Re: MSI board caught fire

I looked closer and it appears that the worst of the fire is from the cap to the right of the bottom right standoff. I guess it shorted out some how.

Thanks for all of the help guys, I really appreciate it.

Re: MSI board caught fire

It is hard for me to say exactly what caught fire. I have included two pictures for you to check out. In the second picture where you see the mounting hold for the motherboard there is a smaller hole where there was a capacitor, it is also in the picture midway up the motherboard to the side of it.

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