My Dual Harper - Asus Z7S WS living review *56K warning*

[jcool]

Well if you sell it, you offload the problem to someone else. Your choice if you wanna do that or not...

[Jaco]

I guess you're safe if you're not crunching 24/7 .

[milkmandan]

everyone here who has been crunching 24/7 has seen these things die quickly.

i know this is farfetched question, but what kind of life expectancy should i be expecting for someone that does not crunch ?

has anyone. 'not' crunching, daily average use, have this board die yet?

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pretty sure if i took the advantage and sold this off early, i could just get a nice i7 board and cpu for the return.

[RomanZen]

has anyone. 'not' crunching, daily average use, have this board die yet?

hi fellas, i'm following this thread since a year. helped me much when i went for dual cpu opwer in a workstation. best cooling tips! you do great!
anyway,
the board just died with burned VRM some days ago when i switched the octo:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: back on after 2 weeks holiday.
before the pc was running 24/7. not under load 80% of the time.
i'm using it for rendering, working with 3D applications and a bit of gaming.
board is (was) a bit over 1 year old. it may rest in peace!
saved me a lot of time, now it's taking it back while getting replaced.

cheers.

[Syndil]

the board just died with burned VRM some days ago when i switched the octo:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: back on after 2 weeks holiday.

Can you describe when exactly in the boot process it burned up? Did you get in to Windows?

[RomanZen]

not to 100%

first try
bios bootup was fine. windows 7 logo appeared while booting. pc was hung up in boot logo.

second try
i resetted the beauty, left the room for drinks, came back, only black screen. it smelt of burned electronic.
after that i pluged in the diagnosis card. the card said FF which apperas to doesn't mean fully functional .

after professional investigation i found similar problems with the vrm's and the smell did come exactly from the heatsink above them.

the pc was completely off power grid while i was on vacation. maybe that helps.

i hope it helps,

asus FF wins \o/

cheers!