Most boards (apart from those based on AT90USB1286) have separate chips for the usb to serial converter...
The converter is still alive, the board is recognized. But the main chip is probably very dead, it had the boot loader on it.
It would be very very .... very rare for a short to only ruin the bootloader, or in fact damage the boot loader.
The converter is still alive, the board is recognized. But the main chip is probably very dead, it had the boot loader on it.
It would be very very .... very rare for a short to only ruin the bootloader, or in fact damage the boot loader.