Motherboard sparked and caught fire but still works

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So I was building my pc for the first time and I plugged in a wire into the PSU then into the nzxt fan controller. I then plugged in the fan controller into the motherboard and turned it on. The system fan 2 was the most reachable one so I plugged it into that and the cylinder thing next to it caught fire. I quickly turned it off and did some research and found you're not supposed to plug it into the motherboard. I turned it on again and it seems to work fine now.

Specs:http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XHHswP

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That fan header is probably dead. Plug it through a molex connector already? Hopefully nothing else happens,that sounds pretty extreme.

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Sounds like you shorted a capacitor.

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Wow that was fast! Ya I plugged it into the molex connector and it seems to be working fine now but I guess I just overloaded it with power from plugging the end into the motherboard.

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Is that bad?

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Haha any fire is bad. Hopefully it just killed that fan header and everything else is ok

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Ya hopefully! Thanks for your help everyone! I'll definitely continue using this site.

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Welcome to the tek

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Sketch as frick.