In a nutshell, I bought a brand new motherboard from MicroCenter, it has an undocumented switch hanging from the back, Asus is claiming it's been modified so therefore won't honor any future warranty claims.
I didn't even notice this tiny switch in the back port panel at first until it was up and running, then could nothing online, in their manuals, or on their website about it and finally sent an email to Asus. Their reply was that it is not their switch, it's not possible that it was installed at their factory, and I should return it where I purchased it. The store is willing to take it back and exchange it even though past the usual time, but I'm also thinking it's likely I'll get another switch attached to the new one.
After some experimenting, the switch seems to control the speed of whatever fan is attached only to CHA1. It has a low-medium-high sliding switch on the side.
The motherboard is working perfectly and I'm tempted to just leave it and risk no future problems rather than possibly damaging the CPU taking it all apart again. You can see from the photo that the wires are enclosed in a black casing, I really have a hard time believing it didn't come this way from their factory. Where they're connected is under the housing around the back ports, so it's not possible to see how it's connected. The box was factory sealed, contents all looked new without any evidence of being repackaged.
Would you return it or just live without the warranty? I'm really at a loss how this could happen in the first place, it's pretty absurd to me.
I didn't even notice this tiny switch in the back port panel at first until it was up and running, then could nothing online, in their manuals, or on their website about it and finally sent an email to Asus. Their reply was that it is not their switch, it's not possible that it was installed at their factory, and I should return it where I purchased it. The store is willing to take it back and exchange it even though past the usual time, but I'm also thinking it's likely I'll get another switch attached to the new one.
After some experimenting, the switch seems to control the speed of whatever fan is attached only to CHA1. It has a low-medium-high sliding switch on the side.
The motherboard is working perfectly and I'm tempted to just leave it and risk no future problems rather than possibly damaging the CPU taking it all apart again. You can see from the photo that the wires are enclosed in a black casing, I really have a hard time believing it didn't come this way from their factory. Where they're connected is under the housing around the back ports, so it's not possible to see how it's connected. The box was factory sealed, contents all looked new without any evidence of being repackaged.
Would you return it or just live without the warranty? I'm really at a loss how this could happen in the first place, it's pretty absurd to me.
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