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- Dec 25, 2004
I recently sent in my E762 to EVGA under RMA. To be able to use the x25 turbo multi on an i7 970 gulftown, the board needs to be modded. EVGA will do that with no charge, which is pretty good.
I sent my board off (which I was getting about 4.2Ghz without the x25 mult), and about a week and a half later I got another board back. Different serial, older bios, etc... obviously not a repair, but a new board.
So I put it back together. I can now use the x25 multi (yaaa!!
), but I'm having other problems.
Random blue screens, usually machine exceptions, but sometime something about a processor waiting too long for a clock cycle. I also can't run bclk above 137, or the board locks up and crashes. Heck, I can't even use the Dummy OC built into the BIOS. When I try it locks up a FF, and I have to reset CMOS to get it to boot again. Also, randomly after reboots, the audio driver and/or the onboard LAN just doesn't work.
I've flashed to the most recent BIOS and swapped out RAM, but I'm still getting the same problems.
I did bench the CPU on a different board while this one was on RMA, but my voltages were pretty low. Just a little above where I had them for W/C.
The CPU reports all cores running about 30°-37°C under load.
Any suggestions on how to test to see if it is the board or the CPU. And if it is the board, I guess I'll have to RMA it again.
I sent my board off (which I was getting about 4.2Ghz without the x25 mult), and about a week and a half later I got another board back. Different serial, older bios, etc... obviously not a repair, but a new board.
So I put it back together. I can now use the x25 multi (yaaa!!
), but I'm having other problems.Random blue screens, usually machine exceptions, but sometime something about a processor waiting too long for a clock cycle. I also can't run bclk above 137, or the board locks up and crashes. Heck, I can't even use the Dummy OC built into the BIOS. When I try it locks up a FF, and I have to reset CMOS to get it to boot again. Also, randomly after reboots, the audio driver and/or the onboard LAN just doesn't work.
I've flashed to the most recent BIOS and swapped out RAM, but I'm still getting the same problems.
I did bench the CPU on a different board while this one was on RMA, but my voltages were pretty low. Just a little above where I had them for W/C.
The CPU reports all cores running about 30°-37°C under load.
Any suggestions on how to test to see if it is the board or the CPU. And if it is the board, I guess I'll have to RMA it again.
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