Farewell Sweet Tomahawk

[ScottAD]

So, I have the same issue that many early adopters have. You pay a tax in the form of inconsistency, bugs and being a beta tester for a company.

My MSI B350 Tomahawk has not been able to POST since the latest BIOS. I've cleared CMOS via jumper and battery removal to no avail. The board has been fairly good the biggest lingering issue I've had is that it would not warm boot. It works flawless from a cold boot though.

I'm sending this thing off for RMA but plan on selling the RMA and buying a new board. School is starting and I don't have time to fuss with an RMA, I need my PC for school in two weeks.

So I am looking at ASUS which is what I ran in my sandy build before moving to Ryzen.

ASUS Strix B350-F
or
ASUS X370-F

FWIW I only see the differences being more sata, a front panel header for USB 3.1 and the 3D Printing mount package.

I don't need any of that but is there something I am missing that makes the X370 a better buy?

 

[XavierMace]

I'd look at Asrock over Asus personally. My x370 Taichi has been great.

 

[ScottAD]

So, the board is fine. No RMA needed. This was my problem...

 

[LTC8K6]

If that is melted, then something is wrong.

 

[JimKiler]

If that is melted, then something is wrong.

exactly, what caused that to happen?

 

[Burpo]

Had that happen on X58 running Cinebench. You'd be surprised how much current a CPU can draw @ FULL load. Melted a CPU connection just like that due to cheap quality of plug end.

 

[EXCellR8]

first gen i7's were exceptionally beefy though... I'm surprised my 970 didn't torch my entire office

 

[ScottAD]

If that is melted, then something is wrong.

I know it looks melted but it's not. It pulled loose. When the GPU arrived yesterday and I discovered the real issue, because I took the whole system apart. I put it on the mobo box and it has been running all night and day using the PSU cables with no issues.

PrimoChill has already shipped replacement as well. Still going to swap out this board for the Strix which I like more and resell this one.

 

[LTC8K6]

Pulled loose is way better than melted.