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stealth17
12-07-2004, 05:00 PM
i did a volt mod on my dfi ulta infinity last night to the vdimm and was running 3.5 through them and it was all good. Then i had a heatsink just sitting on the small chip at the end of the agp slot and it got bumped and i think was shorting out the resistors. now it woulnt post. It kinda smelled like something burned and i saw it. so i took a pic. what you think?

http://moops.tk/burn2.JPG
Lood007
12-07-2004, 07:57 PM
is that arctic silver everywhere?
stealth17
12-07-2004, 08:10 PM
is that arctic silver everywhere?

yeh
Lood007
12-07-2004, 08:22 PM
haha... ya.. i think she's fried.
arctic silver is conductive... and that burn mark looks bad.
Karnivore
12-07-2004, 08:22 PM
Damn man, WAAAYYYY TOO MUCH AS :stick:
stealth17
12-07-2004, 08:27 PM
Damn man, WAAAYYYY TOO MUCH AS :stick:

i was just temporarily setting the hs on it...wasnt really worried about how much was on it....

back on topic... is it fried then?
Lood007
12-07-2004, 08:42 PM
looks bad, dude.
prolly fried.
Karnivore
12-07-2004, 08:54 PM
i was just temporarily setting the hs on it...wasnt really worried about how much was on it....

back on topic... is it fried then?

Hmm, I would consider it part of the topic, Clean the crap off and try it, if it don't work you killed it....
stealth17
12-07-2004, 09:26 PM
welll its fried....so should i get a lanparty or is there a better socket A board out now?
saaya
12-07-2004, 09:32 PM
better oc wise? no... feature wise yes, there are new boards from asus and epox with gb lan and 8 channel sound i think... migh as well have a newer nb so might oc good... but not as good as the dfi i think.
Lood007
12-08-2004, 04:22 AM
maybe think about going 64-bit.
NiCKE^
12-08-2004, 05:33 AM
Oh man thats look nasty, how could you even get so much as on a chip?
Lood007
12-08-2004, 05:43 AM
next time use arctic ceramique for something like that .... but still try to keep the spread of it to a minimum.
stealth17
12-08-2004, 05:48 AM
i know it was too much AS but thats not what killed it...the stuff is non-conductive.

I thought about going 64-bit but it will cost a ton of cash. I already have a socket A proc, waterblock, and the ram for a 32-bit rig.

im not worried about features as the lanparty already has i think all that you listed.

ill just get a lanparty this time i think....

it was the heatsink that killed the thing.

heres a pic of how big it was compared to the chip... (http://moops.tk/kirk/DSC00055.JPG)