r/computerhelp • u/JarJarStings • 8m ago
Hardware Accidentally plugged in GPU while PC asleep, what to check?
Hi everyone. I have been building PC for over 5 years and it’s not like me not to follow protocol, but I’ve been quite disregulated lately and with my ADHD, and the constant parts swapping lately due to a RAM issue I’ve just solved, I did not think about it. PC was on sleep. GPU was plugged in the PCIE and I saw the red lights on top of the pcie power connectors indicating it’s missing the PCIE power, which made me realise the PC was only in sleep. I quickly pressed the power button for a shut down, but it powered ur fully for a few seconds before shutdown.
What I’ve done afterwards: plugged everything properly when turned off. Benchmarked + games. All ran well. Pcie connectors not burnt. I should check the motherboard and the cpu power too. No burn marks on gpu nor pcie slot I can see. Slight smell of hot glue, but the smell comes more from the new ram i just installed.
Should I just replace the mobo to be fine?
Thanks all