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- Apr 25, 2010
i rmaed my gigabyte motherboard to gigabyte when it failed to post after 5 weeks of use. gigabyte sent it right back to me telling me that there is nothing wrong with it, and blaming other components for the problem. ive been getting really frustrated with the gigabyte's refusal to honor their warranty.
this morning, i decided to do a detailed visual inspection of this defective product that gigabyte sold me. i noticed some mild discoloration around the back side of the IT8720F chip near the pci-e sockets. so what i can conclude is that either the IT8720F chip is defective or the component regulating volts to it is. i do not understand exactly all the tasks that this chip is responsible for but i skimmed over some literature and got that it has something to do with regulating power to the pci bus and it is pwn fan controller.
it had the classic gigabyte x58 boot loop problem and the symptoms of failure were no post, leds would light up, fans would spin, and the fan on the hd5770 would go to max every few power ons. would a burned up IT8720F chip cause the video card fan to max out?
i am really considering filing a lawsuit against gigabyte at this point to get my money back.
this morning, i decided to do a detailed visual inspection of this defective product that gigabyte sold me. i noticed some mild discoloration around the back side of the IT8720F chip near the pci-e sockets. so what i can conclude is that either the IT8720F chip is defective or the component regulating volts to it is. i do not understand exactly all the tasks that this chip is responsible for but i skimmed over some literature and got that it has something to do with regulating power to the pci bus and it is pwn fan controller.
it had the classic gigabyte x58 boot loop problem and the symptoms of failure were no post, leds would light up, fans would spin, and the fan on the hd5770 would go to max every few power ons. would a burned up IT8720F chip cause the video card fan to max out?
i am really considering filing a lawsuit against gigabyte at this point to get my money back.