Burned fuse by overclocking?

[coolnicklee]

I tried to flash the BIOS couple of weeks ago and failed... I had to send my MB to get serviced and replace BIOS chip... The problem is... They replaced the whole board... And I was charged $60 ...
They said my motherboard's fuse was burned...
Is it possible to burn the fuse from the overclocking???
I am not sure if that was my fault... I was supposed to pay $35 for the BIOS replaced and now I ended up paying $60!!!!
Has anyone burned the fuse on the board by overclocking?

 

[pdo]

I didn't even know there's fuse on mobo. Oh man I think you got burned. You're overclocking CPU's not mobo. I wouldn't pay for it if I were you.

 

[toph99]

maybe you blew a capacitor and they have no clue what they're talking about

 

[AdamK47]

I don't think there are any motherboards with fuses on them. The fuses should be in the power supply. If there was a huge spike or short, the fuse in the power supply would be the first to go saving the whole system. Placing a fuse on the motherboard seems kind of odd. I think the guy was talking out of his back end. Anyway, 99.9% of the time fuses can be replaced easily.

 

[DaddyG]

There is a fuse on most mobos, its on the back of the PS2 keyboard connector. Most fuses simply don't react fast enough to protect electronic circuits.

 

[RoadRuner]

the fuse that blows, is the keyboard fuse, you guys do remember that you are NOT supposed to plug/unplug the keyboard connector or ps2 mouse while the unit is on?

 

[subhuman]

hmm i've done that a bunch (plugging in ps2 mice with the machine on), yeah i'd heard that, yeah, i've never had problems. guess i shouldn't be playing with fire eh??

 

[MaJik]

why is that anyway? sounds pretty stupid to me, nothing else gets messed up when you plug/unplug, why is keyboards so stupid?