[QCLUG] Main computer board died

[Noah Norris]

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damn thats alot of bad luck .. Nope the boards made with japan solid based
caps
they have had the board since monday i think its gona be a long month they
say they have a 10 day turn around
so like 2 weeks excluding holidays and weekends so i should hear something
by next week.

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Tim Shearouse <t.shearouse@gmail.com>wrote:

> On the topic of failing motherboards, never buy anything made by Soyo. I
> had 3 of them die in two different builds. One was DOA and replaced under
> warranty; the other two died after approximately a year each of service.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Jim Kristan <jmkris@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've had failures with Abit (just announced they are out of the
>> motherboard business) and PC chips mobos but never had a problem with
>> Asus, guess you're just lucky Noah. Did you notice any bulging
>> capacitor cans?
>> Jim K
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Allen Kiddoo <adk@52761.com> wrote:
>> > R. I. P.
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Noah Norris <preludelinux@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> well its not even a year old and my asus p5n-d board has failed
>> >>
>> >> i noticed the power flicker on and then off , system failed to power on
>> >> after this point. i begun looking at what
>> >> might be the problem at first i thought it was a power supply tested
>> with a
>> >> know working unit with all hardware
>> >> removed from board and different video cards and nothing all that
>> happens is
>> >> you get the first spin up when powers
>> >> applied the board green light stays on then nothing. ( same with
>> original ps
>> >> too ) (power button was tested )
>> >>
>> >> i have RMA'ed the asus board and waiting for response maybe some other
>> >> issues i had with this board could be due
>> >> to it being defective. ( i did find that it got pretty hot for not
>> having a
>> >> fan , i had added one to the mb chipset to help with
>> >> its abnormal heat ,  side note my case has enough fans in it   7-80MM
>> fans
>> >> .... /sigh )
>> >>
>> >> well all parts i have are all under warranty , its sad that the board
>> died
>> >> before a year was up and i have read high reviews
>> >> about Asus 's Motherboards
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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