[EV13]

Hi,
New build(er); so nearly all done, but now I think I've burned the mobo.

I'm so stupid I want to cry.

What happened; I was connecting fan to Sys Fan 1 connection, but the wire wasn't quite long enough, so I spliced it with another length, temporarily, till I could get a proper extension with F/M connectors.

I just twisted stripped wire-ends together and put insulating tape around each of them. I carried on tidying other cables, and thought I'd turn on just as final check.

The spliced fan cable had got pulled slightly apart, exposing bare wire on Live & Ground, and I hadn't noticed noticed. Turned on, ....FIZZZ....!
Turned off pretty quickly; at that stage, case fans were still on, (LEDs on Mobo all still lit, but slow steady blinking) no video.

Checked things out, after about 30 mins noticed bare wires, both of which had shorted on the aluminium fins of CPU cooler, and burned out copper track by SYS Fan 1 pins.

SO...
Is whole Mobo a dustbin job, or just that track (yes, I know, dream on...)(-or is it worth me trying to 'bridge' it?)

But more importantly, because CPU cooler was directly involved, is it likely the Q9550 is fried as well, ...and the four sticks memory, ...and (parts of) the PSU?

Can't test any of the parts individually, as I've no comparable/compatible other machine.

I've ordered another mobo, arriving tomorrow, but if other components are damaged, will they damage the new board when installed in it?

Can anybody advise at all?
Apart from learn a hard lesson never to bodge stuff, even as a temporary fix...