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Some Core I7 5960X + X99 Motherboards Mysteriously Burning Up

Posted by timothy on from the think-of-it-as-a-feature dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Intel's Haswell-E Eight-Core CPU and X99 motherboards just debuted but it looks like there may be some early adoption troubles leading to the new, ultra-expensive X99 motherboards and processors burning up. Phoronix first ran a story about their X99 motherboard having a small flame and smoke when powering up for the first time and then Legit Reviews also ran an article about their motherboard going up in smoke for reasons unknown. The RAM, X99 motherboards, and power supplies were different in these two cases. Manufacturers are now investigating and in at least the case of LR their Core i7-5960X also fried in the process."

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  1. HCF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously don't execute the halt and catch fire instruction.

    1. Re:HCF by infolation · · Score: 4, Funny
      As the late Murray Walker said...

      "...there's nothing wrong with the motherboard, except that it's on fire"

    2. Re: HCF by Selivanow · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe they need to include NOSMOKE.SYS in their CONFIG.SYS file.

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      -- ...trying to make digital files uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet. -Bruce Schneier
  2. Houston ... by Forever+Wondering · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... We've had a main B bus undervolt

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    Like a good neighbor, fsck is there ...
    1. Re:Houston ... by distilate · · Score: 4, Funny

      It looks like we are venting somthing