It's a secret.Originally posted by: LukFilm
Why is everyone ordering from Outpost? Do they have the lowest price or do they guarantee a certain stepping?
My Kingston PC2700 Value RAM (Winbond BH-6) runs in the 460's @ 2.8v. 2-7-3-3What the voltage for the RAM? I wonder if the HyperX RAM can take on the high voltage?
Originally posted by: Technonut
DAMMIT!! My nice 2.53 is smoked!! :| After I sold off my 3.06 and 2.4 too.... I was just running @ 185MHz FSB as nice as can be and...... POOF!! A puff of smoke and that damn burnt component smell.
I switched over to my IT7.. no post. I took everything down to bare-bones. It is the processor. Oh well.. Crash and Burn is the name of this game sometimes.
I moved everything else over to my NF7-S for now. I have a couple of good T-Bred 1700+s to try out anyway.Looks like I will have to order another 2.53 from outpost. I just hope that it OC's close to the same as my dead sweetheart... R.I.P..
Originally posted by: Technonut
1.696v @ idle...What voltage you using before it got smoked?
Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
did the chip kill the board ~ or did the board kill the chip?
my condolences on your loss
keychain?![]()
Good question.. The puff of smoke looked like it came from around the Northbridge, although it could have been from under the MCX4000. It happened pretty fast. There is still a burnt smell from the processor sitting out on my bench. I have a feeling that the BH7 caused it somehow though.did the chip kill the board ~ or did the board kill the chip?
I was wanting to try a IHS on my P4M when I get it back from the AnandTech test lab anyway..keychain?![]()
Originally posted by: Technonut
EDIT: On a brighter note, this 1700 T-Bred @ 2420MHz is a sweet runner..![]()
I agree with you whole heartedly!! If the bent pins were an isolated case I could be more forgiving, but nearly every person ordering from outpost is getting mangled CPU's. Sorry to hear that you got nabbed by this, but thanks for taking the time call in and voice a complaint.Originally posted by: Technonut
The new 2.53 that I ordered from Outpost arrived this morning... BENT PINS.. :| (Another SL6S2 L too) I was lucky with the last one in that way, but there is no excuse for packing a processor with ONE small air bag and nothing else.Not to mention the processor not being seated securely in the carrier.![]()
This was beyond reasonable repair... I am talking hours to straighten out, if then. I started with a credit card and mechanical pencil with the lead removed to fit over some pins, but I could see that it would not happen without breaking one or more..
Oh well... Outpost did get a piece of my mind, and I managed to speak to someone in the shipping department of the Ohio warehouse that said he would pull boxes and prevent processors with bent pins from shipping.. We will see... :disgust: Maybe others will be spared this issue. I will know when my replacement arrives. (Should be sent overnight)
Sorry to rant... Hopefully I will have something to test tomorrow..
Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
use a paper clip~
slide it between "rows" and pull up.
you can do it blind and it should get you most of the way there.
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If I had my digital camera here, You would see it is a lost cause. Many pins are bent flat all over the place. One that I slowly attempted to move started to loosen and would have broken. It is a mess... I will take my chances on the replacement since the warehouse manager said he would check the boxes.. Thanks for the tip anyway...Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
use a paper clip~
slide it between "rows" and pull up.
you can do it blind and it should get you most of the way there.
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