Recent content by Blakep132

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    Question Two dead motherboards within a month, is my other hardware faulty?

    There hasn't been any residue on the motherboards or on the cooler, so I don't think there is a leak from it.
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    Question Two dead motherboards within a month, is my other hardware faulty?

    I'm really not sure at this point. The first board died with one PSU (EVGA 650GM SFX) and the others died with my Corsair unit. The EVGA PSU is now running in a different PC with no issues. And the Corsair PSU was in my other build before I moved it to this. I also just put it in my old PC and...
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    Question Two dead motherboards within a month, is my other hardware faulty?

    Yeah, I used the standoffs that came with the case and made sure they were are tightened down. The board sits fine and lines up with the IO shield.
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    Question Two dead motherboards within a month, is my other hardware faulty?

    [Update] I built the PC with the replacement motherboard. Booted up without any problems. I shut it down to tidy up cables and put the side panel on. Now it will not boot. I am pretty confident at this point that my CPU is killing the motherboards.
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    Question Two dead motherboards within a month, is my other hardware faulty?

    The only info that Asus gave me was that the old motherboard was unrepairable. I contacted their support again and was told they can't look up the reason, they can only see the it was replaced with a new board. I've had 2 die, so I'm worried about building my PC with the 3rd.
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    Question Two dead motherboards within a month, is my other hardware faulty?

    I built my PC back in November (specs listed below). Last month, my PC froze and was completely unresponsive. I had to turn off the PSU to turn it off because even the power button didn't work. I went through the troubleshooting process (steps listed below) and ultimately sent it to Asus for...
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    Can't find a fan controller for my laptop

    Hi, I've been looking for the past few months for a fan controller that will work for my sager np7338, but I can't find one. Please help.