Will All My Hardware Have Been Affected By This?

For Christmas I received the following PC upgrades:

New CPU
New Video Card
New Power Supply
New Motherboard

Being the impatient idiot that I am I decided to try and attach everything without thoroughly reading through how to do it.

I attached the motherboard 'directly' to the PC Case using steel screws instead of the gold coloures screws provided as I didn't think it made a difference. When trying to boot up the PC it came on for about 5 seconds and then just turned itself off and wouldn't turn on anymore.

After taking the PC to a repair shop to get everything fitted properly I was told that I had burnt out the motherboard by attaching it directly to the inside of the case without using the gold coloures screws (I take it the gold ones don't conduct electricity).

Well I've now had to shell out more cash to buy a new motherboard but I'm "extremely" worried that the rest of my hardware (video card, CPU etc) will have been affected by this. There isn't any noticeable damage on any of the hardware except the motherboard which has a black line going across the underneath of it.

Anyway, I realise it's hard to tell without looking at it but I was just wondering if my other hardware is going to be OK as it was a very decent CPU & Video card and I don't want to have to throw them away and buy more just because of a stupid mistake.


HK

 

The gold screws are actually stand-offs that keep the motherboard elevated and prevent shorting it out (as you found out). All your other hardware should be OK.... no guarantees though..... when a motherboard shorts out, it rarely takes out other components with it. Occassionally, the RAM can be fried as well, but like I said, it's rare.... GOOD LUCK!!!! And next time, be a bit more patient and become informed before jumping right into something you've never done before LOL
Happy Holidays!

hopperdave2000