i've been able to repair 99% of the original ECS force boards i've encountered. The Ion ECS board is much worse than the Force ECS board...the force ECS responds much better to repair attempts.
most of the time a recap get's it working...failing that, replacing the CPU. they often get overheated and zonk out. this is mainly due to the foil and graphite? thermal interface they use...it's crap. clean that !@#$ off and put some proper paste on there. temps will go from 60c to 25c instantly.
while not FORCE... a good Asus replacement for the ECS ION boards in the elites is the Asus "A7N8X-VM" ive replaced a few in the elite edge IONS with this board and they seem to work much better. you may have to clip the heatsink a little to get it to clear the brackets...but
better than ECS.