XS HWBot Team

[Ace123]

Take a pic of the socket. I can usually fix it

[filmbot]

If you can't fix it yourself, you can try contacting Gigabyte support and ask them if they can exchange the socket for a new one for a small fee, I think they can do it. Maybe someone from the U.S. already knows more about it!
When I used LN2 for the first time, I burned my thumb on a screw of my pot's mounting kit, so I can relate to that...

This is usually a good place to start. Had an old REX blow up on me while on vacation (random) and 2 years later after they became extinct I called Asus and since it was out of warranty they only wanted about $90 to fix and that was for an IC replacement.

Can't hurt to call and ask

[BeepBeep2]

I also burned my thumb with dry ice.

Dry Ice = Dry Cotton gloves
LN2 = bare hands or expensive waterproof cryogenic gloves

Take a high resolution picture of your socket, maybe we can help spot another bent pin?

[Crabby]

Thanks for all the help guys! I found one pin that seems to be out of alignmet a bit so going to fix that and report back, thanks again!

Take a pic of the socket. I can usually fix it

How about broken/missing pins? I killed a LP DK P45-T2RS PLUS a while back that I would love to have working!!!

[Crabby]

Very happy to announce that my SOC Force is working like it should! It was the same pin that I fixed earlier, should have looked closer the first time.

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Very happy to announce that my SOC Force is working like it should! It was the same pin that I fixed earlier, should have looked closer the first time.

Glad to hear it man, SOC Force is a great board it would have been a shame to lose it.

[Don_Dan]

How about broken/missing pins? I killed a LP DK P45-T2RS PLUS a while back that I would love to have working!!!

That sound a bit harder to do... Maybe a socket change from a cheap donor board? No idea if this might work or if it can be done.

Very happy to announce that my SOC Force is working like it should! It was the same pin that I fixed earlier, should have looked closer the first time.

I'm glad that the board is working again!

[Crabby]

Thanks guys I'm super happy!

[Crabby]

I got some new things to play with. I now have 3 HD 5770! I only wanted two of them but then the Gigabyte one showed up right after I bought my 2nd Hawk and I just could not let it go. The SOC is a pain in the a$$...oc limits are low. The GTX 275 was super cheap but it dosent oc well lol maybe it needs cleaning and new paste, we will see.



Finally got some G.Skill DDR3 memory for cheap! F3-16000cl9d-4gbtd 10330640xxxxxx to be precise and they oc well enough. Was benching 3d @1300 9-12-9 with 1.82vdimm but its not as stable as 1200 9-11-9. I'm happy!

[Don_Dan]

Looking good, Andy. You found some decent BBSE, I have such a kit as well!

I got my package from Ryan today. 21 memory sticks. I'll post some pics tomorrow, including one of my new Patriot kit that I bought from somewhere else!

[Crabby]

There has been a shift in teams, looks like lab501.ro lost a key member. Sorry to see them drop like that but hey we moved up. Speaking of moving up, I'm on my way up!!! I only need a few points to pass BeepBeep2 and dumo.


On another note I ruined my EP45-UD3P. I guess the other day while benching with dry ice I didn't have enough ventilation or something and I shorted out the clear cmos jumper while the board had

power. Well now the board starts with the 6x even after I change it to the right multi it starts windows at 6x. So far I have tried 3 bios and 2 cpus with only the newest bios showing any promise. The

f10 is the newest and it lets the multi I choose stick but in windows benching is so slow! Two times longer to run benchmarks than it should be. Not happy.

[Ace123]

[Don_Dan]

There has been a shift in teams, looks like lab501.ro lost a key member. Sorry to see them drop like that but hey we moved up. Speaking of moving up, I'm on my way up!!! I only need a few points to pass BeepBeep2 and dumo.

On another note I ruined my EP45-UD3P. I guess the other day while benching with dry ice I didn't have enough ventilation or something and I shorted out the clear cmos jumper while the board had power. Well now the board starts with the 6x even after I change it to the right multi it starts windows at 6x. So far I have tried 3 bios and 2 cpus with only the newest bios showing any promise. The f10 is the newest and it lets the multi I choose stick but in windows benching is so slow! Two times longer to run benchmarks than it should be. Not happy.

lab501.ro dropped down the rankings, but the new Australia OC team has overtaken us again.
Good luck for climbing up the rankings!

Sorry to hear your UD3P isn't working correctly. I just wanted to congratulate you for your scores with the Celeron 450 and the Core 2 E8500 and also the decent reference clock submission. Maybe the F10 BIOS is showing the higher multi but it's still running at 6x. However, the latest BIOS versions for this board are slow indeed, but I doubt they'd be that slow. It's really sad to lose such a nice board.

Nice work with your SR-2 setup!

[Crabby]

Thank you Don_Dan! About the reference clock I could go higher just didn't have enough dry ice at the time. Also the bios is sooo strange to me, nothing like I'm used too with DFI. Speaking of DFI....I just set up my LP JR P45-T2RS for some subzero runs.

About my UD3P I reckon I could solder on a few new bios chips and be good to go, thoughts?

[Don_Dan]

I always thought that Gigabyte's BIOSs were much easier than DFI's ones.
Good luck for your subzero runs!

No idea about the BIOS chips, it might work if nothing else is damaged.

By the way, are you satisfied with your new Ballistix kit?

[Crabby]

I always thought that Gigabyte's BIOSs were much easier than DFI's ones.
Good luck for your subzero runs!

No idea about the BIOS chips, it might work if nothing else is damaged.

By the way, are you satisfied with your new Ballistix kit?

The UD3P and Ballistix performed perfectly together! Very happy with the results for my first run. I learned a few new things and had a great time benching. Oh I'm going to get another Gigabyte or fix this one.

[BeepBeep2]

Hmm, will be back before December.
As Don_Dan knows, I've had "a lot on my plate".

Lots of shiny hardware is screaming to be benched but I have a lot to deal with right now.

[Ace123]

I know a guy who can get that done for you haha

[BeepBeep2]

I'd rather do it myself. I like benching, I just haven't had time. I have someone important to me in the hospital with cancer and my education to worry about, plus I'm going to be working on top of all that.
I meant to do a bunch of stuff for the team for Team Cup but I just couldn't. A lot of bad stuff came up in regards to the cancer worsening and some things for school were a mess to sort out.

I have lots of hardware to RMA too, a couple mice, a PSU, a couple laptops. I don't have the best luck when it comes to hardware.

[Don_Dan]

The UD3P and Ballistix performed perfectly together! Very happy with the results for my first run. I learned a few new things and had a great time benching. Oh I'm going to get another Gigabyte or fix this one.

I'm glad it worked well!
The UD3Ps are great boards, but hard to find nowadays.

Hmm, will be back before December.
As Don_Dan knows, I've had "a lot on my plate".

Lots of shiny hardware is screaming to be benched but I have a lot to deal with right now.

I hope everything will be okay again soon!

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Getting ready for IDF on Monday so decided to empty the LD 25 (about 15L) and what better way than to test PAE

Had this one sitting on the desk for a few weeks, go figure.



things got a bit wet so settled with this for low clock



2840 passed and then bsod while screening :p

[Don_Dan]

Almost 6300MHz and 1400Mhz CL6 on a G3258 is amazing, well done, George!

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[Crabby]

Getting ready for IDF on Monday so decided to empty the LD 25 (about 15L) and what better way than to test PAE

Had this one sitting on the desk for a few weeks, go figure.

That is a sick score man! How do you get your nb frequency so high, is it the cpu? My cpu hates it when I change nb freq.

Also, cool that your going to IDF. Lets us know how it went.

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

That is a sick score man! How do you get your nb frequency so high, is it the cpu? My cpu hates it when I change nb freq.

Also, cool that your going to IDF. Lets us know how it went.

1.55v + cold is what mine needs for 5.5 uncore.

Will have plenty of pics from IDF

[BeepBeep2]

I just had a UCBench run blocked today
today. :/