MSI X99A SLI PLUS Glue on chip?

LightningsalesUK · Oct 31, 2017

I bought a the motherboard used however I cannot tell what the substance is on the motherboard. I am afraid to put in the CPU till I find out what it could be and if it could be causing the motherboard to break.

This is the chip without the substance on from an MSI stock photo.

Satan-IR · Oct 31, 2017

I think those are solid caps and that theoretically can't be the capacitor leaking. I agree it looks like glue too.

It looks like something that might have oozed from under the cap (unlikely) but I don't think it is.

LightningsalesUK · Oct 31, 2017

Satan-IR :

The capacitor seems solid with no bulging or anything. Do I go ahead an scrape it off or should I try with the CPU to see if it will post?
It is more collected around the little chip than the capacitor. It seems to have a layer completely covering the chip.

Satan-IR · Oct 31, 2017

Don't know really what to say. That's an expensive board and the relevant CPU too lol.

Can't really tell from picture, is the thing under the layer like the silver/brown brick shaped ones? If yes those little one are ceramic capacitors.

I'm not sure, maybe others would elaborate. I'd say first test the board with a multimeter to see if the electronics are in order.

LightningsalesUK · Oct 31, 2017

Satan-IR :

The CPU is rather expensive, I may buy a cheap LGA2011-3 Xeon to test it and then sell it on.

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