I guess you're safe if you're not crunching 24/7 .
I guess you're safe if you're not crunching 24/7 .
everyone here who has been crunching 24/7 has seen these things die quickly.
i know this is farfetched question, but what kind of life expectancy should i be expecting for someone that does not crunch ?
has anyone. 'not' crunching, daily average use, have this board die yet?
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pretty sure if i took the advantage and sold this off early, i could just get a nice i7 board and cpu for the return.
- It took God 7 days to create earth because he was rendering with Radiosity, Raytraced Shadows and Caustics.
hi fellas, i'm following this thread since a year. helped me much when i went for dual cpu opwer in a workstation. best cooling tips! you do great!Originally Posted by milkmandan
anyway,
the board just died with burned VRM some days ago when i switched the octo:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana: back on after 2 weeks holiday.
before the pc was running 24/7. not under load 80% of the time.
i'm using it for rendering, working with 3D applications and a bit of gaming.
board is (was) a bit over 1 year old. it may rest in peace!
saved me a lot of time, now it's taking it back while getting replaced.
cheers.
Last edited by RomanZen; 11-18-2009 at 03:40 AM.
Can you describe when exactly in the boot process it burned up? Did you get in to Windows?
not to 100%
first try
bios bootup was fine. windows 7 logo appeared while booting. pc was hung up in boot logo.
second try
i resetted the beauty, left the room for drinks, came back, only black screen. it smelt of burned electronic.
after that i pluged in the diagnosis card. the card said FF which apperas to doesn't mean fully functional.
after professional investigation i found similar problems with the vrm's and the smell did come exactly from the heatsink above them.
the pc was completely off power grid while i was on vacation. maybe that helps.
i hope it helps,
asus FF wins \o/
cheers!
Last edited by RomanZen; 11-18-2009 at 03:19 PM.
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