u/Mmichex

Long story short, a few websites I own got hacked due to PHP vulnerabilities and injected with mining software. I noticed that and intervened yesterday morning, patching all the websites and their vulnerabilities, updating PHP version and installed a Cloudflare firewall.

I guess someone wasn't happy about this because after just a couple hours they decided to throw at me and my server a massive DDos attack that lasted almost half a day.
(Indonesian hackers group, they even left an icon with their organization name)

This couldn't even be intentional since my currency is euro, the items were in dollars, and other than the exchange rate of that precise moment it takes into account also exchange fees.

Last year I got a Z790 Maximus motherboard for free, so I thought about making myself a good workstation that could last me for a while, I do circuit 3D related tasks and circuit simulations that run on single core, mostly.

With the latest bios microcode, TDP locked to 200W and undervolt, it still didn't survive.
This is the second chip I got replaced, now I am working with Intel support to receive a full refund OR at least a newer Intel Ultra chip, not affected by this issue, instead of receiving always the same one. Wish me luck xD

I guess the problem hasn't been fully solved afterall, or I was just unlucky.

EDIT: Initial -0.1v undervolt, then I had to slowly bring that to 0 as it wasn't stable anymore. Short duration tdp 220w, long duration tdp 200w, VR vcore limit 1380mV, 280mm AIO, max temperature 82C. Max turbo boost lowered to 5.9 instead of 6.2GHz. Microcode 0x12F.

UPDATE: THEY WILL GIVE ME A FULL MSRP REFUND

It's very sticky and smells really bad.

EDIT: Sorry for the misleading title, I add more information here: silicone oil coming from thermal pads doesn't usually cause corrosion, but if the board is dirty and in a high humidity area it can trap debris (and with them moisture) and facilitate corrosion.

I never accessed the website, I already tried running a system scan, reinstall and clean firefox completely but it still keeps popping up. Also those are all the extensions I have.