Rampage III Gene fullcover waterblock?

[zeropluszero]

Thank you for your understanding, zeropluszero.
"Those Who Never do Anything, Never Make Mistakes"

@Mr.Toad:
Yes, your supplier is aware of that, do not worry!

thank you.

[MrToad]

Thank you for your understanding, zeropluszero.
"Those Who Never do Anything, Never Make Mistakes"

I prefer "even monkeys fall from trees"

Either way no big deal, if you insist on mixing huge chunks of copper and water with sensitive electronics sooner or later you end up killing things

@Mr.Toad:
Yes, your supplier is aware of that, do not worry!

Will give them a call today then

I have a "generic" NB block and I got a Mosfet block for another source, will try with that, and if the board is still not happy I'll go for a completely different board altogether...

[psygnosi]

Well I guess I have one of the few that work. I took the block out and remounted it more than 10 times and all worked flawlessly. Finally got GPU Block from Peformance PC. Here is a pic of the progress so far:


PS: Excuse the wiring will fix that later after the primochill lrt black tubing arrives.

psygnosi

[c22]

hey i will have a block at home tomorrow. The question is: should I give it a try?
Let's say the block makes my board not to boot. Can I replace it with stock cooling then and run it without problems or the block will up my board and I will need to RMA it? :/

I don't want to make my board unusable, but on the other hand I'd like to try if a block works. If that will lead me to breaking my board I won't probably even try...

[tiborrr]

@pysgnosi:
Pleased to hear that! Nice setup, your DIMM modules are lined up like soldiers!

@totalz:
Classic symptom is that the board will refuse to post. If it does that, unmount the water block and use the stock cooler. Simple as that.

Wheter you wish to install it or not it is up to you, the EK recommendations are stated in post #170

[c22]

@totalz:
Classic symptom is that the board will refuse to post. If it does that, unmount the water block and use the stock cooler. Simple as that.

Wheter you wish to install it or not it is up to you, the EK recommendations are stated in post #170

Yeah, but.. maybe I didn't make it clear in last post. I'm asking if mounting a block can permanently break my board?

[tiborrr]

We cannot guarantee EK-FB R3Gene waterblock to work with your Rampage III Gene motherboard any more. It is up to you wheter you wish to give it a try or not. There were some people in this thread reporting to have killed the board, so chances of this happening do exist, but are very slim. You can try or send the board back to your seller for a refund.

Best Regards,
N.

[MrToad]

Quick question... The encapsulation in the NB of the last surviving board is no longer sound, I was wondering how much impact on temperatures would it have using a 0.5mm 6W/mk thermal pad instead of thermal paste...

I'm worried that next time I put a block on it it will go bust...

[tiborrr]

MrToad, quite a lot, that may very well be compared to a 0.5mm thick layer of MX-2 TIM.

[MrToad]

MrToad, quite a lot, that may very well be compared to a 0.5mm thick layer of MX-2 TIM.

Which defeats the object of watercooling...

Oh well, I'll give it a shot tomorrow, if it goes bang... well, it goes bang...

Thanks for the answer tho

[zeropluszero]

Yeah, but.. maybe I didn't make it clear in last post. I'm asking if mounting a block can permanently break my board?

With my block and board, it was making some serious flexing going on.
[EK, perhaps you could come up with a full block backplate??]
generally a board will just straight up refuse to boot- which is what happened with Tiborr and myself, I only fried my X58 chip when I tried loosening my blocks screws around the X58 chip (not the I/O MOSFET area. I'm presuming the contact in this area was compromised, and this caused the chip to instantly burn out on boot
(for the record, I was using MX4- a non conductive thermal paste on the X58

[Farmerbrown]

Well I guess I have one of the few that work. I took the block out and remounted it more than 10 times and all worked flawlessly. Finally got GPU Block from Peformance PC. Here is a pic of the progress so far:


PS: Excuse the wiring will fix that later after the primochill lrt black tubing arrives.

psygnosi

Hi

Wanted to know what settings you are running the board on, I am having loads of problems with my board cant even get it to boot using just X.S.P profile so i can run my ram at 1866 mhz which is the standerd speed, which BIOS are you running.

[psygnosi]

Hi Farmerbrown,

For my ram I cannot use XMP. You have to set the settings manually.
for my system to run 1866 I have to set it at these settings:

DRAM Config:
8-9-9-24 1N at 1.60v for 12 Gig(Fully tested with memtest v 410).
QPI: 1.30v
Since I'm using a Intel 980x I'm running my system at 4.0Ghz(30x133) at 1.27Vcore.
CPU PLL: 1.60v
(Use Prime95, Linx, IBT to test for overall stability).
Oh and I'm using the latest 704 Bios. Hope this helps you.

PS: We need a Bios Template for this board....Anyone have one?

Psygnosi

[Farmerbrown]

Hi Farmerbrown,

For my ram I cannot use XMP. You have to set the settings manually.
for my system to run 1866 I have to set it at these settings:

DRAM Config:
8-9-9-24 1N at 1.60v for 12 Gig(Fully tested with memtest v 410).
QPI: 1.30v
Since I'm using a Intel 980x I'm running my system at 4.0Ghz(30x133) at 1.27Vcore.
CPU PLL: 1.60v
(Use Prime95, Linx, IBT to test for overall stability).
Oh and I'm using the latest 704 Bios. Hope this helps you.

PS: We need a Bios Template for this board....Anyone have one?

Psygnosi

ok thanks i will give it a go and see if i can get the board to post.

thanks

[c22]

Guys do you think I can power on the board with block installed, but without tubes actually yet? I'd just fire the board up at stock settings and see if it posts - nothing more. If it POSTs I mount it in the case with tubes and I'm good.
The question is if the block itself can handle pwm/chipset heat for ~5-10 seconds.

[psygnosi]

Yeah! Primochill LRT Black tubing arrived. It has a much better bend radius than feser and tygon. Had to take block out again and viola! Primochill LRT is awesome! Flipping the EK Asus-1 insignia face up does give you the best room to add another gpu on top. The XSPC 5870 FC with the EK Backplate fit perfectly. EK 5970 FC with Backplate fits perfectly on the second pci-e slot. Bitspower Crystal link tube and connectors bridge the two cards. Also the EK Supreme HF Full Nickel Edition came in as well. Now waiting for a Black Ice Stealth 120mm Radiator for the back fan.






Its true -> You spend $200-$400 for your project and end up spending $1000-$2000 when its done. The nice thing is you can do this little by little.

I'm a happy camper!

[tiborrr]

The question is if the block itself can handle pwm/chipset heat for ~5-10 seconds.

Yeah, half a kilo of copper should hold the heat load just fine.

@pysgnosi:

[c22]

EK keep informing us about progress. I mean what did you find out about block

[zeropluszero]

Guys, If anyone wants to buy a nickel plexi block, I'm selling mine, all accessories/original packaging except the thermal pads included, will post overseas etc.
Please pm me if interested

[c22]

Why are you selling it? Don't have time to look further into the topic, but from what I remember your block was actually working?

[zeropluszero]

it was working, but it caused the second PCI E x16 slot to stop working. unfortunately, i need that for my 5870, my 4x for my revodrive, and my top x16 for my x-fi forte. so when i tried to remount the block to see if it would work, i fried the board.

[Diverge]

Correction:

it was working, but it caused the second PCI E x16 slot to stop working. unfortunately, i need that for my 5870, my 4x for my revodrive, and my top x16 for my x-fi forte. so when i tried to remount the block to see if it would work, it fried the board.

[zeropluszero]

Point is, board is fried, and my rma was denied

[Vetalar]

Point is, board is fried, and my rma was denied

bad to hear it
wanted to buy and LC this baby... *scratch head while watching e-tailers prices*

[c22]

EK any new information?

Sorry for impatience, but I returned my block without mounting it (too risky for me) and waiting for solution, cause I'd like to finish my LC finally

Does anyone know any other blocks for R3G?