Adrienspawn

Try lowering the temps with new TIM, a fan, compressed air, etc, and see if the temps lower appropriately in Windows, also check if it affects the POST thing.

foothead

Well, when they work, they are actually decent boards, and I've had good experiences with them before ( HTPC and my old gaming rig) so I figured this would be the same.
And now, if possible, I would much rather get an ASUS M4A79T deluxe, but I'm kinda stuck with this ECS thing.

Mygaffer

Does the overheating lead to any technical problems? Like the board not working? Because if not then they likely will not issue an RMA. As long as the board works they will say it is in "normal operating temperatures".

So you are either out of luck or you'll have to be creative about getting it processed. I won't mention what that means on this forum.

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ChrisB17

Says the guy with a MSI board.

OP if you got it from Newegg call them and see if they can get you a RMA.

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foothead

It causes it to not POST after rebooting.


I have a chipset watercooling block, but really I would much rather get the board replaced before I install it because I know the second I touch the NB heatsink, its going to be impossible to get it RMA'd.

Dopamin3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130223

You made the wrong decision good sir.

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Whats your point? I fail to see it. A. I was kidding. B. Ohhh the MSI board is cheaper because its worth less?

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pez

Oh jeez, both of you chill. Everyone has had equal problems from about every mobo manufacturer these days.

It might be worth replacing the TIM, and reseating the heatsink instead of going through the hassle of a RMA.

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foothead

OK, after 4 more exchanges, I finally got an RMA number issued. I will ship it out tomorrow and see how this goes. I have a good feeling its gonna take a loooong time.