i recently got a new nvidia 6800gt and made the bonehead mistake of accidently plugging in the power cord backwards and fried it. i feel like a idiot, the lighting was low and i have been putting computers together for awhile so i was in a hurry.
people have said i must have really had to 'force it' in since the molex is keyed, but i really didn't have to push too hard and i don't think i had it in all the way..just enough for it to make a small connection and damage the card..
anyway, my question is do i need to worry about any damage to the power supply or perhaps motherboard because of my little mishap? or is all the damage going to be limited to the video card? if there was damage done to my power supply, would i know there was a problem right away or would i have to wait around for random restarts later down the road?
people have said i must have really had to 'force it' in since the molex is keyed, but i really didn't have to push too hard and i don't think i had it in all the way..just enough for it to make a small connection and damage the card..
anyway, my question is do i need to worry about any damage to the power supply or perhaps motherboard because of my little mishap? or is all the damage going to be limited to the video card? if there was damage done to my power supply, would i know there was a problem right away or would i have to wait around for random restarts later down the road?