My z270i Strix caught on fire today.
Story; My PC died late last night, abrupt shutdown and would not start again, it was a clicking noise from my PSU Corsair AX1200i when i tried to start it again, i did not think much else of it and just assumed my psu had died, went to the store this morning to buy a replacement psu RM850x until i get a new 1200i back from warranty.
Replaced the psu when i got back home, attempted to start my pc at that point there was flames and smoke coming from behind the Strix logo heatsink, a few capacitors has exploded or caught on fire. The PC has been running fine for the past few months (Apart from the memory issues i had when i got this board which is in my other thread).
So i assume the board is really dead now and i will be replacing it on warranty. My question is; How can this happen? Just bad luck or bad quality? The CPU/GPU has never been overclocked. 7700k running stock. Can my other components be damaged now as well? I have no other motherboard to test with so i have to wait until i get a new one. :mad:
