ASUS reversed the polarity on the neutron flow

Stefan Mileschin · 30th December 2021, 05:33

Buildzoid dubs the stuff up “rather silly”

Buildzoid, who runs the YouTube channel 'Actually Hardcore Overclocking' says a “rather silly oversight” from ASUS could be causing peoples' $599.99 ROG Maximus Z690 Hero DDR5 motherboards to burn up.

There have been a few reports about the ROG Maximus Z690 Hero catching fire, and the root cause of the issue seems to stem from an incorrectly installed motherboard capacitor.

Buildzoid found that the burnt-up metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) in the faulty boards all exhibited one thing in common. The capacitor was inverted which was likely causing polarity reversal and capacitor failure as a result of malfunctioning.

The boards with the blown-up capacitor seem to have the capacitor placed in reverse

https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...e-neutron-flow

30th December 2021, 05:33	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,597	ASUS reversed the polarity on the neutron flow Buildzoid dubs the stuff up “rather silly” Buildzoid, who runs the YouTube channel 'Actually Hardcore Overclocking' says a “rather silly oversight” from ASUS could be causing peoples' $599.99 ROG Maximus Z690 Hero DDR5 motherboards to burn up. There have been a few reports about the ROG Maximus Z690 Hero catching fire, and the root cause of the issue seems to stem from an incorrectly installed motherboard capacitor. Buildzoid found that the burnt-up metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) in the faulty boards all exhibited one thing in common. The capacitor was inverted which was likely causing polarity reversal and capacitor failure as a result of malfunctioning. The boards with the blown-up capacitor seem to have the capacitor placed in reverse https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...e-neutron-flow

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