Question Motherboard with spots on it ?

[Kold]

I just bought a new motherboard, it looks as new, and even smells as new, but i notice that wierd spot on it, someone know what is it ?

Thanks everyone !

https://imgur.com/a/Q5b9ICT

View: https://imgur.com/a/Q5b9ICT

https://imgur.com/a/hGVBkos

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

 

[pctech2005]

I could have been something acidic, but if you received it that way you should return it and get it replaced. it appears traces on the board are damaged. With that being the case, the motherboard may fail or have odd performance issues.

 

[Kold]

@pctech2005 Thanks man ! I already sent email to the warranty and waiting

Anyone else have idea of what that could be ?

 

[Karadjgne]

Impossible to say for certain, and far too easy to speculate about, and I'd not attempt Any cleaning or diagnosis to find out, because if it looks tampered with, that can ruin the RMA because instead of a selling/manufacture issue, it now becomes a strong possibility of installer/owner abuse.

Anything built by man has a failure rate. That's Guaranteed. Nothing manufactured is perfect, 100% of the time or there'd be no need of manufacturers warranty. Chalk it up to you got a dud, but didn't pay for a dud, and let the manufacturer/vendor replace it and satisfy its responsibility.

 

[Kold]

@Karadjgne Damn bro, that was damn clarifying ! I think the best answers i got from all the forums im trying, thanks for the concern man, i apriciate !

 

[Nighthawk117]

It could be flux from soldiering perhaps, if so it will probably clean off with IPA alcohol. As already suggested, the easiest way to remove any doubt would simply be to return the board.

 

[drea.drechsler]

@pctech2005 Thanks man ! I already sent email to the warranty and waiting

Anyone else have idea of what that could be ?

Where did you buy it?

I'd take it back to the retailer and exchange it for a different board. Much faster that way.

I do agree that stain looks very strange... the part next to it does too and to the point I'm completely baffled as to what it may be.

 

[Karadjgne]

Flux is corrosive, it's also electrically conductive. And that goopy stain is right up on a capacitor. So unless you are sure it's just Flux, which I'm not, and can guarantee that there's non stuck up under that cap, cleaning it is a risk I'd not take.

It could also be that that cap does have Flux stuck under it and what you are seeing is leakage from the cap, which may not clean up easily with isopropyl, and would still be damaged cap which will fail rather quickly.

Without any sort of guarantee that any cleaning or tampering will result in zero damage or zero possible failure or zero issues, it's best left as is and returned. OP paid for a brand new, undamaged, unblemished mobo, that's what he should expect.

 

[Kold]

@Karadjgne Damn bro, so much information that i didnt got before ! Again, thank you so much for the pacience of explaining all that !

I didnt get any close of that kind of possibilitys before

And makes me want even more just send it already to the warranty, because you know how is a boring thing all the process, i was even considering testing it before send, but each day i just get less and less encouraged of doing that !

Just a question for the general understanding, the capacitor is that black cilinder thing a little uphead from the spots right ?

Isnt that too far away for being flux from the capacitor ? It doesnt have connection trough the capacitor and the spots.

And what you mean when you say "right up on a capacitor" ?

Thats probably just a silly question by my lack of knowledge but i just wanted to understand, thanks again ! 😊