(02-28-2016, 09:04 AM)SickBeast Wrote: It turns out that I have extended warranty coverage through my credit card. They will hopefully be reimbursing me for the board soon. I just ordered a Gigabyte Z97MX-Gaming motherboard:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.asp...-_-Product
Hopefully it's good! It looks like a very nice board to me.
Congrats - hope it serves you well with better overclocking and stuff..
As to the dual-channel issue, try baking the motherboard in the oven at 120C (edit, actually maybe 150C) for about 1 hour or so. It could re-flow all of the critical solder points, melt the thermal paste off the socket pins, and more? But check the socket pins with a magnifying glass first. If the mobo is indeed revived to perfect working condition once again, perhaps you could use it to build a second kick-ass computer for your wife?
