EVGA 680i SLI board is killing ram.

[dinos22]

It is not the freaking board frying the RAM! It is the DIMMs inability to last at high voltages for long periods of time.

how long is long because i've certainly tested so many different kits without a hiccup

[Think]

how long is long because i've certainly tested so many different kits without a hiccup

It depends on usage - I had my folding 24/7 and lasted a month.

[TouGe]

You're wrong - it's the board no matter what EVGA claims. I've had my OCZ 8500 dims damaged by the board - got rid of it and bought the Asus P5B deluxe, put in the OCZ replaced ram and am running them at 2.4 without a hiccup - the board sucks.

Uhm, can I introduce you to him

There is no such thing as high voltage ddr2 memory. I killed 3 different setts of ram on 3 different motherboards. OCZ flex xlc pc9200 on a p5wdh stick that was in slot 3. OCZ alpha titanium pc 8000 on a intel BX2 mb slot3. Corsair pc 8500 c5 on a commando mb in slot3 also. And would u like to know how i managed this? By running the sticks over 2.2v for any length of time. Its funny when i here people say that they have to pull one stick out to boot. if i install any pair of high end d9 chips that are brand new into a motherboard It will boot everytime at stock voltage of 1.8v. BuT if i run that same memory over 2.2v for any length of time Those sticks will never boot again at 1.8v. I realize some memory specs say 2.3-2.4v But take it from a guy who learned the expensive way., Keep them under 2.2v.

I've seen it on other forums as well. There are people losing DDR2 to voltages over 2.3V after a month or two on other non Nvidia reference boards. There are also those that are running Dominators at 2.4V on Nvidia boards since November with no problems still. It has got to do with the variances in how these RAM manufacturers are binning their chips. Micron chips are not manufactured to run at 1066MHz and beyond, that's just a stupid marketing ploy that many of us fell for and are now paying for in RMA shipping. Just my opinion.....