You're trying to get F$ to go on a rant...Originally Posted by Sphynx
I do note that your build pictures are missing dust and bad cable management...please redo them!
Lol
You're trying to get F$ to go on a rant...I do note that your build pictures are missing dust and bad cable management...please redo them!
Lol
Nice job there! It's not something we see every day.......missing dust. I finished working on Bipolar myself. Surprisingly with the case all buttoned up, the dust wasn't that bad. The locked up cpu cooling fan might have had something to do with it. The gpu was worse but still not bad. I left her working on updates last night and found her powered off this morning. Gonna have to change out psus today. I guess having decent cases that aren't open all the time do help stop the bunnies from forming. So jealous of your builds!
Don't worry, y'all. These two are relatively dust-free, but I'm making up for it with my home rigsThree dogs and continuous home improvement projects don't lead to clean towers!
Taking a closer look at the Gigabyte motherboard that has been giving me so much trouble... is that a bent pin?? Could that have been causing all these issues?!
Yes, it could! With a light touch you can very often bend them back.
Well, I suppose I should have checked this before I got a new board
Yes, but then you wouldn't have a new board...Duh! I'll have to try that one.Well, I suppose I should have checked this before I got a new board
Oh boy. RAM problems are back, on the new board this time
Again, system seems to be stable with a 2x8gb DDR4-3200 kit, while randomly crashing (no blue screen, just quickly shuts down) with the 4x8gb DDR4-2400 kit. Is it possible I got another bad RAM kit back from RMA? Do I need to go through all the testing again?!? Or is the universe trying to tell me I only need 16gb of RAM on this machine??
Remember not to blame Gigabyte anymore lol
Safe enough to say no further testing required. It's the RAM
Probably so. In other news, I finally heard back from MSI about my 280X RMA... they're out of stock and offered a 390X. It's worth at least twice what I paid for the 280X, but has even higher power usage and lower Double Precision... there's always a catch!
L'il oh me? Rant? You must be joking....
[Rant time]
EVGA is a strange beast when it comes to MBs. My X58 board (refurbished) had SATA controller driver issues. Though it was Marvell's (SATA controller Mfg) fault, the EVGA board was very sensitive to it. My EVGA Z97 Classified MB is great except for the onboard fan controller. You cannot manually control fans with any form of software (like SpeedFan). Had to use a 3rd party active hardware solution. 1st one I tried was NZXT's but that unit requires internet access before it will allow you to manage fan speeds. My final solution was the mCubed T-Balancer. Works very well but it's a total PITA to set up.
[/Rant time]
Btw, how's that controller working out for you JPM?
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