Mobo: Gigabyte z97-UD3H-BK
So I just finished my first build 3 days ago and everything was going swell. Approximately 56 hours after I got the machine to POST I glanced into my lit up Phanteks Enthroo Luxe and noticed that there was a new light source in my case. My motherboard had a red hot vertical line running almost the entire length of the left side of the board. I immediately shut down the machine and the line faded. Thinking that I'd somehow fried a circuit on my motherboard, I immediately got on my phone and began google searching for glowing hot motherboard lines etc. After 30 heart pounding minutes of research, I found this:
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(click here then ctrl+f for "trace")
As it turns out, my motherboard is supposed to light up like this. For the life of me I can't figure out why. If someone could explain it to me, that would be awesome. If not, then I hope you all get a laugh from my terror.
So I just finished my first build 3 days ago and everything was going swell. Approximately 56 hours after I got the machine to POST I glanced into my lit up Phanteks Enthroo Luxe and noticed that there was a new light source in my case. My motherboard had a red hot vertical line running almost the entire length of the left side of the board. I immediately shut down the machine and the line faded. Thinking that I'd somehow fried a circuit on my motherboard, I immediately got on my phone and began google searching for glowing hot motherboard lines etc. After 30 heart pounding minutes of research, I found this:
http://
(click here then ctrl+f for "trace")
As it turns out, my motherboard is supposed to light up like this. For the life of me I can't figure out why. If someone could explain it to me, that would be awesome. If not, then I hope you all get a laugh from my terror.