Announcement--NForce 680 SLI Boards and Memory Failures

[Woofmeister]

Posted by EVGA on March 29, 2007:

Important message regarding memory and the EVGA 680i motherboard

NVIDIA has investigated end user reports of high performance DIMM failures on the NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI-based platforms. During this process we have been in close contact with DIMM manufacturers and the DRAM manufacturers they rely on to understand the failure scenario. By working with our community, we believe that the observed failure is a breakdown of the silicon in the DRAM caused by the prolonged application of 2.4V on the voltage rails of the DIMMs.

NVIDIA?s own internal testing has observed this failure on multiple motherboards using different chipsets (both NVIDIA and non-NVIDIA chipsets). This issue is not directly related to motherboards using the NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCP or other chipsets.

If you are using this type of memory and are experiencing this issue, NVIDIA recommends contacting your memory manufacturer or system manufacturer for additional information and warranty information.

Makes the OCZ DDR2-8500s an even better buy since you can get to 1066Mhz at 2.1v on a 680i board using EPP.

 

[crimson117]

fixed link

 

[Woofmeister]

Fixed. Thanks. (Forgot to change to unsecured).

 

[Webgod]

I've been checking up on the EVGA message boards for some time today trying to see if the 680i's are worthwhile yet. It sounds like it IS possible to build a problem free system. But I read a post that said LinkBoost was disabled in the latest BIOS. A promised feature for the mobo causes instability. Then the FirstPacket and Teaming features for the dual NICs, not that I would use those features, also don't work either, or they cause BSOD's. Personally, I'mma wait until NV and EVGA/Foxconn get their stuff together.

It's curious how the major gaming PC companies can even put out systems with these EVGA boards with the various bugs, BIOS updates, and bad apples.