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    Zotac - GTX 460 SLI, up in smoke!

    Finally received a fairly major update from Zotac late on Friday, 5/6. They have been in touch with Gigabyte tech support trying to determine the root cause of the issue and they asked that I RMA the motherboard to Gigabyte for inspection as a precaution while Zotac inspects my cards. They...
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    Zotac - GTX 460 SLI, up in smoke!

    Just finished testing the original Corsair HX-850 power supply with a spare LGA 775 system, powers on a full system with a 2nd spare 8800GT. The only failed/malfunctioning components from my system are now the two Zotac cards! :-)
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    Zotac - GTX 460 SLI, up in smoke!

    Happy Easter all, I apologize for the delay in responding, I've been out of town visiting friends for the holiday. Thanks for all the comments thus far, I've posted a brief update with further details based on your questiosn along with some initial Zotac e-mail communication.
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    Zotac - GTX 460 SLI, up in smoke!

    The smell appeared to be coming from the power supply when I popped the case open, and I assumed that to be the root cause of the shutdown. Simple cause and effect, I certainly didn't expect to come home and find both cards melted. Also, if you'll note from the pictures that the damage to...
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    Zotac - GTX 460 SLI, up in smoke!

    I thought you all would appreciate this, and any thoughts/comments about the root cause of this failure would be appreciated. I'm currently in discussions with Zotac support in an attempt to get these cards RMA'ed, but it doesn't look like they are going to consider/approve anything unless I...
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    Athlon s939 0.9mm vs 0.13mm

    more chips per wafer for AMD = higher yields = cheaper to produce.... Should run cooler and be able to clock higher *above the ~2.6Ghz current limit on the 0.13 stuff*
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    An Israeli point of view...

    No, the reason why we weren't terrorists in the Revolutionary War was because there were "gentlemanly rules of engagement". Fighting took place between our militia/Continental Army and the British soldiers. The British soldiers did not "for the most part" intentionally kill/raze our...