Well your RMA has been taken care of correct? If you still have any concerns let me know what I can do.
Steve
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Well your RMA has been taken care of correct? If you still have any concerns let me know what I can do.
Steve
Rocker ,
I have never seen a RMA take 2 months from OCZ . please contact us directly for RMA , also I need you to report to us the store that took so long for your RMA , as we need to address the issue with them.
We have many direct dealers in belgium and a sales rep there who could have had you a replacement the same day.
The reason your booster only goes to a certain voltage and then stops is your probably drawing to much power from the PSU and it limits the amount of current you can send . You probably need at least a 420 watt .
I saw someone else earlier posting this same issue in this thread , which means the booster can draw anymore power , not that the booster is broken :-)
As for booster drawing much power I can attest to it as my current rig is running without it since it seems to be less stable with booster on it on maximum overclock. Also, if you noticed how hot the mosfet gets, you wouldn't be surprised.
I am on my 2nd time RMA on OCZ product so far and I do like responsiveness of OCZ staff on this matter and do appreciate it when your staffs are trained on impatients like me :toast:
Maybe when the 600W version's issues are ironed out and has been approved by some of forum members I've dealt with before, I might give it a shot. (I believe I am treading dangerously close on PSU limit soon)
In the mean time, thank you for re assuring me on your QA staff. I guess since QA staff doesn't do packaging, it must have been one of the packaging workers that need to be trained or reminded on not wearing sweater, etc :P
Just got Gskill rams from fedex and this one is chiming nicely @ 215-2-2-2-5 so far, lets see if my RMA will match up to it or beat it ;)
As i've said before i had my booster for 3 days and it's went south and i bet it's the pot but who knows. OCZ was quick to help me out and i sent off my package today to them and the tech on the phone said they would go ahead and mail me out a replacement as soon as i gave them the tracking number. I called back and gave the tracking number to them and he said it would ship today but no email so i dunno. I do have an OCZ 520w that's been working really great and it's a nice product i definately like it over my 350w heh. Hopefully i'll get me a set of that new tccd volt loving mem as i only have 2 sets of 256 bh-5 that does 270'ish on 3.5v.
Well i take it to the shop 03-09-2004 and i got word from the shop that it was back at 01-11-2004,so thats 2 months isn'it,this was for the booster.Quote:
Originally Posted by ryanpgroovy
So when i buy a OCZ psu of 420w(or better a 470w one??) then it wont be a problem to go at 3.4v,3.5v on the booster,or will i have to regulate it on the 3.3v railpot to the volt that i will.
The OCZ 520w Powerstream is now at shop since 02-11-2004,and i did'nt get any word yet,the cant give me a new one on same day becaus the did'nt have OCZ psu's in the shop,altought i had say'd to them a week in advanche that the psu was dead,but when i was buying it the first time i did'nt have to waith that long,the had it in the shop 2 day's afther a orderd it.
So i am wondring why it's taking so long now that i have my new psu,the have my email and adress,weird isn'it.
I can PM you the url off the shop if you wont it,i don't wont to do it here on the forum,becaus on the otherhand it is a good shop,only a bit to expensive(180€ for 520w),but i did find an other shop that is cheaper(148€ for 520w)so thats better.
Rocker
if your having issues with the store, go get your good back from them and RMA direct with OCZ...i can handle this for you.
I can also forward your details to our Belgian rep who could look after you also if needed.
let me know how you want to proceed.
Tony
Thanks for the reply,but a will see how it turns out now,the psu is now there already for more then a week,so i think its already send to the Belgium OCZ HQ,so there is no point for to ask it back.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigtoe
It's not that i have issues with the store,but the are slow thats a fact.
If i have in the future an RMA of OCZ products(hope not:) ) then a will go direct to OCZ for it and ask overhere on the forum first what to do.
But for now i will see how it go's.
BTW can i order direct from OCZ,if so watts the adress to send the order to,here in Belgium.
You have PM.
i beilieve this is not the problem of the BOOSTER, NEO2 doesn't like BH5, BH5 cannot go over 200mhz on this board. swift to OCZ 4200EL :DQuote:
Originally Posted by semetrix
I'm @ 240 (2-2-2-6) on my Neo2 using 512x2 KHX3200 BH5, I haven't really even tested the memory to its fullest capacity either, so thats not neccesarily trueQuote:
Originally Posted by EraserFlying
The BH-5 runs just fine @ 210MHz 2-2-2-5 with 2,85v (bios) but not with the booster @ 2,8v ~ 3,4v.Quote:
Originally Posted by EraserFlying
But i'm very happy now with G.Skill @ 278MHz (Limit of cpu) 2,5-3-3-7.
1T or 2T?Quote:
Originally Posted by semetrix
I can do 260fsb at 2-2-2-5 with my 2x256 sticks of kingston 3200 @ 3.5v. The new bios is supposed to help out with higher htt and i have yet to try that since my booster has blown up heh. Did the 3.3v rail on the board but have yet to test the waters yet due to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by EraserFlying
Just to clear things up for people, the pot is the main mechanical thing on the PCB
bit of a no frills one and would certainly be prone to problems from repeated vibrations.
While its in a box and packaged in foam it does not stop vibrations being passed to items that stickout or are semi-rigid in construction.
So any large knocks are going to have direct impact on that pot being a type of item most prone on that PCB.
That aside... my experience of those types of mechanical pots has been one that I regard the time to failure being rather short and OCZ would be better choosing something a bit more robust and more of an all in one construction, also you may find
over time users reporting intermittant operation of the pot as the tracking/brushes ware.
My booster is still boosting. (Removed the POT and solderd it back on with some wires so that i could fit it in slot 4 on my K8NS Ultra939) But i have a problem. When i apply load the vdimm drops ~0.1-0.13v)
My 5v rail only drops from 5.26 to 5.25v, so I dont think its a PSU problem. Is this drop in vdimm normal?
Right now om running a pair of 256MB Twinmos BH5 sticks.
Sorry about the minor off topic.
Where is the calibrater dial on the booster?
I have a booster with the same problem - I'm in the UK. I've ordered another one so I can try a different one, but I think I'm going to replace the pot as well and move it to the other side of the board away from the heat.