Lesson to be learned

[harleybro]

Here's a friendly reminder to always make sure you're well insulated if condensation is even remotely possible. RIP my 680i.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h140/harleybro/DSCN0190.jpg

[glorfy]

Dang :( not good.

[shimmishim]

RIP 680i :(

[Jim]

Krap, what's your next mobo choice?

[Sir Golitech]

:( :cry:

[Just Learnin']

Arrrrrrrrrrrgh!! :(

[ol'norton]

I hope you never got the " I told you so " that I got from my wife when the ram went.
" It was plenty fast enough before " :(

[top game 22]

that's not good..

[boshuter]

Hey harley.... I'll send you my X1900XTX and we can put together a complete system from dead parts ;)

:smash: :fire:

[nutcase]

another lesson learned.

do not slip when measuring voltage on a Vmodded Mobo :eek:

[harleybro]

Dang Nutcase thats a good one!! :smash: That's why I liked the insulated "grabber" electronics probes. :D

Jim: More then likely just another EVGA think i will just take the gf's not gonna be nice about it this time. :lol: Give her the Asus and explain to her how cool it will be to have a remote for her pc. ;)

[shimmishim]

Dang Nutcase thats a good one!! :smash: That's why I liked the insulated "grabber" electronics probes. :D

Jim: More then likely just another EVGA think i will just take the gf's not gonna be nice about it this time. :lol: Give her the Asus and explain to her how cool it will be to have a remote for her pc. ;)

hahaha. that's a good one.

jay - have you thought about getting one of the new eVGA 680i LT mobo's?

they're about $20-$30 cheaper and from what I understand, the only difference between the regular 680i and 680i LT is that the LT does not have linkboost.

[harleybro]

hahaha. that's a good one.

jay - have you thought about getting one of the new eVGA 680i LT mobo's?

they're about $20-$30 cheaper and from what I understand, the only difference between the regular 680i and 680i LT is that the LT does not have linkboost.

Have you seen any? I am on newegg and see A1's, T1's, and TR's :scratch:

[nutcase]

Have you seen any? I am on newegg and see A1's, T1's, and TR's :scratch:

this is the Mobo he was talking about:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188014

[harleybro]

Thanks for the link. I love the idea of individual coolers since I had already planned on changing them out. :mischeif: I think having the avail. digital readout and power/reset buttons make the non-LT be the way for me to go. ;)

[harleybro]

Well I am now a proud reowner of a 680i :lol: :rock: :rock:

[shimmishim]

lol. you stole your g/fs' eh? hahaha.

[harleybro]

lol. you stole your g/fs' eh? hahaha.

:mischeif:

[Just Learnin']

Maybe ex g/f!:yikes:

[Killer Munkey]

lol

I hope you have more luck this time around. I couldn't do what you do to motherboards, condensation scares me:hide:

[ol'norton]

Well I killed the P5WDH Deluxe.:(
And after driving all across town looking for someone selling motherboards on a Sunday
I ended up with a Gigabyte DS3 Pro :rolleyes:
I wanted another 975 board so I could save my old setup, But they had none.
Windows repair allowed me to get into Windows & save a few things but too many
problems, so I done a Fresh install.
I've got nothing sorted yet, I was just happy the board didn't take the ram or processor with it.:wpleased:

[top game 22]

that blows how did you kill it.. i have one that became unstable..

[Just Learnin']

Well I killed the P5WDH Deluxe.:(

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! :(

[harleybro]

Well I killed the P5WDH Deluxe.:(
And after driving all across town looking for someone selling motherboards on a Sunday
I ended up with a Gigabyte DS3 Pro :rolleyes:
I wanted another 975 board so I could save my old setup, But they had none.
Windows repair allowed me to get into Windows & save a few things but too many
problems, so I done a Fresh install.
I've got nothing sorted yet, I was just happy the board didn't take the ram or processor with it.:wpleased:

Oh no what was the cause of death? :( Curious to see how the new one works. Good luck with it. :thumb:

[ol'norton]

I don't know what killed it.:scratch: Maybe the overclocking.:mischeif:
I was on a flyer, trying to catch harleybro's score.
There are no obvious burn signs, but I think it is the mosfet beside the floppy
drive plug. All other mosfets read between 7.65K ohm & 8.21K ohm, but that
one just scales up & down wildly. It's near the ram so I assume it's something
to do with it. Might have been what killed my ram :idea:
Top Game 22 do you want to measure the one on your board & tell me what you get?
I won't get a chance to see what the new board will do before the weekend.

[harleybro]

I don't know what killed it.:scratch: Maybe the overclocking.:mischeif:
I was on a flyer, trying to catch harleybro's score.
There are no obvious burn signs, but I think it is the mosfet beside the floppy
drive plug. All other mosfets read between 7.65K ohm & 8.21K ohm, but that
one just scales up & down wildly. It's near the ram so I assume it's something
to do with it. Might have been what killed my ram :idea:
Top Game 22 do you want to measure the one on your board & tell me what you get?
I won't get a chance to see what the new board will do before the weekend.

If you can get me a pic of the mosfet in question and read pts. I can measure one for you when I get home. :thumb:

[sbinh]

For future pref., would you also post your settings on this board?
I might pick up one to replace the "dying" P5N-E .. ... :D :D

[top game 22]

I don't know what killed it.:scratch: Maybe the overclocking.:mischeif:
I was on a flyer, trying to catch harleybro's score.
There are no obvious burn signs, but I think it is the mosfet beside the floppy
drive plug. All other mosfets read between 7.65K ohm & 8.21K ohm, but that
one just scales up & down wildly. It's near the ram so I assume it's something
to do with it. Might have been what killed my ram :idea:
Top Game 22 do you want to measure the one on your board & tell me what you get?
I won't get a chance to see what the new board will do before the weekend.
i would but my board is packed up im on the evga 680i board.. my p5w dh need to go for rma..

[ol'norton]

For future pref., would you also post your settings on this board?
I might pick up one to replace the "dying" P5N-E .. ... :D :D

Disable everything except "Execute Disable Function"
(The Microcode Updation has no effect that I could see, so you could enable that if you know what it does)
Anything that couldn't be disabled was left on Auto

All voltages to MAX except CPU ( usually 1.6375 )

Slot Power: Heavier

PCI-E Frequency 120MHz

Memory Timings as in this shot http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8682/yessssxi1.th.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yessssxi1.jpg)

[sbinh]

Do you have any problem with DRAM timing by SPD enabled ???
I have to leave it ENABLED in order to OC to 3600 .... As soon as I raise FSB above 400, it won't boot .... This is what I have:

Adv Chipset settings:
DRAM Timing: ENABLED
ECC: DISABLED
Hyper Path 3: DISABLED
Throttling: AUTO
Remap: DISABLED
(Everything else here: default)

CPU Config
Modify: ENABLED
Ratio: 9
Micro: DISABLED
Max CPUIS --> Enhanced : DISABLED
Thermal: AUTO
Virtual....: ENABLED
Speedstep: DISABLED

Config. Freq/Volt
AI: MANUAL
CPU Freq: 400
DRAM Freq: 800
Perform. Mode: AUTO
PCI Exp: 100
PCI Clock Sync: 33.33
vdimm: 2.10v
vcore: 1.4625v
FSB Termiation: 1.4v
MCH: 1.75v
ICH: AUTO


Everything else - default values.

[sbinh]

Was able to boot up at 3906Mhz ... but it failed Orthor due to vcore to low ...
I did not want to raise vcore any higher (1.58+v) because of loaded temp.
It passed orthor for 20+hrs @3600 (vcore =1.46+v) ....

[shimmishim]

Was able to boot up at 3906Mhz ... but it failed Orthor due to vcore to low ...
I did not want to raise vcore any higher (1.58+v) because of loaded temp.
It passed orthor for 20+hrs @3600 (vcore =1.46+v) ....

not bad.

mine does 3.7 at 1.42 orthos 16+ hours but can't go higher due to heat. sucks big time.

[sbinh]

It booted to windows at 4005MHz and ran SuperPI 1M (12.781s) .. but could not run 32M due to CAS... In BIOS, I set timing SPD to ENABLED .. then make change by Memset. Too bad, cannot change CAS in memset ...... :fire: :fire: :fire:

[ol'norton]

Boot into windows with your highest cas#4 FSB & use systool to raise the FSB from there.:thumb:

[sbinh]

Boot into windows with your highest cas#4 FSB & use systool to raise the FSB from there.:thumb:


I downloaded systool, installed and ran it. However, it could not recognize the board ... :D .... could be that I did NOT install any drivers (including smbus) .... :D

Thanks for the tips......