How damaging is reversing the polarity on the S9 controller board?

[tim-bc]

I wish I didn't have to ask this question, but to what extent could this board have been damaged by reversing the 6-pin pcie power connection? Also, do you think the psu is toast or could it be salvaged by splicing the pcie?

https://i.stack.imgur.com/mAKbK.jpg


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[ccgllc]

Ouch!  That hurts to even look at!

[VRobb]

I smoked an S7 controller with a mis-wired PCIe connector (+ and - reversed).  Burned up a couple of the voltage regulators, but is probably repairable and nothing happend to the PSU and wires.  Yours looks to be much worse...

[HagssFIN]

for starters, Reversed voltage --> good bye caps.

[tim-bc]

Ouch!  That hurts to even look at!

If you think a controller melt looks bad, you should see the hash boards when they melt...

I smoked an S7 controller with a mis-wired PCIe connector (+ and - reversed).  Burned up a couple of the voltage regulators, but is probably repairable and nothing happend to the PSU and wires.  Yours looks to be much worse...

Do you think I could still splice the one burnt pcie and keep using the power supply?