Quote Originally Posted by luihed View Post
Spincycle...This board seem to have problems with waterblocks cos from what ive seen its peeps with WC thats having problem of boards not booting..... Guessing code 8.7? Thought I was overtightening them before but not so sure now cos Im on my 6th board..... Seem to happen a few days after I flash the bios so Im sticking to the stock one for a while....

As for the voltmod, I find placing a couple of layers of electrical tape just below the solderpoint really helps... it also makes sure you dont let the same wire touch both sides of the resistor.... I used a cheap $10 iron but it came with a fairly pointed tip, I think the most important thing is to have a clean tip everytime you use it.... and never let the gun touch the resistor too long, the solder should melt as soon as you touch it.....
I think your on to something lulhed. I dont use WC on any area of the board. But this board seems very senstive to FLEX. I had to rma my board because i over did it when i did the bolt through mod for the heatpipes, iam postive that is why my board was being flakey. Ive since done the mod again, withless torque, and all is fine..flex is non existent.