Discussion RIP Gigabyte B350M gaming 3?

[Shmee]

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.

 

[zir_blazer]

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.

 

[kn51]

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.

 

[aigomorla]

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.