December 28, 20214 yr Similarly, my Asus Rog Z590 went on fire and melted my SSD, and Sound Card with no warnings and before I can do anything last month. I had it for less than 2 years It cost me a fortune to get a new PC. Bill C:|mydocuments\mypictures\my signature.htm
December 28, 20214 yr Author 51 minutes ago, nhagag said: Similarly, my Asus Rog Z590 went on fire and melted my SSD, and Sound Card with no warnings and before I can do anything last month. I had it for less than 2 years It cost me a fortune to get a new PC. Bill Good grief Bill. Sounds like a hefty fire, hope nothing else in your home was damaged. I must admit, Ive never come across motherboard fires before. Did you contact Asus, it would have been under warranty. Worth putting in a claim for the other bits damaged too. Ive had PSU's generate sparks and the dreaded blue smoke before, hence why I always turn off my PC when not in use and if leaving the home. Edited December 28, 20214 yr by martin-w
December 28, 20214 yr Author Buildzoid's video on this. he identified that images of the failed boards showed a capacitor mounted backwards, so wrong polarity. 🙄 Edited December 28, 20214 yr by martin-w
December 28, 20214 yr That is what the folks from Jetliner Systems told me. it might be a faulty capacitor. Bill C:|mydocuments\mypictures\my signature.htm
December 29, 20214 yr Author 20 hours ago, nhagag said: That is what the folks from Jetliner Systems told me. it might be a faulty capacitor. Bill In this case not faulty. This sounds like a case of the automated machine that places capacitors on the boards had them loaded backwards.
December 29, 20214 yr Asus Admits Fiery Z690 Motherboard Flaw, Starts Recall Program | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com) And the bad news this will push up prices. Samsung Cuts NAND Flash Output Following China Lockdown | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com) Edited December 29, 20214 yr by G-RFRY Raymond Fry.
December 30, 20214 yr Yep, they are not trying to cover up their mistake, kudos to Asus. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
December 30, 20214 yr Author 4 hours ago, stans said: Yep, they are not trying to cover up their mistake, kudos to Asus. I guess it would have been hard covering up this mistake as the capacitor is visibly backwards. Everybody can see it. 😁
December 31, 20214 yr 17 hours ago, martin-w said: I guess it would have been hard covering up this mistake as the capacitor is visibly backwards. Everybody can see it. 😁 The majority of people in this world have no idea of the function of a capacitor, let alone its polarity. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
January 2, 20224 yr Author On 12/31/2021 at 11:54 AM, stans said: The majority of people in this world have no idea of the function of a capacitor, let alone its polarity. True. But I'm saying that Asus could hardly deny the issue when the multitude of tech YouTubers and informed users can actually point a fat finger at the capacitor and say "Err, look". Asus are playing it down though, claiming its just a few, when evidence suggests there's many. They've done the right thing though, acting quick and even informing the authorities.
January 8, 20224 yr Can some post the savings link to the big Asus fire sale? Thank you. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
January 11, 20224 yr Author So the Asus Z690 Hero boards are catching fire. So with extreme logic circuits engaged, I just ordered an Asus Z690 Hero. Seemed to make sense. Lets hope the capacitor is the right way around. 🙄
January 12, 20224 yr On 1/11/2022 at 10:50 AM, martin-w said: So the Asus Z690 Hero boards are catching fire. So with extreme logic circuits engaged, I just ordered an Asus Z690 Hero. Seemed to make sense. Lets hope the capacitor is the right way around. 🙄 You won't regret it, great board.
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