My motherboard is fried!!

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Recently I got a new mobo for my GPU.But soon after making the connections,as soon as I switched the power supply on,the lot of smoke came out of my cabinet with some burning smell.I switched off the supplies immediately.Looking around for what might be damaged,I found only a small part near the 20-pin connector was fried.Rest all parts working fine with old mobo.It isn't a PSU fault either.What went wrong here??

was it an IC that got burnt.

slash_89 said:
was it an IC that got burnt.

I don't really know the what's-called-what of PC hardware.It was just a small area close to 20-pin plug that was burnt,if that's any help.

cud u post a pic so that we cud help you better

@shady_inc are u experienced in installing pc components.
Sure u didn't forget to add the mounting screws in the cabinet for the motherboard??