No...My Gigabyte 8KNXP exploded. Sorry no pics.

[bug]

I was powering on my trusty Gigabyte 8KNXP the other day, when it went POP and emitted a puff of choking smoke :-0 Luckily none of the other parts in the system were affected. It appears a circuit blew on the bottom back side of the board near a capacitor. I submitted an RMA request to Gigabyte and hopefully it will be accepted. The burnt spot wouldn't show up in a pic, or I would've posted a few.

Here are a list of what was in it:

Thermaltake Kandalf tower
Thermaltake 420 watt P/S
P4 Northwood 3400 cpu
2x512 Corsair ddr400 pro with LEDS
BFG 6600GT AGP
1 x WD 160gig
2 x WD 80gig in Raid O
BenQ DW822A dvd burner
Pioneer 16x dvdrom

[cnbc]

Could it be your PSU?

[bug]

I don't think so, its relatively new. If they do RMA it, I will use another P/S just to be on the safe side. I was having some minor problems with the board before this happened though.

[WLJ101]

is it because you connected the USB jumpers to the firewire port?

[Alvito]

i had a gigabyte motherboard that blew up on me as well, all the other parts were fine but the motherboard never powered on after that. Gigabyte is garbage, i suggest when you get the RMA back, sell it and upgrade to an Asus.

[bug]

is it because you connected the USB jumpers to the firewire port?
Nope, I've built quite a few computers and I'd like to think I can tell the difference between usb and firewire :razz:

[Chrispy]

Can you use paint or something and draw a picture of what it looked like?

lol, j/k

have you tested other components to make sure that they didn't get damaged?

[Alvito]

yes.... great advice, sell it so someone else will have the same problem or worse

What do you suggest he does?

[bug]

Can you use paint or something and draw a picture of what it looked like?

lol, j/k

have you tested other components to make sure that they didn't get damaged?

How about this:

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b167/slugbug55/HOLYCRAP.jpg

Yes I tested all other components, and they're ok.