Well, it finally happened. After almost nine years of overclocking. I killed my first mobo
Here is who it happened.
I was accepted in to a university, so me and two other guys decided to move to the city, where the university is located. This would require me to move my entity setup, including my huge water cooling assembly. When I unplugged my computer, I stated to empty the system of water. But in a moment of pure stupidity, I accidentally sprayed water all over my system. I had to drain my case, that is how bad it was.
So, after disassembly of the entity system, and a night one the radiator, I installed the whole system again. Not knowing if it would still work. A week after moving, when I had finally started to settle in, I decided to power up the system. But first I had to assemble the water cooling. After mounting the res, radiator, pump and waterblocks (CPU and MOBO), I fired the system up. Power on, the little green led on the mobo started to glow, success. I thought. Boot bottom on, nothing.....After cross checking the diagram of the motherboard connections, I found the everything was put back together correctly. What can be wrong. Then I checked my northbridge. Somehow, the waterblock on the die, had crushed it. Two of the corners was broken. Malfunction found. Dammit.
Well, I found another max3, so not everything is lost. I dont want to go core due 2 yet, so buying a new/used max3 seems to be the best solution right now.
When I get the mobo, I will try to put everything back once again. But I still dont know if the GPU, Memory, CPU, HDD's (everything) still works after my little water accident
Only time will tell.
Update will follow
Here is who it happened.
I was accepted in to a university, so me and two other guys decided to move to the city, where the university is located. This would require me to move my entity setup, including my huge water cooling assembly. When I unplugged my computer, I stated to empty the system of water. But in a moment of pure stupidity, I accidentally sprayed water all over my system. I had to drain my case, that is how bad it was.
So, after disassembly of the entity system, and a night one the radiator, I installed the whole system again. Not knowing if it would still work. A week after moving, when I had finally started to settle in, I decided to power up the system. But first I had to assemble the water cooling. After mounting the res, radiator, pump and waterblocks (CPU and MOBO), I fired the system up. Power on, the little green led on the mobo started to glow, success. I thought. Boot bottom on, nothing.....After cross checking the diagram of the motherboard connections, I found the everything was put back together correctly. What can be wrong. Then I checked my northbridge. Somehow, the waterblock on the die, had crushed it. Two of the corners was broken. Malfunction found. Dammit.
Well, I found another max3, so not everything is lost. I dont want to go core due 2 yet, so buying a new/used max3 seems to be the best solution right now.
When I get the mobo, I will try to put everything back once again. But I still dont know if the GPU, Memory, CPU, HDD's (everything) still works after my little water accident
Only time will tell.
Update will follow