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MSI Z790 owners - be careful, the screw can crack the chipset

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MSI is the only one who can give the real numbers of RMAs.

My guess is one batch has the robot over tighten the screws.
 
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ir_cow said:
MSI is the only one who can give the real numbers of RMAs.

My guess is one batch has the robot over tighten the screws.
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robots are robots though, wouldn't it do it for a long time? cause this isn't an issue that would show itself right away? hmm interesting. hopefully it is isolated to just a small batch. I like MSI boards personally

I am surprised TPU did not put this in their news section, this was over two weeks ago on Tom's Hardware.
 
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I'm just assuming someone does calibrations every time it is setup or serviced.

Until MSI officially admits there is a widespread problem, we won't know how many are effected.
 
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ir_cow said:
I'm just assuming someone does calibrations every time it is setup or serviced.

Until MSI officially admits there is a widespread problem, we won't know how many are effected.
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makes sense
 
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Space Lynx said:
robots are robots though, wouldn't it do it for a long time? cause this isn't an issue that would show itself right away? hmm interesting. hopefully it is isolated to just a small batch. I like MSI boards personally

I am surprised TPU did not put this in their news section, this was over two weeks ago on Tom's Hardware.
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Just a pure guess but maybe the robot got wrong screws?
 
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Keullo-e said:
Just a pure guess but maybe the robot got wrong screws?
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MSI put out a update on this, I can't find the link now but it was on reddit. most z790 boards are fine (I bought one this weekend actually msi brand), and it was only a couple models affected (my model is not one of the ones that had issues I made sure to double check) and MSI also said you would know really quick within a couple of boots on a new build if you got a bad cracked one, it doesn't happen over time, its more of you know if its bad or not right away

but yeah I got the MSI Z790 Pro WIFI, its been pretty epic and rock solid for me so far.
 
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