GuardianOdin

Hey guys, I have been testing my system when I have the extra time. I was able to run Orthos for 20 minutes today. That is 15 minutes longer than I have been able to. The RAM is reduced to DDR462 currently. I will run Orthos and OCCT for an hour first before I start fiddling with the RAM. Currently my Vcore is at 1.58 Volts. I will reduce this to see if it is still stable. The only reason I raised it so high was make sure I could grab a bit more stability. Anyway here is a screen shot for you

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Yeah Froggy, that thermal sensor is VERY annoying. (On her board, her Opty 170 cores read 45º C and 85º C under load. The same chip with same cooler on Pioneer's board reads the more-correct 45/50º C or so.)

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GuardianOdin: What happened to your S&M stable 3010 MHz?

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TestECull

The PSU is the only thing that died, somehow. Nothing else was harmed. I don't know how, as there was a huge shower of sparks in my case, but nothing else was harmed.


Not the PSU's fault, tho. I found the source of the short, a cockroach that had become welded to the PCB. Zap zap zap.

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thlnk3r

TestECull, the PSU literally "exploded"? Smoke and sparks? A customer brought me there computer that had problems turning on. In the process of cleaning out the computer with 80PSI of air I stumbled upon several dead cockroaches in the PSU. I immediantely became hungry and went to lunch. Anyways...cockroaches and power supplies just don't go to well together

I hope you find a replacement. Newegg always has some MIR deals on the Corsair series PSU's.

Good luck

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GuardianOdin

It's called a crappy PSU, My CPU is stable at 3024 Mhz. It's the RAM I'm having issues with. I believe it may just a setting that is off and I'm just not seeing it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed the RAM is still good after that Ultra 600watt PSU that died.

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txtmstrjoe

Kinda makes me wonder about cockroaches now, especially why they might be attracted to mainboards and power supplies.

Come to think of it, thlnk3r, your comment above makes me wonder about you, too... I don't know if I'd have an appetite after seeing dead cockroaches!

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Hueristic

When I lived in Florida I had a Major Cockroach problem and went insane on them. I created a DCZ(Dead Cockroach Zone) on my kitchen floor and in 3 days the floor was covered with dead bugs!
Normally a failed PS will not harm components.

That will only happen if the Caps get hit with a surge. But them blowing will stop any spikes to reach internal components.
:barf: Hmm must be a different board that has the barf imoticon

Bugs in the computer literally came from ants getting onto the circuit boards! :Lol
I obviousely have access to the keyboard at the moment.

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thlnk3r

Guardian, in terms of memory what do you have everything set at? Maybe we can help.

Hueristic, normally not but I have seen in some rare cases it does. I worked on a machine where the PSU failed and took out the hard drive but everything else was fine. In this particular issue the molex connecter that was connected to the hard drive was emitting smoke.

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Hueristic

I would pay too see that! I did have one Mb (SuperMicro catch on fire at the AT connector, But I fixed the traces and used it for another few years and still have it today. I'll try to dig it up one of these days and if I can borrow a camera I'll post a pic for ****s and giggles.

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TestECull

Yes, there was a shower of sparks heading down from the PSU intake to the bottom of the case. It exploded. As a matter of fact, I had just clicked on this thread to check in when it failed.




Don't forget routers!




I know someone that had a PSU edit his entire PC, RMA everything just to have the same PSU(Now back from RMA) edit his entire PC AGAIN. lol.




BTW, the short was on the 120VAC side of the PCB, not the 12/5/3.3VDC side. I do know that the transformer is now fried because of the short across it's terminals. A bunch of stuff near it is also cooked, lots of black marks/debris and a few completely destroyed components. I will provide some pix.

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