there were sparks and smoke coming from near the CPU socket (from the VRMs I think). I pulled out the plug as fast as I could.
So, from that it seems clear that at least the motherboard and CPU are dead, and likely the PSU as well. However, the HDD in the PC contains some rather valuable data, and it'd be nice if the GPU could be saved as well. But I have no idea if they also got damaged.
We have another PC in the house, but we can't afford losing it. So, the question is, is it safe to try the GPU and HDD in the other PC to see if they work? Or could a fried GPU or HDD also damage other components in the system (like the motherboard and PSU, since the components are connected to those)?
Thanks in advance.
Today a family PC suddenly shut down while it was in use. It wouldn't power on afterwards, so I suspected that something had died. I swapped the PSU to another unit and upon pressing the power button, there were sparks and smoke coming from near the CPU socket (from the VRMs I think). I pulled out the plug as fast as I could.
So, from that it seems clear that at least the motherboard and CPU are dead, and likely the PSU as well. However, the HDD in the PC contains some rather valuable data, and it'd be nice if the GPU could be saved as well. But I have no idea if they also got damaged.
We have another PC in the house, but we can't afford losing it. So, the question is, is it safe to try the GPU and HDD in the other PC to see if they work? Or could a fried GPU or HDD also damage other components in the system (like the motherboard and PSU, since the components are connected to those)?
Thanks in advance.