They must have missed that feature in the one I got...Quote:
Originally Posted by ShiningArcanine
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They must have missed that feature in the one I got...Quote:
Originally Posted by ShiningArcanine
I had a question regarding this issue. Are these Mobos dieing because of EXTREME voltages or are people just increasing their vcore and vdimm by like .2v and the board fries?
I believe some unmodded boards have also died. A few people with DMM's have noticed big spikes in memory voltage. This is mainly with modded boards. Once the memory voltage gets above 3v you're greatly increasing the risk of the modules frying. I heard one report of someone whose VDimm spiked to 3.4v! The board died but surprisingly the memory (D9 Fat Body) survived.
I think there are too many variables to really say what the issue is.
I wouldnt just start rumors about the badaxe until you have some sort of theory about why they are dying.
Out of the thousands of mobo's out there, maybe 20 have died? Is that any worse than other motherboards?
Another unmodded Bad Axe checking in. One of the vdimm mosfets loudly popped and I saw a little bit of smoke around the area. Was running stock everything at the time, with the exception of vdimm, which was at 2.2v.
I think nearly everyone in this particular community who has owned a Bad Axe, has lost one, with only a couple of exceptions.
Who's starting rumors? I'm reporting what I know. Several members have lost more than one board. That's a fact. I think the risk is probably lower on unmodded boards.
Also, if you narrow it down to people with Rev.304 boards and Conroe, the number of users becomes much smaller. Remember that some board changes were made in Rev.304.
Wow, that doesn't make me want to go run out to Fry's and buy one. lol That sounds like something I would do just give it a little vdimm increase to keep the tight timings at higher clocks.
You need the Intel Systems Integrator Toolkit. There is a thread someone started in April detailing how it is done.Quote:
Originally Posted by uOpt
I wonder if Intel cut corners on its Bad Axe design. Is it doing anything differently from what other motherboard manufacturers are doing in regard to the memory MOSFETs?
BAD AXE.
The board seems to be living up to its name, eh? :stick: :p:
Think I'll hold out until I see more reports of these Conroe boards... :stick:
hmm..... so this is with conroe only right?
Yeah, I think I will wait for the other manufacturers to release their mobos....
me 2, and see which is the best mbQuote:
Originally Posted by ScottFern
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Originally Posted by SturmoV
lol
Bad Axe rev 304 with a PD920, OC De Bug mod {soldered pins + shorting bar} no other mods. 3 dead sticks of mem, all sticks that died were in the first blue slot.
Lasted almost 2weeks before the big bang!
1 stick OCZ
1 stick PQI
1 stick Patriot
Board was setup on wooden work bench.
:o ouchies. Whats the "debug" mod supposed to do? (other than RMA ram :D)Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue078
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So you can OC non EE/ES CPU's
Board worked fine for over a week with mod.
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Originally Posted by Blue078
So, the board blew up and took three mem sticks with it, before it did?! :eek: :slapass:
I would be pissed if it happened to one of these> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146114
which is what I got for my Conroe rig. :stick:
Guees RMAing the board itself is out of question, but what about those sticks? How do you go about a situation like that?
well this guy lost his set of c3's to the badaxe and they are $450 at newegg.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=103629
i would be pissed if $400+ ram died or even if it cost $200+
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Originally Posted by SturmoV
Id like to know that too.
I ordered an asus P5WBH last week and it arrives today/tomorrow then i notice threads popping up since saying bad axe is still the best overclocking board. I saw a bad axe for sale Monday and bought it, it should be here today/tomorrow, now all these threads popping about them blowing sheesh ! :eek:
I am not a pro or anything but i think the boards coming out now or later should not have such a problem.I donno but i get a feeling that the Asus P5WDH wont be having such a problem ? Am i right ?
yeah but he volt modded the board for 2.55+ vdimm hehQuote:
Originally Posted by Evilsizer
I shop at Fry's :DQuote:
Originally Posted by SturmoV
No the board didn't blow up. Never did find any physical defects, burnt spots etc". Just any stick that was placed in the first blue dimm didn't last very long.
I'm also hoping that Asus P5W DH wo'nt die..