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I got a Ryzen 7 7800X3D along with Asus TUF Gaming X670E Plus WiFi and 16 x 2 GB Trident Z5 6000Mhz RAM a week ago. I was running it on the latest BIOS and XMP profile for a week and it ran with no issues. However today morning the PC failed to POST. I cleared CMOS and ran it at default 4800Mhz and it booted up. However the next time I tried to boot it wouldn't POST and VGA light was on. I thought it was a dead GPU so I tried another GPU but to no avail. I checked RAM, reseated CPU, checked motherboard pins. Everything was fine but it wouldn't POST even on the iGPU. I took off the motherboard from the case and noticed this spot on the back side of VRM.
https://preview.redd.it/4xt4e2ces6bb1.jpg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7813366cbed867214829c38c52cfad1f918c77d7I think these are burn spots and then I opened reddit to find out the numerous processor and motherboard burn incidents especially with the 7800X3D. What do you think could be the reason for the burning? I will sent it for an RMA but how to prevent further issues? Thanks!
Rest PC specs:
Zotac RTX 3080Ti Trinity OC
XPG Core Reactor 850W Gold+
2x 2 TB m.2 NVMe + 2x 1 TB m.2 NVMe.
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