- Jan 1, 2007
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I just received my new board yesterday (Asus based 680i, not the striker). I was running various tests on it to check for stability.
I had the FSB with stock voltage @ 1550 and it was stable and running fine (running memtest86 and prime for an hour each). I tried 1600 with a slight bump in vcore (1.40v) and it wouldn't post - no big deal. But, I smelled a burning smell (uh oh). I noticed a small scorch mark behind one of the MOSFETs below the 1st PCIe slots. I have no idea how this happened as the vcore I was using (1.40v) is very timid (some people I've seen as high as 1.7) and it happened almost instantly. I think this was independant of the OC - but who knows.
At an FSB of 1550 I was at a core temp of 26 c (unloaded - Tuniq 120 air cooling outside the case in a rather cold office @ home).
I'm resigned to replacing the board. But - I am curious as to whether or not the CPU and RAM might also be damaged. The board will still not POST. The lights all work - the thing turns on and the fans work, but it will not produce any video output or POST beeps.
I don't have any other LGA775 boards to test the proc nor do I have any other boards to test the RAM. I'm 99% confident that there's nothing wrong with either - but I don't know.
I've confirmed the video card still works fine. I know the PSU works (and still works - in my other system).
The other thing - as soon as I received this board it looked like it was opened. There was no tape on anything and one anti-static checker bag was empty. And, the little cardboard frame piece in the packaging that has little pockets for holding the various accesories (cables, manual, audio card) was smashed and the accesories were just laying on top of it. Normally, it's neatly packed and the accesories are in their pockets (as they're designed to be). I'm wondering if something else might have happened here....
TIA for any input.
I had the FSB with stock voltage @ 1550 and it was stable and running fine (running memtest86 and prime for an hour each). I tried 1600 with a slight bump in vcore (1.40v) and it wouldn't post - no big deal. But, I smelled a burning smell (uh oh). I noticed a small scorch mark behind one of the MOSFETs below the 1st PCIe slots. I have no idea how this happened as the vcore I was using (1.40v) is very timid (some people I've seen as high as 1.7) and it happened almost instantly. I think this was independant of the OC - but who knows.
At an FSB of 1550 I was at a core temp of 26 c (unloaded - Tuniq 120 air cooling outside the case in a rather cold office @ home).
I'm resigned to replacing the board. But - I am curious as to whether or not the CPU and RAM might also be damaged. The board will still not POST. The lights all work - the thing turns on and the fans work, but it will not produce any video output or POST beeps.
I don't have any other LGA775 boards to test the proc nor do I have any other boards to test the RAM. I'm 99% confident that there's nothing wrong with either - but I don't know.
I've confirmed the video card still works fine. I know the PSU works (and still works - in my other system).
The other thing - as soon as I received this board it looked like it was opened. There was no tape on anything and one anti-static checker bag was empty. And, the little cardboard frame piece in the packaging that has little pockets for holding the various accesories (cables, manual, audio card) was smashed and the accesories were just laying on top of it. Normally, it's neatly packed and the accesories are in their pockets (as they're designed to be). I'm wondering if something else might have happened here....
TIA for any input.