Quote Originally Posted by FunkyRider
Remove the stupid alminium plate with "6-QUAD" on it. It is basically a dull sticker that does nothing but blocking cooling fins, it can be easily removed since gigabyte used double sides tape to stick it on the place. I removed mine on DS4

That's .... so unfortunate...

you should do a turture test of at least 24 hrs before modding anything, in case they fail because of any poor quality component
I like the suggestion to remove the aluminium plates. Probably would do so if I was here.

As far as torturing goes--did that, lot's of it. Literally, ran dual prime for 23.5 hrs the night before disassembly. All was 'sweet' . But no, I didn't 're-stress' after a BIOS update and reverted OC settings--refer to http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=112754.
Quite unfortunate. Mmmm, haven't heard from the flaky supplier yet either. They sat on it for at least two days. Could be more now; I haven't heard from them since I followed up.