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Question

Could it be more than a dead motherboard?

Feb 26, 2018 3:51PM PST

The other day my pc wouldn't power on, and after diagnosing all external power related problems, I grabbed my psu tester and found one of the 4 pin connections to my motherboard has snapped off when I unplugged it.
I have previously replaced the psu a few years ago, but other than that, I haven't touched that connection point, so it is possible that I damaged it during the replacement.

The voltages all read ok from the psu, so my question is: Should I risk buying a new mobo when there is potential for the cpu to be dead? - I've never encounterd a dead cpu so don't know if the mobo will attempt to power on if it is.

The board is a Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3


Post was last edited on February 26, 2018 4:30 PM PST

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Clarification Request
This reminds me
Feb 26, 2018 4:31PM PST

Of a similar failure I had on a dual Pentium Pro system I had long ago. This can be repaired. Go get the usual HDD power Y cable and use that to solder in just the wires and connection you need. This took me about 20 to 30 minutes and the machine lived on for many years.

The cause was/is simple. There a lot of power flowing though and the electron flow can weld the connections together over time.

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Problem solved
Feb 26, 2018 5:16PM PST

I belive the socket is for SLI

As I'm using the board for a headless server with no gpus plugged in, I didn't need to have the connector plugged in.

Unplugging it was enough to stop the board registering the fault and power on.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep that in mind if I decide to sli some gpus together.