Dodgy connection on A7N8X Dlx

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I have an Asus A7N8X Deluxe on my second pc which is generally used as a storage unit. It has been quite unstable recently and it would seem tonight I have found the reason. There is a dodgy connection between the mainboard connector and the psu cable. Now I have a server case with a redundant backpsu setup which is moular by design but before I start switching out psus I thought I would ask if anyone has had similar problems or if mainboards are prone to dry joints around the psu block connector.

I have had a look through some old threads but can't see anything. Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[RobinGopher]

not seen such a problem on a motherboard. However as someone who repairs a lot of electronics as part of his daily slog, i can tell you that dry joints are most common on single layer pcb's (yuk), old pcb's and connector joints that are carrying a lot of power. I'd be suprised to see them on a new (in relative terms, i fix stuff thats 30 years old sometimes) board from a hi-quality outfit like asus. More likely would be a dodgy PSU or poor crimping (very common) of the wire->pinterminal connections inside the connector.


I still have this mobo powering my main rig, it rocks!

 

[split]

I thought I would ask if anyone has had similar problems or if mainboards are prone to dry joints around the psu block connector.

Not me personally, but I have seen a guy over here with it (can't find post)

Now IIRC ABIT who made the NF7 (best socket 462 board ever) fitted a 12volt ATX plug to the board (4 pin), and ASUS only ever used the 20 pin ATX.

As above poster has said, joints become dry and that one in particular has a fair bit of juice passing thro it, so make sure the 20 pin ATX is a snug fit.

 

[RobinGopher]

Hehe as it happens Pc number 2 has an abit nf7 and originally its PSU had not 4 pin conector so just used the 20 pin on its own. everything was fine for about 18months then the crappy psu died (really unstable 12v) and the 12vpin had made the connector hoursing turn brown. Dunno how asus gets away with it but there are no such signs of that happening on the a7n8x.

Abit nf7-s2g, sempron 2600, 1.5G cheap ram, radeon 9550

Asus a7n8x-deluxe gold, Athlon 2700+ (bought like 4 weeks before barton turned up -bummer), radeon 9800 pro, RAID using 2 80gig SATA deathstars (one of which is newer than the other, i wonder why )