The easiest and quickest fix for this, and heaps of other motherboard problems, is to reset the BIOS. Alternatively, has someone got possibly an idea of else might have been damaged when that area burnt out? Thank you! If there are no beeps, and you are sure the speaker works, when there is either no GPU or Ram, then the PSU, Motherboard, or CPU are defective also. It is easiest to begin at the PSU. There are many reasons why a motherboard might fail, but they typically fail into five main categories: There are various issues that fall under each header (and sometimes straddle more than one!), but motherboard failures generally fit into these categories. Overheating: High temperatures can cause components to malfunction and eventually fail. As your computer operates, it generates heat, and the motherboard is particularly vulnerable to the consequences of excessive heat buildup. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions. So, I have a Crosshair viii Hero motherboard with a Ryzen 5800x and 64 GB of Trident Z RGB ram and an EK 360mm AIO. The chip to the left of the AIO pump/ cpu fan headers (pictured) started glowing red hot and smoking when I booted up my pc just now, smelling of burnt electronics.