DFI LP UT X58-T3EH8 - First bench, bios screens etc

[eva2000]

hey guys i ran into a strange problem my board refuses to boot . i was doing just a regular air bencing and desided to reboot to change my bios settings cos of instability. when i was booting, i heard a soft poping sound it sounded like it came from the digital pwm area. now the board does power up, fans spin etc. but the poster leds dont turn on and im not getting it to boot anymore gggggrrrrrrrrr man im soo unlucky with boards lately

ouch.. closer inspection of PWM area ??

[Solarfall]

ouch.. closer inspection of PWM area ??

i already took the heatsink contraption off and there is no physical damage that i can see in that are or in anywhere else.. the same thing happened to my foxconn blackOps board once, some water leaked from nb clock to the board .. oohh well seems like i have to RMA the board. and from experience getting a new one will take atleast 2 weeks ...if im lucky