Intel X99 Motherboard Goes Up in Smoke For Reasons Unknown

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Intel X99 Motherboard Goes Up in Smoke For Reasons Unknown

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Interesting read. You'll learn a lot about how high-end mobos and PSUs are designed.

It's crazy that high-end PSUs actual have firmware...

http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-x99-m ... own_150008
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Yep, read that. You want to test consumer grade stuff these days, you need to be an electrical engineer. Weird that the company making the PS wasn't willing to post a fix asap.
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