Areca 1880

[Spoiler]

Anyone have a (US retail ) link to a 667Mhz 4GB memory chip for this card? I'll try that out if nobody can find a legitimate 800Mhz 4GB chip.

I wonder what kind of performane difference that would make.

[Tiltevros]

i know a retailer that is spotted in cyprus that has the kingston 800MHz that has the approval from ARECA. If anyone wants just pm me.

[Computurd]

hey storage gurus could you guys weigh in on this for me?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...74#post4546074

i know its not storage related, but....

[Computurd]

terrible news here..hooked up the st1500 and then started hearing arcing/seeing smoke/smelling fire/etc..
so of co0urse i have to unplug the psu
this is the first boot mind you
and the ign thing fried 3 of my ssd's!!! one is torched, the other two are toasted, but no visible scorching.
all three were on the same cord, which has visible scorching on it.
unbelievable.
absolutely unbelievable.
fried the sas/sata fanouts on the ssds as well, but thank god the controller looks to be alright.
sheer dumb luck that somehow it would fry the cables, yet leave the card in fine shape.
i am crushed! now time to see what they will do about it
i am wondering if they are going to cover the ing damage here. this : was hooked up correctly. there is no reason in gods green earth that the sata port should do that.

[adsyf]

hey comp, I once did that by assuming that modular cables would be the same across psus when I checked the manual on the new psu I found that the same (psu) connector on new psu actually was for a higher voltage (not hard disk) output. Are you sure that power cable was from the new psu? It destroyed the psu and fused the sata cable to the intel 80GB ssd connector!!

[xeon_1]

terrible news here..hooked up the st1500 and then started hearing arcing/seeing smoke/smelling fire/etc..
so of co0urse i have to unplug the psu
this is the first boot mind you
and the ign thing fried 3 of my ssd's!!! one is torched, the other two are toasted, but no visible scorching.
all three were on the same cord, which has visible scorching on it.
unbelievable.
absolutely unbelievable.
fried the sas/sata fanouts on the ssds as well, but thank god the controller looks to be alright.
sheer dumb luck that somehow it would fry the cables, yet leave the card in fine shape.
i am crushed! now time to see what they will do about it
i am wondering if they are going to cover the ing damage here. this : was hooked up correctly. there is no reason in gods green earth that the sata port should do that.

Well to be honest i never heard of the brand of psu you use and i have heared and experienced that those non brand/cheaper brand's fry stuff.

Be quiet
antec
thermaltake
ocz
corsair
evga (its a rebranded antec with the option to tweak the voltages)

Those are the only brands i thrust for psu's.

But hopefully you can get a few new free ssd's out of this.
Intel G3's perhaps

[Tiltevros]

im very sad about this paul. if u need anything tell me

LSI SSS6200 on AS ssd i have some screens from june where i was testing that thing

[F@32]

hey comp, I once did that by assuming that modular cables would be the same across psus when I checked the manual on the new psu I found that the same (psu) connector on new psu actually was for a higher voltage (not hard disk) output. Are you sure that power cable was from the new psu? It destroyed the psu and fused the sata cable to the intel 80GB ssd connector!!

Silverstone is one of the top notch PSU makers, along with Seasonic, PC Power&Cooling, Corsair and Antec. Jonny Guru is known for proper PSU reviews, I'd also check with HardOCP and Anand on that subject matter. OCZ and Thermaltake on the other hand were spitting cheap generic re-brands for long long time. Some OCZ models are getting quite good though. But there are not the names come to my mind when I think quality PSU.

Sorry for your ordeal mate. I had once PSU go pop like that but in fairness I pushed all my stuff to the brink and it didn't have enough juice.

Hope Silverstone would step-up. I still have all my equipment going through UPC that in addition to fuse will provide protection against power drop...

[Anvil]

@CT

That's just terrible.
SilverStone is a reputable brand, just proves that accidents happen.

@Tilt

Awesome
But where's the rest of that AS SSD score

[Tiltevros]

@Tilt

Awesome
But where's the rest of that AS SSD score

the mesurement was when the server is Online

[Anvil]

I figured it was low on writes, great result though.

Is this using raid-5?

[Tiltevros]

yeah strange and i couldnt stop the built-redunt which was 90%

[Anvil]

Tilt,

If you've still got access to it you should create a new thread, it looks awesome on random reads

[Ao1]

terrible news here..hooked up the st1500 and then started hearing arcing/seeing smoke/smelling fire/etc..

i am wondering if they are going to cover the ing damage here. this : was hooked up correctly. there is no reason in gods green earth that the sata port should do that.

I’m gutted for you. I would imagine that Silverstone would want that unit back to see what went wrong. If it is a serious manufacturing defect you might be lucky to get compensation for the damage it caused but warranties generally exclude collateral damage and only cover replacement of the product.

Could you claim it on house insurance as accidental damage? I know it was not an accident as such but I was able to claim when my house got hit by lightning and it took out anything that was plugged in at the time. I was also able to claim on flood damage when my water cooling system leaked and took out half my PC but that is another story.

[eva2000]

terrible news here..hooked up the st1500 and then started hearing arcing/seeing smoke/smelling fire/etc..
so of co0urse i have to unplug the psu
this is the first boot mind you
and the ign thing fried 3 of my ssd's!!! one is torched, the other two are toasted, but no visible scorching.
all three were on the same cord, which has visible scorching on it.
unbelievable.
absolutely unbelievable.
fried the sas/sata fanouts on the ssds as well, but thank god the controller looks to be alright.
sheer dumb luck that somehow it would fry the cables, yet leave the card in fine shape.
i am crushed! now time to see what they will do about it
i am wondering if they are going to cover the ing damage here. this : was hooked up correctly. there is no reason in gods green earth that the sata port should do that.

ouch did you test the psu standalone before plugging it in ? I always use my 2x cheap psu testers one from antec to test new psu standalone before plugging it it. Sometimes you can get faulty psu out of the factory. I had one brand new psu arrive, tested it with antec psu tester and switch on and entire house electricity and safety circuit trip! So rma back to retailer to test, they plugged it and and turned it on and it fried their entire power surge board with smoke literally a mini fire happened EEK. Straight rma replacement

[Computurd]

well went to bed pretty dejected last night, felt like my dog had died
came into the room today and it still smells like someone was burning a rubber tire in here, but thanks guys for the words, cheers me up more than you would imagine!
the best thing i guess is that they were just gen 1 vertex 30gb, resale value on them is probably 50 bucks each if im lucky. (worth more to me than that, though )

Dont get me wrong guys, SilverStone is a helluva company, and their PSU are definitely world-class...just a bad cable is all. took an old 20gb platter and tested the other sata outputs one by one, all were good. the psu itself is running fine, god i am ballsy trying it though< wish i had some gear like you mentioned eva2000! I have used silverstone psu's for years, and know many who use them, some by my recommendation, so i am not going to be quick to bash them, thats for sure. they do make good stuff!
gonna see if silverstone will step to the plate with the ssd, but have a feeling i will get bonered on it. just gonna have to eat it i guess.
really it could have been much worse. 1500 watts to the motherboard would've been a real disaster! raid card/ram/gpus....all would be toast so i guess i should actually be counting my blessings!
'tested' the 1880 by doing a few runs this am, and lemme tell ya, there is definitely a big difference power wise! the 3.3v was getting weak on my old one, but with 40a on this one it definitely is ROCK solid. also with the two eps 8-pin with a 12v rail for EACH, total of 50A of power just toasting this cpu! actually i think that i was overcompensating with volts for the weakening psu, as now the cpu is running hotter a little bit, also when i am making changes it is much more responsive to that. this is a great psu JohnnyGuru's review was pretty glowing, and when it impresses that guy that much, its gotta be good
I am going to have to re-do my OC though, i think i am way overvolting, to the extreme!

@tilt-wow you've been holding out on me you greek you-know-what, that AS SSD is stupendous! 391@4k QD1...mind boggling! you shouldve run PCMV on it! (j/k i know it was in a server )
you do need to make a thread though, just maybe some of your thoughts/observations on that device as you seen it..would make for great reading. that was more than one device though, correct?

@aydsf-they were cables that came with the unit, unfortunately. I guess it would be easier to swallow if it had been my own error. god that had to suck though, hate to lose gear to this type of stuff, and that information you gave me i will never forget thats for sure. i was thinking that it was cool that i had some other spare cables that were with another psu...didn't try it thank god, but might have!

@ F@32-yea i hope they step up too!

@A01-i am thinking siverstone will want the unit back as well. it is working fine, but if i can get my ssd replaced i will send them those too, to prove it was the psu or whatever. with the low resale value of the vertex i dont think it would be worth it to claim, but reading your post makes me realize i should be thankful, it could be much worse! i couldn't imagine losing everything that is plugged in, as much of a tech nut i am i would probably lose it and go live in a grass hut in the mountains or something, never to be seen again...
sorry to hear that happened to you though, but glad that insurance helped ya out.

strange though that it fired the sas/sata fanouts but not the raid controller..that is just too much luck...

[eva2000]

Ballsy indeed trying the psu after that, i wouldn't have confidence in the psu and go for rma. I had to rma my 2+ yr Silverstone OP1200 a few months back as i smelt a burning smell coming from my bench rig even though it ran fine. Couldn't pin point if it was psu or board as no visible sign. Contacted Silverstone Taiwan via online tech support they said even if i wasn't sure if it was psu, they should check it out for me. Referred me to local Silverstone Aussie disty and they confirmed it was faulty. Took a while to get back as disty only sends faulty unit back to manufacturers in batches. Got replacement unit a few months back works fine. My OP1200 is old with only 4x 6pin PCI-E instead of newer OP1200 with 6x6pin PCI-E, only emailed them recently and they sent me 2x 8pin to 6pin PCI-E converters free of charge. This is for a psu i bought 2+ yrs ago heh

So really, would you really want to trust the psu ?

As to psu testers lots at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tester&x=0&y=0

[Computurd]

yea you are right...i am not going with it for the long run at all. i will be RMA for sure...just waiting on getting my other one back is gonna be a PITA>

EDIT: that psu tester is cheap, gonna pick one up, thanks for the link!

also i didnt realize there was online support...cant find it

[eva2000]

support contact form http://www.silverstonetek.com/contactus.php?area=

[SteveRo]

@ Mr Nizzen,
Too bad about the mem!
Yes, agree, looks like you want the 4GB mem for sure

[Computurd]

@eva-ya i know that one i thought you were saying an online chat, like newegg does. those are the best for fast resolution of issues.

[SteveRo]

yea you are right...i am not going with it for the long run at all. i will be RMA for sure...just waiting on getting my other one back is gonna be a PITA>

EDIT: that psu tester is cheap, gonna pick one up, thanks for the link!

also i didnt realize there was online support...cant find it

Wow CT, sorry about your damage!
I plan to get one of these ps testers also!

[Nizzen]

4gb arc mem waiting bench;

ICH10 testing

Ass bench
6xc300 128gb 4k stripe @ ich10 @ p6t7 supercomputer

Not bad for a waiting bench?

[SteveRo]

@ Mr Tiltevros - wow - very nice AS SSD - only one controller?

@ Mr Anvil - just noticed you uped your pcmv score by about 2500 pnts!
Very nice work - over 30K!
#8 on the orb - job well done - - http://service.futuremark.com/search...esolution=-100
Give us details !!!

[SteveRo]

@ Mr. Nizzen, very nice for ich10