Why would you say that? The unit has a 4v jumper on it, surely if you can select it it should be safe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinnacle
I am worried now, very worried.
But in fact set ram to 3.6v now.
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Why would you say that? The unit has a 4v jumper on it, surely if you can select it it should be safe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinnacle
I am worried now, very worried.
But in fact set ram to 3.6v now.
Well, there it is. You say your back to 3.6 and its fine, and 3.65 you got problems. STICK WITH 3.6Quote:
Originally Posted by maverik-sg1
no mate the board that we are talking about here hit the RMA trail it's dead, so very very dead.
I am just wondering three things now:
1) How many other failures have we seen so far.
2) Why people say those volts are too high when in the NON-Expert unit I actually pumped 4v into this BH5 just to see how fast it could go.
3) If high voltage is an issue why wont it let me run my low voltage TCCd/TCC5?
I can't hide my disappointment in this at all - it's appaling.
Running >3,2v on non-expert boards is dangerous coz the mosfet gets freaking hot, and in some cases killed memory, i don't know if also happens to old school bh5, but it happens on UTT based memory...
The Mosfet on the EXPERT with it's new jumperless 4v line does not get anywhere near as hot as my non-expert did.Quote:
Originally Posted by ^don.k's^
Both are actively cooled with 80mm fans anyways as teh extra heat causes a 'dirty' supply.
I wouldn't be as worried as you are. I'd be more worried about the ram than the board. Just for $hits n giggles I threw my old BH-5 Corsair sticks in and ran around at 3.7v for a while. All was fine. The Vmem area of the board warmed up a bit, but it was nothing like how hot my Ultra D got. DFI learned from thier last attempt at 4v, and the expert is much improved in this area imoho. But thats just my limited experience with these 2 boards.Quote:
Originally Posted by maverik-sg1
If in fact that IS the reason, I would be sorely dissappointed as well. Its one of the main features of the mobo. But, then again, DFI knows that and I'd think they would be de bugged the second time through.
I'd run the new board were you intended it....with all the good cooling. And if it goes tits up, it time for another brand board.
Thats what I think is the problem, but I can't be sure about the specific.Quote:
Originally Posted by maverik-sg1
Heres my RDX200..up in smoke.....
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/3104/mvc851f4dw.jpg
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6152/mvc852f3zv.jpg
never have this problem with my Ultra-D.
Looks like it may be a manufacturing fault on some boards, components too close together = design flaw