Re: MSI motherboards are utter garbage
"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]>
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On 4/10/2026 11:18 AM, Nomen Nescio wrote:
> I bought an MSI Raptor Lake mobo, as I got a CPU for free.
> I only used it for a few weeks over 2 years and it wouldn't
> boot. Remove graphics card, RAM and disk drive, still
> nothing. Put power supply on tester it is fine.
> Then find the CMOS battery has only 0,3 volts!
> Piss weak it goes flat in that time.
> I have older PCs (Kaby Lake) still going without skipping a beat
>
You sure that you started with a 100% new CR2032 battery?
The motherboard might have been in the shelf for over a year. Or the
motherboard might actually a 2nd-hand item resold as a new one.
All the motherboards I bought are NOT sealed in plastic. There was
absolutely no guarantee that they were new.
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