Well I'm apalled at Asus. You pay a 'premium' for this board and you get cheap caps.
What makes it worse is I bought it used and had it shipped to me. I'm a litle peeved with the buyer. Should have been checked really but I did honestly miss it when I skimmed over it at first. Plus someone that doesnt know of this problem and also given that it is stable, the seller ran some stability benchies on it, why look for a cause with no symptoms ?
Asus' fault too ultimately.
Given it's age I'm certain I can have it repaired under warranty. Just thought it may be of interest here that Asus doesn't seem to get enough profit so they like to penny pinch and put cheapos on their top of the line board. Maybe they've gotten better but this really has lost any confidence I had in the quality of Asus boards.
Looking over the board, the majority of caps are OST. I'm creating a table of caps on this board just for anyone interested and in the worst case scenario if for some reason I can't get it under warranty. Rest assured I will be kicking up a stink though if they refute it.
A quick overview at this stage. They do have some good caps on the board, don't know why they bother though. There are some tall Chemicons. Although a look a like with poor packaging and an X rather than Y vent has me slightly worried. 2 caps that look decent but I'm not sure, they are yellow and black with a strange vent pattern, marked with an F with a line above and below. Imagine a box around an F with the left and right sides cut off.
The rest are OST and Ltoc, yuck!
I just don't understand Asus' logic though. Given the price for the board and it's intended market you think they'd use good quality caps. The amount saved on cheap caps must be significant enough to cover any RMA and extra support staff needed. I don't really get it though, why they bother trying to save a few cents over something that not only could cost them a lot more later on, but also damage the reliability of the product and potentially ruin customer confidence. Were those few cents worth it Asus ?
I know I won't be buying anything Asus in future unless every single cap is of good quality. I could understand it on a cheap model, but a Premium, that's not on.
Well enough ranting, heres a pic and a quick description in case you're blind.
4 caps are ruptured, I'm not sure if the pic shows it as bad as they are really. Atleast a millimeter or two bulgng upwards and they are lifted off the board so bulging both at the bung and vents.
They are blue OST, 680uF, 4V, 105C located around the CPU socket.
I'd imagine if I can't get warranty they'll be a pain. They're so close to the fan and heatsink that I'll have to keep them at very close to the same size to avoid any fouling, of course I could put them at angles and such but there isn't a whole lot of room to play with anyway.From a look around where I can get them from only a Nichicon HE 680uF/6.3V fits the bill and that's from the US.
Anyway that's it for now. Just thought this may be of interest.
What makes it worse is I bought it used and had it shipped to me. I'm a litle peeved with the buyer. Should have been checked really but I did honestly miss it when I skimmed over it at first. Plus someone that doesnt know of this problem and also given that it is stable, the seller ran some stability benchies on it, why look for a cause with no symptoms ?
Asus' fault too ultimately.
Given it's age I'm certain I can have it repaired under warranty. Just thought it may be of interest here that Asus doesn't seem to get enough profit so they like to penny pinch and put cheapos on their top of the line board. Maybe they've gotten better but this really has lost any confidence I had in the quality of Asus boards.
Looking over the board, the majority of caps are OST. I'm creating a table of caps on this board just for anyone interested and in the worst case scenario if for some reason I can't get it under warranty. Rest assured I will be kicking up a stink though if they refute it.
A quick overview at this stage. They do have some good caps on the board, don't know why they bother though. There are some tall Chemicons. Although a look a like with poor packaging and an X rather than Y vent has me slightly worried. 2 caps that look decent but I'm not sure, they are yellow and black with a strange vent pattern, marked with an F with a line above and below. Imagine a box around an F with the left and right sides cut off.
The rest are OST and Ltoc, yuck!
I just don't understand Asus' logic though. Given the price for the board and it's intended market you think they'd use good quality caps. The amount saved on cheap caps must be significant enough to cover any RMA and extra support staff needed. I don't really get it though, why they bother trying to save a few cents over something that not only could cost them a lot more later on, but also damage the reliability of the product and potentially ruin customer confidence. Were those few cents worth it Asus ?
I know I won't be buying anything Asus in future unless every single cap is of good quality. I could understand it on a cheap model, but a Premium, that's not on.
Well enough ranting, heres a pic and a quick description in case you're blind.
4 caps are ruptured, I'm not sure if the pic shows it as bad as they are really. Atleast a millimeter or two bulgng upwards and they are lifted off the board so bulging both at the bung and vents.
They are blue OST, 680uF, 4V, 105C located around the CPU socket.
I'd imagine if I can't get warranty they'll be a pain. They're so close to the fan and heatsink that I'll have to keep them at very close to the same size to avoid any fouling, of course I could put them at angles and such but there isn't a whole lot of room to play with anyway.From a look around where I can get them from only a Nichicon HE 680uF/6.3V fits the bill and that's from the US.
Anyway that's it for now. Just thought this may be of interest.
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