On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 10:56:34 -0500, mwizard99{at}comcast.net wrote:



> I have a very similar problem here.   Mine is a 2yr old gigabyte
> GA-8IG1000 series P4 TITAN MB with Intel inside (So I can't blame AMD).  I
> just took it apart this morning.  And what do I find, but that the 12v
> leads on the P2 (4pin) motherboard power connector are burnt to a crisp.
> 
> The leads on the MB are definitely fried a bit.  But the two 12v plastic
> areas on the powersuppy connector are burnt and melted off.  The grnd
> connectors are just fine.
> 
> Me thinks I need a new PS and MB at this point and perhaps a new CPU. 
> Anyone replace P2 connectors on the MB?  If yes, I'd like to hear about
> it.
> 
> -Mark Vollmer

Hi,
I cannot put my hand on the article, but late last year I stumbled onto a 
overclocker site that reported on  the same problem.  The owner of the 
board simply cut off the melted end of the charred wires, removed the 
damaged pins on the motherboard and replaced them with longer and 
larger diameter copper wires and then soldered the wires from the power 
supply unit, directly to these new motherboard connections.

If I remember correctly, the idea was to use the new larger motherboard 
pins as a heat sink and the direct soldering of the wires prevented the 
burning from occurring again as there could be no loose connection 
(compared to the oringinal) when using soldered connections.

Apparently the charring and melting was the result of a loose connector 
and NOT a fault in the motherboard and NOT the poser supply unit.

HTH,
Robert Traynor (BobT).
19 June 2006   20:24


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