Hi, I've unplug and check everything, found something not good. Look like something had BURN.
Don't know will it cover inside warranty if I RMA it, but do I need to RMA it since my R4E still working. Strange thing is once I remove and put back the chipset cooler, the burning smell gone, very strange...
Don't know will it cover inside warranty if I RMA it, but do I need to RMA it since my R4E still working. Strange thing is once I remove and put back the chipset cooler, the burning smell gone, very strange...
micketkeong wrote:
Hi, I've unplug and check everything, found something not good. Look like something had BURN.
Don't know will it cover inside warranty if I RMA it, but do I need to RMA it since my R4E still working. Strange thing is once I remove and put back the chipset cooler, the burning smell gone, very strange...
Micketkeong......I had somewhat of the same issue....My board also shorted out / burned for some unknown reason around the same area of the board...To be exact...It was towards the top left corner of the 4 pin....Upon reading up on the board...seems that this is not the 1st time that the RIVE as burned in this area...Funny thing is...the board still works fine as if nothing ever happened.....
RMA the board....You will not have any problem.....Here in Canada...had mine RMA'd and replaced within 24hrs.
micketkeong wrote:
Hi, I've unplug and check everything, found something not good. Look like something had BURN.
Don't know will it cover inside warranty if I RMA it, but do I need to RMA it since my R4E still working. Strange thing is once I remove and put back the chipset cooler, the burning smell gone, very strange...
Interesting. That's exactly where I found the Vreg hotspot when I detected Vreg CPU throttling over a year ago, and circled this spot:
I have posted this pic discussing it in a couple of previous threads. I think that is your CPU Vcore MOSFET.
The big flat rectangular block in front of it is the filter, as is a cylindrical capacitor ("cap") too.
i7-3930K; Asus RIVE; G.SKILL Ripjaws Z 4x4GB DDR3 1866; MSI 7870 2GD5/OC; Crucial M4 SSD 256GB;
Corsair 1000HX; Corsair H100, 4x Excalibur 120mm PWM CPU Fan p-p, AS5; SB X-Fi Titanium Fata1ity Pro;
Dell U2412m IPS 1920x1200; Cooler Master HAF 932 case; Tripp-Lite OMNIVS1500 UPS fully Line-interactive.
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And I have a second (wife's) computer, Eve.
Overclocking is useless to me if it is not rock stable.
Corsair 1000HX; Corsair H100, 4x Excalibur 120mm PWM CPU Fan p-p, AS5; SB X-Fi Titanium Fata1ity Pro;
Dell U2412m IPS 1920x1200; Cooler Master HAF 932 case; Tripp-Lite OMNIVS1500 UPS fully Line-interactive.
(EVGA site: )
And I have a second (wife's) computer, Eve.Overclocking is useless to me if it is not rock stable.
micketkeong wrote:
So, there is a problem with this board?
If you mean a design flaw, no. As far as I could tell in Jan. 2012 all Mfgr's did the X79 single MOSFET CPU Vreg power design the same way.
i7-3930K; Asus RIVE; G.SKILL Ripjaws Z 4x4GB DDR3 1866; MSI 7870 2GD5/OC; Crucial M4 SSD 256GB;
Corsair 1000HX; Corsair H100, 4x Excalibur 120mm PWM CPU Fan p-p, AS5; SB X-Fi Titanium Fata1ity Pro;
Dell U2412m IPS 1920x1200; Cooler Master HAF 932 case; Tripp-Lite OMNIVS1500 UPS fully Line-interactive.
(EVGA site: ) And I have a second (wife's) computer, Eve.
Overclocking is useless to me if it is not rock stable.
Corsair 1000HX; Corsair H100, 4x Excalibur 120mm PWM CPU Fan p-p, AS5; SB X-Fi Titanium Fata1ity Pro;
Dell U2412m IPS 1920x1200; Cooler Master HAF 932 case; Tripp-Lite OMNIVS1500 UPS fully Line-interactive.
(EVGA site: )
And I have a second (wife's) computer, Eve.Overclocking is useless to me if it is not rock stable.
