Guys/Gals, this is in the water cooling section because well, we water cooling folks love to do custom rigs with sleeved cables or buy pre-sleeved extensions, this was one of those extension cable..
My computer has been crashing a lot today, so I took a peek inside to make sure there were no leaks, not once, but twice.. I didn't find any.. SO I thought a re-image (format) from a previous good install that I know is 100% clean and error free was necessary, manage to stay stable for 20 minutes before crashing again.
So I went to basics, Windows 7 install with only the bare essentials, threw in Heaven benchmark and enabled 3 way SLI on a single screen, it went for 10 minutes then I started smelling faint funny odors, like something burning, then crashed..
Could not find the problem, last thing I thought would have been the ATX power connector, so I thought maybe it was my mind playing tricks on me.. Gave it another go and this time, even my Missus confirmed that there was a odor, much stronger this time..
Took it apart piece by piece and this is what I found... What do you guys think? Any chance I can get a RMA? Kinda bummed out, this board cost me $500 when it was first released.
My computer has been crashing a lot today, so I took a peek inside to make sure there were no leaks, not once, but twice.. I didn't find any.. SO I thought a re-image (format) from a previous good install that I know is 100% clean and error free was necessary, manage to stay stable for 20 minutes before crashing again.
So I went to basics, Windows 7 install with only the bare essentials, threw in Heaven benchmark and enabled 3 way SLI on a single screen, it went for 10 minutes then I started smelling faint funny odors, like something burning, then crashed..
Could not find the problem, last thing I thought would have been the ATX power connector, so I thought maybe it was my mind playing tricks on me.. Gave it another go and this time, even my Missus confirmed that there was a odor, much stronger this time..
Took it apart piece by piece and this is what I found... What do you guys think? Any chance I can get a RMA? Kinda bummed out, this board cost me $500 when it was first released.
Hamster
(21 items) |
Wheel
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i5 2500K | Gigabyte GA Z68XP UD3R | Intel SB integrated | Corsair Vengeance LP CML16GX3M4A1600C9 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling |
| Crucial M4 | LSI Megaraid 9265 8i + 4x WD2002FAEX (Raid 5) | Icy Dock 4 in 3 SATA Trayless Backplane | Air |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows Server 2003 | Remote Desktop | Remote Desktop | Corsair AX750 |
| Case | Mouse | ||
| Xigmatek Asgard Pro | Remote Desktop | ||
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Hamster
(21 items) |
Wheel
(14 items) |
| CPU | Motherboard | Graphics | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| i5 2500K | Gigabyte GA Z68XP UD3R | Intel SB integrated | Corsair Vengeance LP CML16GX3M4A1600C9 |
| Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Hard Drive | Cooling |
| Crucial M4 | LSI Megaraid 9265 8i + 4x WD2002FAEX (Raid 5) | Icy Dock 4 in 3 SATA Trayless Backplane | Air |
| OS | Monitor | Keyboard | Power |
| Windows Server 2003 | Remote Desktop | Remote Desktop | Corsair AX750 |
| Case | Mouse | ||
| Xigmatek Asgard Pro | Remote Desktop | ||
| View all | |||
