KILL your i7 980X AT ONCE (and RMA it)...

**tosunermc** · 06-09-2010, 03:09 AM

3003 b288
evga 760
dead 2 cores ht off 1.85 V
benched at 2 cores for 2 hours
set 6 cores and ht on from bios
it boots but doesnot enter windows even default
it only enters bios

**Monstru** · 06-09-2010, 03:30 AM

Guys, I had some issue with windows after using a different number of cores, but those were Windows issues, and every time I would put a new windows - no more problems. So do no take that as dead cpu

**kayl** · 06-09-2010, 04:13 AM

so far i have been lucky, been using gigabyte test1 bios on UD7 just 2 cores SPI benching.
retail 3003B396 i benched for around 15 hours on the cascade, then a further 5 hours on ln2.
Then have recently moved to ln2 benching for a further 4-5 hours with/without hyper threading results here

ill only bench 6 cores for now on though to be careful, i think i got lucky and dont want to kill this cpu

**monteboy** · 06-09-2010, 04:24 AM

If someone is searching a summer-job ... I think Intel RMA Department could have some offer's

**BenchZowner** · 06-09-2010, 05:37 AM

ROFL, I think the opposite, they'll reject RMAs and fire any unnecessary RMA dpt. personnel

**tosunermc** · 06-09-2010, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Monstru

Guys, I had some issue with windows after using a different number of cores, but those were Windows issues, and every time I would put a new windows - no more problems. So do no take that as dead cpu

I thought the same my good friend
I have tried to install new windows

No luck System resets when installation usb,cd,dvd boots

**ci2kla** · 06-09-2010, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by tosunermc

I thought the same my good friend
I have tried to install new windows

No luck System resets when installation usb,cd,dvd boots

Exactly the same thing has happened to me yesterday...I can enter DOS / BIOS, but never boot into windows or windows installation screen...it just kept on rebooting

**Falkentyne** · 06-09-2010, 08:42 PM

And NO ONE here has yet to contact INTEL about this? Where is Dr. Who?

I would think that the best benchers in the world would have a direct line to Intel, and they can get on their asses and make a new stepping...

**K404** · 06-10-2010, 02:09 PM

You're massively over-estimating our importance

**Xtreme Addict** · 06-15-2010, 07:32 AM

My another retail box is dead out of box, never used...

**~~OBR~~** · 06-17-2010, 07:35 AM

hipro is right, i can confirm it ... my great Retail 5GHz on AIR SPi 32M stable is now dead, i am stupid i tryed benching with some disabled cores, after one day of benching is chip dead.

chip wasnot under extreme conditions, only 1.55V Vcore, 1.45V VTT, cause of death is disabling cores ... deadly mobo: MSI Xpower last Beta BIOS

Degradation was visible after few hours of benchong, like hipro said. From super stable 5 GHz, was 4,8 ... 4,4 ... 4 GHz, no booting to windows ... totally dead. Be carefull guys here.

**eva2000** · 06-17-2010, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by OBR

hipro is right, i can confirm it ... my great Retail 5GHz on AIR SPi 32M stable is now dead, i am stupid i tryed benching with some disabled cores, after one day of benching is chip dead.

Degradation was visible after few hours of benchong, like hipro said. From super stable 5 GHz, was 4,8 ... 4,4 ... 4 GHz, no booting to windows ... totally dead. Be carefull guys here.

ouch sorry to hear mate

**packetNZ** · 06-17-2010, 10:29 PM

cheers for the heads up...getting first 980 2 moro...

first post \m/

**BaRaN** · 06-23-2010, 03:02 AM

Another Way to Kill Your 32nm Chip

Its Safe on motherboard and you sure that you lost only Your Chip not MB !

Overclock your Cpu under ln2 and then rise up to what you want then pick up your cpu block and wait for few min and the power on then you see 8.8. and you chip is currently dead ha ha ha nice to left 1000 $ in few min

i Burn Two chip with this job and its work 100%

The Mb is X58a-ud7

and the cpu batch is 3003B3xx - 3005F7xx

**Johnny87au** · 06-23-2010, 03:21 AM

What happened to your friends cpu lol, Did u buy him a new one?

**uncle fester** · 06-23-2010, 03:32 AM

Wow i see more people reporting this but hey i bench my chip hard 2 core no HT then again 6 core with HT no problems ...... weird. my batch 3003B242 i can boot at 6.144ghz no problems

**Hondacity** · 06-23-2010, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by uncle fester

Wow i see more people reporting this but hey i bench my chip hard 2 core no HT then again 6 core with HT no problems ...... weird. my batch 3003B242 i can boot at 6.144ghz no problems

what motherboard? tripple chan?

**splmann** · 06-23-2010, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by BaRaN

Another Way to Kill Your 32nm Chip

Its Safe on motherboard and you sure that you lost only Your Chip not MB !

Overclock your Cpu under ln2 and then rise up to what you want then pick up your cpu block and wait for few min and the power on then you see 8.8. and you chip is currently dead ha ha ha nice to left 1000 $ in few min

i Burn Two chip with this job and its work 100%

The Mb is X58a-ud7

and the cpu batch is 3003B3xx - 3005F7xx

What do you mean with pick up your cpu block ???

**Linuxfan** · 06-23-2010, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by splmann

What do you mean with pick up your cpu block ???

Sounds like you take the cooler off and burn up the CPU while its heavily overclocked and overvolted.

**radaja** · 06-23-2010, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by Linuxfan

Sounds like you take the cooler off and burn up the CPU while its heavily overclocked and overvolted.

yep,and thats not just a recipe for killing 32nm cpu's,im sure he can kill any cpu doing this

**l0ud_sil3nc3** · 06-23-2010, 10:03 AM

well I am sure now that I killed my X5660

I disabled HT ran some benches and then switched to mobo's and after that it became harder and harder to boot into windows without BSOD 124 until I could not even boot at stock settings or any voltage.

Whats weird is that I can boot in to the bios but that's about it

**radaja** · 06-23-2010, 10:05 AM

so you just disabled HT but left all cores enabled?
intel needs to address this

**Chewie_77** · 06-23-2010, 10:33 AM

Maybe you guys are just giving too much voltage to a poor 32nm chip...

**FlanK3r** · 06-23-2010, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by OBR

hipro is right, i can confirm it ... my great Retail 5GHz on AIR SPi 32M stable is now dead, i am stupid i tryed benching with some disabled cores, after one day of benching is chip dead.

chip wasnot under extreme conditions, only 1.55V Vcore, 1.45V VTT, cause of death is disabling cores ... deadly mobo: MSI Xpower last Beta BIOS

Degradation was visible after few hours of benchong, like hipro said. From super stable 5 GHz, was 4,8 ... 4,4 ... 4 GHz, no booting to windows ... totally dead. Be carefull guys here.

why you tried not only cores coupling ? Crazy bug

**l0ud_sil3nc3** · 06-23-2010, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by Chewie_77

Maybe you guys are just giving too much voltage to a poor 32nm chip...

I really doubt it, I never gave mine over 1.45-1.47 vcore for short amounts of time, with my max vtt being 1.415 and that was only for some 2D benches.

Radaja you got it simply disabling HT and running a few benches on a new board (UD7). I even tried switching boards and no dice

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