Watched a $200 motherboard fry because I forgot to check the standoffs...

Was swapping a board in my buddy's gaming rig last night in his garage and powered it up without verifying all the standoffs were in place. A tiny brass nub touched the back of the board and killed it instantly... has anyone else had a quick fix spiral into a total loss like that?

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the_drew14d ago

I heard that exact thing fried some kid's build on a forum last week.

lee.casey1h ago

Friend of mine tried that same trick last month and his PSU went up in smoke within minutes. He was lucky the rest of the parts were okay but it wrecked his whole build timeline. Lesson learned hard, sometimes the bargain bin stuff bites you.