Wood, Mary wrote:
> Here's a specific query:
>
> Can a damaged memory chip fry a motherboard?
I'm not sure if it can fry a motherboard, but it CAN cause all
sorts of wierd-and-wonderful reactions.
Hm. My Other Half tells me he once fried a CPU and power supply by
plugging a whole bank of 16K RAM in the wrong way around. So let's
call it possible-but-unlikely.
Cutting off power that abruptly might have fried some componentry
in the motherboard, especially if there was something that was
dodgy to begin with.
So even if A did not cause B, A and B might have both been caused
by C.
I think you can see the light .. and it's not an oncoming train!
Jenn V.
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