Big Warning about Gigabyte motherboards with silent pipe

[SX2012]

If you have a Gigabyte motherboard with silentpipe you might want to take off the sticker.

I found mine laying on top of my videocard, luckily i dont think it shorted anything.

The sticker looks to be made of plated sheet metal with adhesive on 1 side.

My particular motherboard model is in my sig.


I cant believe gigabyte would put metal stickers inside of a computer!

For all you people with 500 dollar videocards i would seriously investigate this on any motherboard from now on.

 

[JustaGeek]

Good point!

I had stickers, although not metal, on my G.Skill memory modules, and didn't know about them until I read a review!

I am sure that they have decreased the effectiveness of the heat spreaders.

 

[SX2012]

I also pulled off the gigabyte logo on the other end of the heatpipe but that was well attached

 

[JustaGeek]

BTW, how do you like your 790FX with the Phenom...?

 

[jonmcc33]

Is there anything on the back of a video card that would even be effected? I've touched my video card a few times accidentally and I was never shocked at all.

 

[JustaGeek]

There is not enough voltage/amperage to feel anything, but if you short the soldered contacts, it will (most likely) damage the card, MB or PSU.

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

Originally posted by: jonmcc33
Is there anything on the back of a video card that would even be effected? I've touched my video card a few times accidentally and I was never shocked at all.

you wouldn't be shocked. Maybe burned... There are very tiny capacitors and voltage regulation points on the back. Shorting those out would really suck.

So how is the phenom? What system did you have before? How's that overclocking utility?

 

[SX2012]

I upgraded from an x2 3800 w/ DFI ultra-d and 2GB of XMS along with a 7800GT

The motherboard defaults to DDR-2 800 and if i force it to 1066 its unstable. Hopefully this is fixed.

Other then that everything is perfect. I dont know about overclockability, i would rather just have a perfectly stable system.

 

[jmmtn4aj]

Is it really metal? Or just shiny silver plastic..

 

[SX2012]

its metal that conducts electricity

and the thing that bothers me is that they go through all the trouble to put these nameplates on the motherboard and never wondered what could happen if the glue failed

 

[LOUISSSSS]

thanks for the heads up. i will take a look at my innards when i get a chance. any tips on how to remove them?

 

[SX2012]

i dont hink everyone will have this problem. Just the people with the metal nameplates on the heatsinks