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My new sabertooth 990fx board burnt up

Sydneyblue
Level 7

‎12-25-2014 08:03 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 03:48 AM by Community Admin

I just installed my new system and al of a sudden it shut down and I got it to restart than I smelled smoke than I saw fire coming from the north bridge I'm not sure if I did anything wrong I put some stiraphom like material behind it and I dint know if that was it or it just was a bad board I hope I didn't do anything this sucks
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MeanMachine
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‎01-10-2015 01:59 AM

Sorry to here of your loss Sydneyblue
Polystyrene and derivatives Styrofoam have a level of conductivity depending on the level of Graphene used and although you may have thought the thermal efficiency of the product would help maybe keep things cool, you have learned a costly but valuable lesson.
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