UnOfficial EVGA X58 Classified Owners Thread

[Capper5016]

Nope that didn't work. Looks like its time to RMA this board.....

Before you RMA the board:

Does the board board power up (fans spinning, etc)?


I had an issue with my Classy a few weeks back, the board would spin up, no post, stuck on FF, and then 75, then alternate between 3-4 error codes......nothing I'd try would work. Contacted the worthless and rude eVGA support. First person told me it was dead, and my fault....definitely shorted out. Second person told me the BIOS was corrupted and I needed to RMA it. Third person told me the chipset was dead, and insisted that I broke it.

Finally, I decided to tinker and after starting the computer, repeatedly pushed the "F1" key........after a few minutes, the board posted and took me into the BIOS, changed everything to default and the board has worked perfectly since then.

Just a thought, may or may not work, but worth a shot.

[Capper5016]

thanks



thanks again, its actual "Without VDroop" i overlooked the template .
ill try reducing the vtt and test again, im going to OC further after i get the nb/sb block from BitsPower + other components .
also the RAM im using is my friend's im ordering DOMINATOR GT, 6GB (3x2GB), 2000MHz, 7-8-7-20 , will it play well with classified ?

I love Corsair, great people and great products......but I really like OCZ because their memory is much cheaper and does everything I want. I bought a 12GB kit of OCZ DDR31600 and have overclocked it to 1733 at CAS9 with 1.65V.......that 12GB kit cost me less than that 6GB kit you are considering.

[Hellmann]

Capper did you feel too much diference between i5 and i7 for games?

[Capper5016]

To be honest I dont game a lot. but the difference in price between a 1366 and 1156 board, and a i7 and i5 processor could net you a pretty dramatic step up in graphics card.

Its a pretty hot topic, starting from scratch...do you buy an i5 processor and socket 1156 motherboard now at a great price, or do you go the socket 1366 route with a Core i7 920 for now and save up for new INTEL Core i9 processor coming out next year? Its all up to the individual, but if I were building a system right now, I'd buy a Core i5 750 and MSI P55 board, and invest in a good graphics card, then revisit the issue in a year and buy a Core i9 and 1366 board after all the hoopla dies down and the prices drop.

[malkiewicz]

Unfortunately your idea didn’t solve my problem… Everything seems to power up okay i.e. LED’s, GPU and Fans... Hopefully EVGA will RMA this board considering its only 2 months old. I’ve seen listings on other forums stating how great EVAG’s RMA program was… Hopefully this is true…. If not this will be my last EVGA MB….

Before you RMA the board:

Does the board board power up (fans spinning, etc)?


I had an issue with my Classy a few weeks back, the board would spin up, no post, stuck on FF, and then 75, then alternate between 3-4 error codes......nothing I'd try would work. Contacted the worthless and rude eVGA support. First person told me it was dead, and my fault....definitely shorted out. Second person told me the BIOS was corrupted and I needed to RMA it. Third person told me the chipset was dead, and insisted that I broke it.

Finally, I decided to tinker and after starting the computer, repeatedly pushed the "F1" key........after a few minutes, the board posted and took me into the BIOS, changed everything to default and the board has worked perfectly since then.

Just a thought, may or may not work, but worth a shot.

[Touge180SX]

Unfortunately your idea didn’t solve my problem… Everything seems to power up okay i.e. LED’s, GPU and Fans... Hopefully EVGA will RMA this board considering its only 2 months old. I’ve seen listings on other forums stating how great EVAG’s RMA program was… Hopefully this is true…. If not this will be my last EVGA MB….

Sorry to hear about the problems malkiewicz. Funny thing is I had the same problem and they approved my RMA immediately so you should be fine. Mine is on its way to EVGA now. Also, I live in Japan too! I'm in Yokosuka.

[malkiewicz]

Sorry to hear about the problems malkiewicz. Funny thing is I had the same problem and they approved my RMA immediately so you should be fine. Mine is on its way to EVGA now. Also, I live in Japan too! I'm in Yokosuka.

I’m glad to hear you didn’t have any issues with your RMA… That’s good news…

Yokosuka… That’s only about 1 ½ - 2 hrs from me…. Would be less if the traffic wasn’t so bad…

By the way... Nice OC on your 920 D0....

[Touge180SX]

I’m glad to hear you didn’t have any issues with your RMA… That’s good news…

Yokosuka… That’s only about 1 ½ - 2 hrs from me…. Would be less if the traffic wasn’t so bad…

By the way... Nice OC on your 920 D0....

Yeah, hopefully yours goes smoothly too. I just checked the status and they received it and preparing to ship the replacement.

The traffic here is ridiculous. My wife's parents live in Iruma (right by Yokota), its 46 miles (78km or something) away and it takes over 2 hours to get there!

Thanks!

[Capper5016]

I’m glad to hear you didn’t have any issues with your RMA… That’s good news…

Yokosuka… That’s only about 1 ½ - 2 hrs from me…. Would be less if the traffic wasn’t so bad…

By the way... Nice OC on your 920 D0....

I cant attest to the actual RMA service, I only shared my experience with their customer service people.

Aside from the solution I posted, have you tried resetting the CMOS and booting? I've had mine refuse to do anything until I reset the CMOS, booted it up, and then changed the CMOS settings after restarting it again.

[Splave]

I’m glad to hear you didn’t have any issues with your RMA… That’s good news…

Yokosuka… That’s only about 1 ½ - 2 hrs from me…. Would be less if the traffic wasn’t so bad…

By the way... Nice OC on your 920 D0....

try changing what SATA ports you are using for your boot drive after clearing cmos. Worked for me once

[Capper5016]

try changing what SATA ports you are using for your boot drive after clearing cmos. Worked for me once

Forgot about that.....I have also done this and it works.

[NaeKuh]

i dont understand why you guys dont get the advance RMA with shipping option.

It really makes no sense not to if you live in the US.

Why?

1. Advance RMA with shipping options means they send first. Not last.
2. Advance RMA with shipping options also includes a UPS label for you to reattach on the box to mail out.
3. Advance RMA with shipping will get you a "authorized" shipping box for you to send your dead part in.
4. Advance RMA with shipping will not cost you that much more if you were to mail out your eq first though ups.

So Advance RMA = Win if ur in the US.

[Michowski]

Good luck with your rma board. I just recieved my 2nd rma board and this one was damaged. Cpu pins were bent up and the board was physically dirty lol. This will be my first and last evga board. My reason for an rma is just one day when I booted up my pc I all the sudden started getting these wierd noises comming from the board. They were almost like the alert beeps. When im in forums and I scroll with my mouse I get them. If my system is just idle I dont. Also when I load up a game it becomes rapid and doesnt stop till I close the game. For like 2 months I had my system at 4.2ghz stable and no issues. Then one day I started having issues and even with my current rma board its still exists. The company isnt giving me solutions either or any idea why I had these issues. They just keep telling me to rma it.

[malkiewicz]

You probably received someone else’s RMA… I’m sure they run a few test on all the boards they receive and send them out to others if they pass a quick test…. More or less you are getting someone else’s problem…

Good luck with your rma board. I just recieved my 2nd rma board and this one was damaged. Cpu pins were bent up and the board was physically dirty lol. This will be my first and last evga board. My reason for an rma is just one day when I booted up my pc I all the sudden started getting these wierd noises comming from the board. They were almost like the alert beeps. When im in forums and I scroll with my mouse I get them. If my system is just idle I dont. Also when I load up a game it becomes rapid and doesnt stop till I close the game. For like 2 months I had my system at 4.2ghz stable and no issues. Then one day I started having issues and even with my current rma board its still exists. The company isnt giving me solutions either or any idea why I had these issues. They just keep telling me to rma it.

[mrcape]

I just got the 760 rev 1.0 from the Egg. Looks like it has been carefully reboxed, returned and resold. The PCB is totally warped and I'm pretty surprised at the cheapish condition of this thing.

Questions -

Don't these usually come in shrink wrapped boxes?

Has anyone recieved a warped to hell PCB?

What's the latest rev of the board (this one is rev 1.0)?

Thanks.

n/m - sent back for replacement. Looking forward to a NEW one.

[r1rhyder]

Sounds like the board I sent back about a month ago. Warped like hell with a hundred grubby paw prints all over the back of it. I expected better quality also, pretty thin pcb. The first one, like the second one I got had no shrink wrapping. Only nylon banding around the box and one clear EVGA sticker. My board rev 1.0

[Michowski]

For 450 bucks for this board I had higher expectations about the quality of this board. Seems like they just throw em around and ship em out. I do have to say that performance wise I havent even had 1 single complaint. Let alone even overclock to its full potential. Best way I can describe my problem is to tell you to open a chat window. Just hit the backspace button. Everytime I scroll in a forum its like hitting backspace in the chat window. When I launch a game just hold backspace down. Thats my only problem with this board.

[2000army]

If I watercool the 920 does the classified stock NB cooler work well I do I need to watercool the whole thing?

[Michowski]

It works very well. My 920 is watercooled and the nb sits at about 30c idle while the cpu in the mid 30's. I havent seen it hit 40c yet even over hours of gaming. I am still going to watercool mine in the future just for the looks of it all but its not needed IMO.

[Splave]

NB doesnt get hot at all vrm's get a little warm but are fine too

[Hellmann]

hey guys what do u think is better for games an evga p55 classified or an evga x58 classified?

[Michowski]

Dont know much about the p55 class but I gotta say performance wise the x58 class is rock solid. At this point in time I dont know how they can do better. I got zero complaints as far as overclocking, performance, stability. Just solid.

[NaeKuh]

hey guys what do u think is better for games an evga p55 classified or an evga x58 classified?

X58 loaded with 3 gpu's = GG

[malkiewicz]

EVGA approved my RMA today…. Wow – I can’t believe they actually charged me $16 in advance to ship me a replacement… Hopefully I receive a fully functional board because this could get expensive fast… I’m thinking about buying a new one and selling the RMA online….

[Touge180SX]

EVGA approved my RMA today…. Wow – I can’t believe they actually charged me $16 in advance to ship me a replacement… Hopefully I receive a fully functional board because this could get expensive fast… I’m thinking about buying a new one and selling the RMA online….

Yep, they charged me too. I think its because we don't live in the US.