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Good job Weblacky! Nice going figuring out the Odyssey's DS1780 was the issue.

I can probably tell you why it failed:

As I've stated in another thread, the Fuel's cooling system is simply... godawful. Air traveling at right angles, tiny fans, etc. That would suggest that inadequate ventilation of the V10 may have contributed to its failure -- either that or it in particular is likely vulnerable to env monitoring damage.

My thoughts on fixing the fuel's fan system: Reverse the intake fan, add another shroud and fan at the other end that helps push air out? Then maybe change the small fans pushing air into the VPro area with a large fan with a HIGH static pressure (none of the Noctuas, they're great, but they have low static pressure so they're not suitable here).

I'm not nearly as intelligent as you are in the electrical department, though.

If you want to prove my theory, it's easy: Attach with some temporary siliicone caulk a sheet of plexiglass to the side of the Fuel to allow transparency.

Get a "Smoke machine" used by mechanics to find vacuum leaks. Blow smoke into a running system and watch the path the air takes. You'll see it sort of splits into a "T" shape from the intake fan that then exhausts from the (stock) PSU and VPro cage