Dead 8KNXP - due to the front panel USB static problem

[Jose]

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Well, my 8 month-old 8KNXP finally succumbed to the front panel USB static
problem (i875P chipset) and won't POST. A couple of months ago, it started
having problems recognizing USB devices from front panel. I finally plugged
in one USB device too many and the (literal) shock killed it.

I have an RMA number and it's going back this week.

I had setup RAID-0 arrays on both the Intel and Si3112 controllers, and was
nervous about being able to recover them.

So, I bought an ABIT IC7-G this weekend, swapped MOBOs and happily read the
existing RAID-0 sets!

 

[Ian]

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Jose wrote:
> Well, my 8 month-old 8KNXP finally succumbed to the front panel USB
> static problem (i875P chipset) and won't POST. A couple of months
> ago, it started having problems recognizing USB devices from front
> panel. I finally plugged in one USB device too many and the
> (literal) shock killed it.
>
> I have an RMA number and it's going back this week.
>
> I had setup RAID-0 arrays on both the Intel and Si3112 controllers,
> and was nervous about being able to recover them.
>
> So, I bought an ABIT IC7-G this weekend, swapped MOBOs and happily
> read the existing RAID-0 sets!

Is there a "ground" pin somewhere on these boards?