Quote Originally Posted by Vetalar View Post
@MrToad

check for damaged CPU pins in socket, especially in corners... and make sure for correct BIOS settings (voltages, timings etc.) change a bit Vqpi, Vram
I did reset the CMOS and tried two different DIMMs on each slot of the 2nd bank (or bank "B"). I mean different RAM, not two sticks from the same set. One was DDR3-1600 and the other DDR3-1066. No joy.

CPU socket looks fine to the naked eye.

Quote Originally Posted by Diverge View Post
I think if you do buy a 5th board, don't put the EK block on it...
Nope, that block is on it's way back. Tiborr is kindly sorting out the RMA for me with Scan.

Quote Originally Posted by Diverge View Post
If I am sounding harsh towards EK, it's cause I think their failure analysis was pretty crappy. They concluded there is a problem, but don't care to find out exactly why, or come to a resolution.
Well, I did think it wasn't really in depth too, but on the other hand everything happened on the run-up for Christmas, and with the new ATI and nVidia cards popping in the horizon, and Sandy Bridge boards to look into too.

I don't really blame EK for having other matters to attend to at this time. In the end of the day if the R3G is not an EOL product by now, it will be soon enough. And I do believe the block mounted just fine in the board they used to test it originally.

Eddy and Tiborr please step in and correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think if ASUS introduces variations on it's manufacturing process informs of them to the companies that make waterblocks for their products so they can review their designs accordingly...

Don't get me wrong, I'm really angry and frustrated about "killing" four boards, I just can't blame EK for it, and even if I could that wouldn't give me back the money and time I've sank so far...

Quote Originally Posted by Diverge View Post
If you send me $100 I'll send you something back that might blow up your board too
I have a really nice 30A bench power supply here, this time I'm going to have a bit of fun, and see what happens when you put 24V through paths that should only be fed 12V... Martin did it with a fan controller, I'm going to do it with the MB