I've stuck a screwdriver into my mobo. how bad is it?

Hello

While trying to get the Tuniq Tower backplate off my mobo using a screwdriver (and failing offcourse) I've stuck the the scrwedriver a little into the board...

Now there's a good side and a bad side: The bad side is that although apparently there were no circuits under there, I still can see copper now where I've intruded into the MB (I know it's multi layer PCB but hoped there was nothing in there). The good would be that my mobo is still running... well, at least for now.

Does that mean (the mobo still running, that is) that I haven't damaged it that bad? Or should it eventually die on me?

I am now running prime to see if anything is wrong. I tried to play a game but I got the "this program has performed an illegal operation" from time to time. Dunno if it's related though.

unknown TBH, I did similar at one point on an old board and it worked great except for a random popping in the left speaker.

Should be fine as long as you didn't break any circuits. Put some nail polish over the damaged area if you want.

Tyranos said:

Should be fine as long as you didn't break any circuits. Put some nail polish over the damaged area if you want.

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That's a relief! I don't think I need nail polish right now as that area is right next to the cpu and it dosen't come close to any metal parts. If I remove the mobo I will do that.

Thanks!