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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Motherboard failures are extremely rare though, I've never had one happen to any of my computers, and as long as you get a decent brand it's not something you should ever have the worry about. My hunch is that with the unstable power levels in the city and possibly a generic power supply in caluminate's tower, something inside blew up enough to not get enough juice to the mobo for a proper POST
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That's also very likely.
I've had 3 (three!!) motherboard failures, though I can attribute one to an improperly seated motherboard (mixed standoffs when I was 16 or 17), one northbridge fan stopped and the NB burned out, and one was a cheap refurb board for a HTPC that had a capacitor blow out.
I also had a buddy not screw in all his standoffs from his mobo to his case, and install a Scythe Ninja cooler (weighs around 1.7 lbs). It cracked the PCB after about 3 days.