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Discussion RIP Gigabyte B350M gaming 3?

Shmee

Shmee

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Well, my 2nd desktop computer, which has a Gigabyte mATX B350 motherboard and a 5900X, was having issues. During troubleshooting, it wouldn't post intermittently, and then just stopped posting. I think I saw a damaged/bulged capacitor near the PCIe slot. Anyway, I got it at Ryzen launch, probably early 2017, so it has done well for a ~$100 board. I ordered an MSI B550 Max Mortar from Amazon replace it. I will set the B350 board aside and try to solder on some fresh caps when I can.

Board has been through 2 Quakecons, and several different CPUs. Farewell for now.
 
I've had horrible experiences with Gigabyte AM4 boards, three in total.

Two identically builded A520M S2H that I purchased for two Ethereum rigs in late 2020 died within the span of a month. One of these systems I gave soon after building it to a family member in exchange for a lower end computer since it was enough to mine. After a year, I had to troubleshoot it because it was not POSTing anymore after being told that the only thing that happened was powering off the computer the previous day. I decomissioned the other working mining system to do a full Motherboard + Processor + RAM swap because I had to get that system working ASAP. Then a month afterwards, same thing happened, so now I had two dead boards.
I later found out that it seems that it was a BIOS bug. One board recovered after using Q-Flash, the other did not after multiple tries. By the time that this happened I already lost two months worth of mining and the Ethereum change that wouldn't make mining with GPUs viables was close by, so I got lazy and never rebuilded. So their deads means that I lost possible income.

A friend purchased a B450M DS3H WIFI. It worked fine for less than a year, then same thing, it just stopped POSTing. After my experience I suggested him to try reprogramming the BIOS, which he had to do externally due to no Q-Flash. After running a few months in circles until he managed to get tools that worked with his chip to reflash it, it didn't POSTed, either. So it may have actually died.
 
Got the same board, and it has been a rockstar given the age...moved from Zen1 to a 5600X all with bios updates. No complaints but given its age I've been looking at upgrade options.
 
7 yrs on a motherboard.... id chalk that in as a good last.

When benching heavily id be lucky for it to last 2.... and when using them at overclocked settings a good premium intel board on average would last 1-2 generations.
 
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