Instead of fuses, maybe just some sort of casing to protect the posts might be nice. This may have been a one-in-a-million thing or something to pay attention because of the very, very long 1/4 inch connectors (it is one of those that fell through all these plugs).

There is a high probability that I will receive a new motherboard tomorrow hoping that that what was fried. I'll let you know.

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