ASUS X99 Motherboard Goes Up in Smoke!!

[BALADU]

OMG! if you still remember the VRM of gigabyte x79-ud3 burned few years ago.
yes, the similar shit thing happens again on asus x99 board. is it just a special case of defective products when a new X99/DDR4 goes to market? I guess gigabyte might be happy on it.

is there anyone who has similar problem when enabling XMP profile?

Source: http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-x99-motherboard-goes-up-in-smoke-for-reasons-unknown_150008

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...obo-X79-UD3-happens-self-ignition-and-burning!

 

[EarthDog]

Or just a random happening.... shit happens. I highly doubt it has anything to do with enabling XMP profiles though. That doesn't make any sense really.

 

[RCoon]

I love how everyone is over reacting about all of this. It did not explode or burst into flames or kill innocent kittens or children. A tiny piece of solder got too much juice through it and burned itself, making a little bit of a smell like an old pensioner after leaning down just a little too far. For what its worth, enabling the extra pins for the voltage regulation would probably easily solve an issue like this.

Either way, it's probably a QA issue that Asus needs to check on, make sure the 10 year old chinese kid they're paying 10 cents a week is pressing the buttons and hasn't fallen asleep or died of malnutrition.

 

[EarthDog]

Yeah, its a "zOMG WTFBBQSOS GET THE PITCH FORKS" mentality... so annoying.

 

[Vario]

It is a big deal as it fried that 5960x. Hopefully its a fluke occurrence but I'd be pretty angry if I owned that system and had ~$1450 fried.

 

[RCoon]

It is a big deal as it fried that 5960x. Hopefully its a fluke occurrence but I'd be pretty angry if I owned that system and had ~$1450 fried.

The original post states that it might not have been the motherboard at all. He's communicating with the chip, board, PSU and RAM manufacturers to nail down the problem.

 

[Vario]

The original post states that it might not have been the motherboard at all. He's communicating with the chip, board, PSU and RAM manufacturers to nail down the problem.

I'll bet that its the motherboard.

Looking at the board we can see that the failed component in question is part of the PQ1004, which is part of the VCCIN or basically the processor input voltage. Crap! On these Haswell-E processors, Intel has moved the voltage regulation on-CPU as part of the new Fully Integrated Voltage Regulator (FIVR). Previously there were five separate input voltages the motherboard handled: Vcore, Vgpu, VCCSA, VCCIO, and the PLL. On Intel Haswell-E processors all five internal power rails are pulled from the single VCCIN and the components on ours just had a nuclear meltdown.
Read more at http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-x...or-reasons-unknown_150008#kQdJRAriyBWZI4Al.99

Maybe they aren't using a robust enough power delivery system with that mosfet.


edit: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=msi_x99_fail&num=2
So this one seems unrelated, the burns are at the opposite end.

 

[RCoon]

I'll bet that its the motherboard.



Maybe they aren't using a robust enough power delivery system with that mosfet.


edit: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=msi_x99_fail&num=2
So this one seems unrelated, the burns are at the opposite end.

That's an MSI board though right? If the two were related, either both Asus or MSI would be using crappy caps, or the VCCIN on H-E is not so great.

Or the reviewers just haven't got to grips with the new platform.

 

[Vario]

I wonder if they are made in the same factory. Could be bad quality control in assembly.

 

[broken pixel]

My R4E did this a while back, the MOSFETS went poof. Fried my 3930k IMC and took out the board and memory.

 

[Vario]

My R4E did this a while back, the MOSFETS went poof. Fried my 3930k IMC and took out the board and memory.

Thats pretty awful.

 

[XL-R8R]

Anyone over-reacting to this has obviously never seen a new platform launch and encounter 'teething problems'.


Nothing (much) to be seen here; this will be resolved quickly as companies are taking steps in the right direction and not denying it.


Also, as a bit of a side note.... the OP saying "OMG" made him sound like a twitter-addicted-12-year-old. #hastag.

 

[Gunslinger.]

meh, this kind of stuff happens to all brands, unfortunate for sure, but its not the end of the world. The CPU, RAM and motherboard all can be RMA'd, possibly the PSU if it's still covered.

 

[micropage7]

so you have another reason for buying from reliable brand for RMA reason
but anyway it could happen for any board

 

[broken pixel]

Thats pretty awful.

Getting a working board from Pegatron was way worse. Finally ASUS sent me a new board after three messed up replacement boards from pegatron.

And that board went also about six months later but the ASUS RMA went smooth that time after they looked at my RMA history. I bought the R4BE while waiting for the fourth and last R4E.

Raja is the worst to deal with on the ROG forums, lol.

 

[buildzoid]

The CPU VRM died on that motherboard it has nothing to do with XMP. Really the only options are the board or the CPU being defective. Also do pay attention to the fact that the MOSFET it self didn't blow/burn so there was most likely just a soldering mistake under the MOSFET which just happened to fail when he enabled XMP joined the 12V input of the MOSFET to the output and fed the CPU 12V instantly killing it and running a massive current through the area creating the heat and smoke damage. In the case of the X79-UD3 the VRM wasn't powerful enough and blew up the MOSFETs proper. The X79-UD3 case was a problem this however is just a manufacturing mistake that didn't get caught early enough.

 

[BALADU]

I'll bet that its the motherboard.

Maybe they aren't using a robust enough power delivery system with that mosfet.

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The editor just updates the news. It seems ASUS attribute the problem to PSU maker. Poor Corsair......is it relevant to DDR4 memory?

And, yes, I saw the news about msi board. however, the burning point is the area around SATA ports. To be honest, it looks like a QA issue and possibly doesn't burn your CPU....

 

[BALADU]

Anyone over-reacting to this has obviously never seen a new platform launch and encounter 'teething problems'.


Nothing (much) to be seen here; this will be resolved quickly as companies are taking steps in the right direction and not denying it.


Also, as a bit of a side note.... the OP saying "OMG" made him sound like a twitter-addicted-12-year-old. #hastag.

oh..that's right. Those board you purchased before must frequently burn.

so you think it's not a big deal...

 

[EarthDog]

You can edit your posts instead of double posting, note.

Why do you believe that the XMP profile did this? It shouldn't have a darn thing to do with it...

 

[Vayra86]

oh..that's right. Those board you purchased before must frequently burn.

so you think it's not a big deal...

It's not, DOA's happen all over the world. If you had gathered 10 of these reports, we'd have something to talk about.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

there has been articles and posts about random occurrences of boards burning up when using a 5960x. Not sure on other CPU models. I'd link to some,but I'm on my phone.

 

[OneMoar]

if you read the whole post on legit reviews the consensus was the power supply was factor
the op is flame baiting

 

[NeoR]

Thanks for the info!!

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Draamaa, shiiit nowt to see here Imho stuff can go wrong and is it Ever the guy building it like an ass ,,, no cant be but id say it often is.
Just for balance I killed two boards trying to retro fit a shit old case for my cuz (cost saving), that lesson got learned and I too rma, d them with a explanation of errr I dunno mate it just burned out , , please swap it for me.

 

[BALADU]

Some of you might think it's an isolated incident. not a big deal.

After finding the similar issue happnned on one Newegg buyer and an official response from Asus, I really hesitate to pick it..


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3132260&cm_re=Asus_X99-_-13-132-260-_-Product