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[EV_6]

Just want to do a quick check on how many of the damn things are either being shipped DOA or just giving up the ghost. I've gone through two 7NJS's the first one lasted for a few hours then just wouldn't post. The second just went BANG! when powered up followed by the evil "AcidSmell(tm)" which i later found to be a blown southbridge complete with a nice brown burn mark and cracked surface. So if you could all post your dead 7NJS stories maybe we will be able to find out why so many of these things 'ain't working. If you could list:
*CPU*
*RAM*
*BOARD REVISION (mine were both V2.0)*
*BIOS VERSION (both 11/18)*
*ANY "STRANGE" SMELLS POP'S OR BANG'S*
Thanx.

[CCW]

Hi,

We ordered in two of these boards at work and one was already broken (NB cooler holders had snapped and NB cooler had feel of a scraped all over board). Ive never been over fond of Chaintech (and now the boss is using the boards more often at work). Seems chaintech quality control is pretty poor.

Craig