mines dead i beleive. at stock i could boot fine then when i oc'd to 4.5ghz my fans spun up and then went off. back to stock and all is ok. oc again to 4ghz the same happens (fans spin up then off) so i just try upping the volts with no oc and BOOM..... psu explodes.
I've tried my e8500 in a D33FB intel board and when i press the power button i just get fans spin - fans off - fans spin - fans off... etc etc
i was only using 1.4v on the VTT - 1.4v CPU and 1.5NB.
i was running my e6600 @ 1.50000VTT - 1.6v. cpu and 1.6v NB before that for months with no problems so im ruling out any kind of other failure other than the cpu.
this all happened within 3 hours of putting the chip into my machine;
i've had to RMA my psu today and ive potentially got to warranty my board and CPU aswell as i have a scrambled bios error message
since i spent £200 on the e8500 i EXPECT that i can overclock without it blowing my hardware to hell.
Originally Posted by Origin_Unknown
mines dead i beleive. at stock i could boot fine then when i oc'd to 4.5ghz my fans spun up and then went off. back to stock and all is ok. oc again to 4ghz the same happens (fans spin up then off) so i just try upping the volts with no oc and BOOM..... psu explodes.
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