M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 Catastrophe

[OC Maximus]

No longer have the NB and MOSFET heat sinks which I replaced with water blocks. Doubt ASUS would accept my board without heat sinks. Also, since this is my main rig I need a board asap. I really liked this board while it worked. Kind of a bummer for it to go down so quick. I would just repurchase the same board if I wasn't so worried of it failing also. If I do purchase the same board again I could probably swap out heat sinks and RMA the bad board, hmmm..... I've never had to RMA before.

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No longer have the NB and MOSFET heat sinks which I replaced with water blocks. Doubt ASUS would accept my board without heat sinks. Also, since this is my main rig I need a board asap. I really liked this board while it worked. Kind of a bummer for it to go down so quick. I would just repurchase the same board if I wasn't so worried of it failing also. If I do purchase the same board again I could probably swap out heat sinks and RMA the bad board, hmmm..... I've never had to RMA before.

It's quite possible that if what dos duo nuo suggested does not work, ASUS may possibly RMA board for you still. They may just send you a replacement equivalent to yours, etc with no heatsink if they can determine that failure was not do to improper install and or mounting of waterblocks.