The North Bridge use to get hot, but not so hot that you couldn't touch it for 8 seconds so hot you can't hold on to it.
Now it's getting so hot that it is starting to smell like new electronics with that starting of a burnt smell.
Purchased Motherboard November 2012
So do I have a NB chip failure?
Do I need to send it back?
Main Hardware Information:
CPU (AMD / FX 6100 / FSB Speed: chips default / Voltages: default)
RAM (G.Skill / F3-14900CL9Q-16GBXLl / DDR3-1866 / Voltages 1.5 / Number of Sticks: 4)
Motherboard (Gigabyte /990FXA-UD3 (Rev: 1.1))
Video Card (Nivida /(2) GTX 550 Ti / default settings / Shader Speed: Default / Memory Speed: Default)
PSU (Corsair / 850 Gold / Max Wattage: 850 / Amperage: ?)
Other Hardware Information :
Monitor: Acer 23 LCD
HDD/SSDs: SSD for OS, and HDD for games and storage
Other PCI/PCI-X Cards: NONE
Optical Drives: NONE
Software Information:
Operating System :Win 7 SP1
Video Card Drivers in Use ( and tried ):WHQL last 3 within 2 months
Motherboard Drivers Used:Bios F8- F10a
All major components check 100% after thorough testing ( eg. Memory & Memtest86 ):TESTS GOOD
System clean of viruses / spyware etc:CLEAN
Other things tried: Can use a household fan blowing hard on it to get it cool so side is off till what course of action can be taken.
P.S. I never over clock I always use BIOS stock default settings.
All Bios setting have been "Auto", since construction, all voltages are reading within spec.