Question EVGA x58 SLI3 Motherboard component explosion?

[MikeJSAndrews]

Wondering what components these are the blew, and how it possibly could have occured.
My computer froze up and then goes into a infinite boot loop looking for the RAM (F3, F6, B8).
Pulled out the mobo and noticed this sever damage, any insight? It's an old board...

Is it possible this component burnt out some time ago and I only noticed it now?
It appears this boot loop in the EVGA motherboard is related to missing RAM. When I remove the RAM it does not produce a F7 (missing RAM code) so it appears the motherboard is simply unable to speak to the RAM at all (faulty Memory Controller in CPU).

Its a LG 1366 chip socket, so kind of outdated with DDR3 RAM, likley time to upgrade anyway...

https://imgur.com/a/YDKbfrk

View: https://imgur.com/a/YDKbfrk

 

[white.a.drew]

Wondering what components these are the blew, and how it possibly could have occured.
My computer froze up and then goes into a infinite boot loop looking for the RAM (F3, F6, B8).
Pulled out the mobo and noticed this sever damage, any insight? It's an old board...

https://imgur.com/a/YDKbfrk

View: https://imgur.com/a/YDKbfrk

the mosfet that sits there over heated and exploded it happens in older machines and can only be corrected by replacing the dead components, sucks but not that big of a deal

 

[MikeJSAndrews]

the mosfet that sits there over heated and exploded it happens in older machines and can only be corrected by replacing the dead components, sucks but not that big of a deal

Thanks!

If this MOSFET is blown, would it cause the board to fail?

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Is it possible this MOSFET burned out some time ago and I only noticed it now?
It appears this boot loop in the EVGA motherboard is related to missing RAM. When I remove the RAM it does not produce a F7 (missing RAM code) so it appears the motherboard is simply unable to speak to the RAM at all (faulty Memory Controller in CPU).

Its a LG 1366 chip socket, so kind of outdated with DDR3 RAM, likley time to upgrade anyway...

But wondering if this burnt MOSFET is the cause of the board failure, i.e, if I replace it will the board recognize the RAM...

If you're not sure no worries, just asking.

 

[white.a.drew]

Thanks!

If this MOSFET is blown, would it cause the board to fail?

Edited:
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Is it possible this MOSFET burned out some time ago and I only noticed it now?
It appears this boot loop in the EVGA motherboard is related to missing RAM. When I remove the RAM it does not produce a F7 (missing RAM code) so it appears the motherboard is simply unable to speak to the RAM at all (faulty Memory Controller in CPU).

Its a LG 1366 chip socket, so kind of outdated with DDR3 RAM, likley time to upgrade anyway...

But wondering if this burnt MOSFET is the cause of the board failure, i.e, if I replace it will the board recognize the RAM...

If you're not sure no worries, just asking.

this is a iffy situation, the ram can still work or it could have shorted from the ram controller shorting, the mosfet that blew is the dimm controller which decodes the info for the cpu to talk with, so the ram wont read properly

 

[MikeJSAndrews]

this is a iffy situation, the ram can still work or it could have shorted from the ram controller shorting, the mosfet that blew is the dimm controller which decodes the info for the cpu to talk with, so the ram wont read properly

That's a massive help, that's kind of what I was looking for - insight into the actual blown circuit. If the DIMM controller is effected then the Mobo would probably be throwing these error codes when attempting to establish comms.

Looks like I'll buy a new Mobo and test out the components one by one.

Thanks for the massive help. 😎