Hello, I have been running this system for around 3 years now with no overclock. Today, before powering the system on, I noticed the power LED on the mobo was blinking as if there were a short circuit somewhere in the system. After applying a bit of pressure on the cables plugged into the mobo to ensure they had good connections, the power LED returned to normal. I powered on the system with no issues. A short while later I smelled an electric burning smell (no performance issues, however) and shut down the system. Upon inspection I found the following mosfet seemed to have burned out. The system still boots and runs with no issues. What does this chip control, and will this cause any problems in the future?
 
Attached are images of the chip in question. I am hoping someone might be able to identify it and what it does.
 





 

Thanks for the quick response. I understand this would qualify as a good reason to RMA, but if this wont cause any problems for me I would prefer to just continue using the board. That is why I am trying to identify the chip and what it goes to; if it isnt really going to limit my uses for the system (or will not cause further hardware failures) I am not too concerned. For example, if it is part of an audio input that I dont use.
 
EDIT: I did not lift the board out of the PC but I did look underneath, as far as I could see the solder joints were intact and showed no signs of failure.

Snypr18
Thanks for the quick response. I understand this would qualify as a good reason to RMA, but if this wont cause any problems for me I would prefer to just continue using the board. That is why I am trying to identify the chip and what it goes to; if it isnt really going to limit my uses for the system (or will not cause further hardware failures) I am not too concerned. For example, if it is part of an audio input that I dont use.
 
EDIT: I did not lift the board out of the PC but I did look underneath, as far as I could see the solder joints were intact and showed no signs of failure.

I would not do that. Something caused that to fail and that is a lot of current. Also, I could not help but laugh at the designation screened on the board for that component.  FU2
 

Chopper3200
That component is a surface mount fuse.  Something shorted out.

Yes indeed, Polytronics  2.6 amp resettable... well used to be before the magic smoke escaped.

After some inspection I found a small black mark on the IO panel tab you have highlighted. It must have contacted an unshielded area of the Type-C port somewhere. At this point I think its safe to say this is what happened.
 
In true EVGA fashion they have have offered to replace the board, but they do not have any X99 boards available. Debating whether I really want to drop cash on a new cpu rather than just continue using this board. I never use the Type-C port. I suppose I will continue using it over the holiday and see if any issues arise. Thanks to all for your input.