GA-EP45-DS4P lost cause ?

[pfrcom]

Bought this cheap, described as "faulty. Does not post"

Doesn't even power on actually, not surprising with physical damage pictured

Board has everything, including "Quick Switches" so owner can easily Power on, Clear CMOS or Reset by pressing the appropriate button

It's the Reset switch which seems to have been forcibly ripped from the board

I've tried bridging the two big broken tracks pictured, to no avail

I think this one's destined to join my junk board collection

[Dan81]

Re: GA-EP45-DS4P lost cause ?

Bought this cheap, described as "faulty. Does not post"

Doesn't even power on actually, not surprising with physical damage pictured

Board has everything, including "Quick Switches" so owner can easily Power on, Clear CMOS or Reset by pressing the appropriate button

It's the Reset switch which seems to have been forcibly ripped from the board

I've tried bridging the two big broken tracks pictured, to no avail

I think this one's destined to join my junk board collection

I think joining the big ones wasn't enough,seeing that a quite deep scratch is located just next to the broken tracks.

[R_J]

Re: GA-EP45-DS4P lost cause ?

And there is a thin trace between the two wide ones, I would also check the thin traces between the thicker trace and the edge of the board

[ReeceyBurger123]

Re: GA-EP45-DS4P lost cause ?

Unless your very good at soldering or can find where easy broken trace links to and bridge it with wires, this is going to be very hard to do.

[lti]

Re: GA-EP45-DS4P lost cause ?

It looks like something shorted and the traces melted open (like a fuse). There is some discoloration around the break.

[pfrcom]

Re: GA-EP45-DS4P lost cause ?

There's also damage underneath the same area

Thanks for your responses

Unfortunately concurs with my thinking - win some, lose some, and this one's a loss

Pity, rest of board's in impeccable condition

[Dan81]

Re: GA-EP45-DS4P lost cause ?

There's also damage underneath the same area

Thanks for your responses

Unfortunately concurs with my thinking - win some, lose some, and this one's a loss

Pity, rest of board's in impeccable condition

Could have looked in worse condition - just got a MSI 845E MAX without NB sink,bulged KZGs (6.3v 2200uF,5 of em') and ripped VRM heatsinks - in fact,the only sign that there were VRM sinks was the thin legs the heatsinks had.

[ChaosLegionnaire]

Re: GA-EP45-DS4P lost cause ?

Unfortunately concurs with my thinking - win some, lose some, and this one's a loss

Pity, rest of board's in impeccable condition

i see some oscon sepc polys on the board. those can be salvaged for recapping other mobos. did u get a boardful of oscon sepc polys or are there some chemicon psc polys in there as well? lucky u if u got a boardful of either. i got an ep35-ds3 with a boardful of fujitsu fpcaps except for a handful of sepc polys for usb filtering and needless to say the board didnt last long to my overclocking attempts...