Which parts, when defective, can damage other parts?

bornon5 · 08-15-2007, 08:39 PM

Hi all,

After an odd experience involving certain defective computer parts messing up other parts, I want to ask an overall question.

Is there any general rule about which defective parts can damage other clean parts? I know a bad motherboard can mess up RAM. But can it go the other way? Can a bad video card backwards-fry other components? Can a bad mobo screw with a hard drive? Other combinations?

Anybody who has experience on this matter (not just opinion), please let me know.

-Naftali

**oscaryu1** · 08-15-2007, 08:41 PM

Cheap PSU that blows = dead motherboard + other stuff that the PSU is hooked up to.

nexolus · 08-15-2007, 08:46 PM

Yeah other than a PSU I couldn't see anything that would do that. Other than maybe if a fan doesn't work you could fry something. And maybe if your dvd drive is malfunctioning it could rocketfire a DVD into your mobo

bornon5 · 08-15-2007, 08:48 PM

Is there ANY possibility that a bad video card could screw up other components? ANY possibility at all?

chupacabra · 08-15-2007, 08:50 PM

The only thing that can damage other components as oscaryu says is the psu, if it fries it can take you whole computer or nothing, also fried cpu's can damage your motherboard cpu socket

bornon5 · 08-15-2007, 09:00 PM

Okay, basically I have a video card that's giving me strange display refreshes and pixel flickering. If I replace only the video card, will it be okay? Or do I need to worry about the video card having hurt the motherboard or something else?

martyvice · 08-15-2007, 09:05 PM

It shouldn't, I put in a faulty card that would give me weird disply now and then, and eventually it just totally died. I just to kit out and everything was fine.

paratwa · 08-15-2007, 11:42 PM

Unless the video card catches on fire, I seriously doubt it will hurt the motherboard. It is a fairly common occurrence for a video card to go bad. I have never heard of one taking out the motherboard.

**oscaryu1** · 08-16-2007, 12:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paratwa

Unless the video card catches on fire

I doubt that would ever happen though

08-15-2007, 08:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
bornon5 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 48	Which parts, when defective, can damage other parts? Hi all, After an odd experience involving certain defective computer parts messing up other parts, I want to ask an overall question. Is there any general rule about which defective parts can damage other clean parts? I know a bad motherboard can mess up RAM. But can it go the other way? Can a bad video card backwards-fry other components? Can a bad mobo screw with a hard drive? Other combinations? Anybody who has experience on this matter (not just opinion), please let me know. -Naftali

08-15-2007, 08:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
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chupacabra Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,902	The only thing that can damage other components as oscaryu says is the psu, if it fries it can take you whole computer or nothing, also fried cpu's can damage your motherboard cpu socket __________________ My Rig e7200 @ 2.53ghz 4GB G.skill pc6400 Seagate hdd 250gb Gigabyte P35 DS3L Sapphire 4850 Corsair 750 watts Raidmax Smilodon

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martyvice Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Red Deer, AB, CA Posts: 191	It shouldn't, I put in a faulty card that would give me weird disply now and then, and eventually it just totally died. I just to kit out and everything was fine. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 GHz 1 GB Ram 120 GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA hard drive ATI Radeon X1600 Pro AGP 512MB

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08-15-2007, 08:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
nexolus Gold Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 472	Yeah other than a PSU I couldn't see anything that would do that. Other than maybe if a fan doesn't work you could fry something. And maybe if your dvd drive is malfunctioning it could rocketfire a DVD into your mobo

08-15-2007, 08:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
bornon5 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 48	Is there ANY possibility that a bad video card could screw up other components? ANY possibility at all?

08-15-2007, 09:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
bornon5 Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 48	Okay, basically I have a video card that's giving me strange display refreshes and pixel flickering. If I replace only the video card, will it be okay? Or do I need to worry about the video card having hurt the motherboard or something else?

08-15-2007, 11:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
paratwa Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,969	Unless the video card catches on fire, I seriously doubt it will hurt the motherboard. It is a fairly common occurrence for a video card to go bad. I have never heard of one taking out the motherboard.

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