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Originally Posted by twister6
Well, unless they have a fuse protecting the main power supply trace from oversaturated current flow, than you probably did some hefty damage in there. I'm sure they probably have some dc/dc to step down for DSP (most likely +3.3V), op-amps, and other miscellanious ICs - those could be replaced easily. But, if you burn traces inside of your circuit board (pwb), then everything will need to be replaced and can't be repaired.
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"After I discovered this I changed to the correct power supply whereupon the Virus started smelling like burned plastic!"
There are fried components. The IC's are the easiest parts, but if you have dozens of resistors and caps it's impossible to know which of them are burned/damaged.