It's a widely known problem with roots in urban legend: Devices with motherboards failing in the early 2000s with a sudden pop, a gruesome spill, or sometimes a burst of flames. And it was allegedly ...

On the graphics card, you can see the darkened, yellowed area of the PCB near a suspected blown capacitor. The Redditor also shows a burn mark on the Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Hero motherboard ...

Initial theories among community members involved a Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor (MLCC) fault, but additional evidence shifted suspicion toward a blown power phase. Many jumped into the ...