Sorry, wingmen/wingwomen :^(

Message boards : Number crunching : Sorry, wingmen/wingwomen :^(

Author	Message
Mr. Kevvy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 330 Credit: 35,965,698 RAC: 85,940	Message 1242288 - Posted: 6 Jun 2012, 16:12:23 UTC
	Finally built a 4th box destined for the S.O., this one. Worked great too... ... for 4 hours. Then the motherboard fried. Great. Still waiting for UPS to pick it up for warranty RMA. Hope the replacement arrives in time. My apologies for any missed credit. ____________ “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” --- Margaret Mead
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MusicGod Send message Joined: 7 Dec 02 Posts: 93 Credit: 19,031,271 RAC: 23,830	Message 1242556 - Posted: 7 Jun 2012, 0:42:12 UTC
	ouch.........I like my eggs sunny side up....I fried my MB a few months ago ____________
	ID: 1242556 ·

Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 1491 Credit: 62,755,101 RAC: 87,585	Message 1242719 - Posted: 7 Jun 2012, 10:42:55 UTC - in response to Message 1242556. Last modified: 7 Jun 2012, 10:51:08 UTC
	My apologies for any missed credit. The only missed credit is your own but some others may have to wait a bit longer for their's. :) I just hope that they arn't matched up to any of mine waiting for a conclusive result before they're errored out of the system because I've been teamed up lately with some totally dodgy setups lately that are pushing resends. ;) Cheers. ____________
	ID: 1242719 ·

Mr. Kevvy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 330 Credit: 35,965,698 RAC: 85,940	Message 1246939 - Posted: 16 Jun 2012, 14:30:41 UTC Last modified: 16 Jun 2012, 14:32:00 UTC
	I got the new board... and the CPU had been fried. I then did another RMA and replaced the CPU. I finally got it all hooked up, it booted like a charm. Five minutes later the replacement board (and possibly the replacement CPU... can't tell) fried and I'm back to square zero. So it comes down to the PSU or CPU fan being bad. As I didn't buy them from the same place I got the rest of the system, now I'm looking forward to support hell of trying to convince them to give me my money back, and trying to convince the other place to RMA again when with the same failure on new parts it definitely indicates they aren't and weren't ever the problem. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. ____________ “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” --- Margaret Mead
	ID: 1246939 ·

Ex Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Mar 12 Posts: 2883 Credit: 1,160,360 RAC: 870	Message 1247122 - Posted: 16 Jun 2012, 21:46:25 UTC - in response to Message 1246939.
	I got the new board... and the CPU had been fried. I then did another RMA and replaced the CPU. I finally got it all hooked up, it booted like a charm. Five minutes later the replacement board (and possibly the replacement CPU... can't tell) fried and I'm back to square zero. So it comes down to the PSU or CPU fan being bad. As I didn't buy them from the same place I got the rest of the system, now I'm looking forward to support hell of trying to convince them to give me my money back, and trying to convince the other place to RMA again when with the same failure on new parts it definitely indicates they aren't and weren't ever the problem. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. I wish you good luck. RMA's are not fun. Hope you get it in order quickly and painlessly. ____________ -Dave #2 3.2.0-33
	ID: 1247122 ·

Mr. Kevvy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 330 Credit: 35,965,698 RAC: 85,940	Message 1259380 - Posted: 12 Jul 2012, 14:42:52 UTC Last modified: 12 Jul 2012, 14:43:06 UTC
	Quick and painless is not my specialty, unfortunately. :^) Second motherboard blew, in this machine one day after I'd finally sent off the first one. So now I'm down two machines. More apologies. Sigh... ____________ “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” --- Margaret Mead
	ID: 1259380 ·

CLYDE Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Aug 99 Posts: 132 Credit: 9,906,370 RAC: 22,428	Message 1259616 - Posted: 12 Jul 2012, 22:09:22 UTC
	My wife thanks you for the 'wingmen/wingwomen' reference. ____________
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Mr. Kevvy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 330 Credit: 35,965,698 RAC: 85,940	Message 1270818 - Posted: 12 Aug 2012, 14:41:11 UTC - in response to Message 1259616. Last modified: 12 Aug 2012, 14:41:35 UTC
	My wife thanks you for the 'wingmen/wingwomen' reference. Heh... that's cute. Thanks. Seems to be catching on as I see "wingpeoples" on the first page thread title. Well I finally got it running... er... the first failed box, the 8-core with the GTX 460. The good one! If it failed this time, it would have had to go back to the store (4 months after buying it.) But, I ended up being vindicated and the problem was a bad (brand new) power supply frying the motherboard and CPU. I'd steer clear of the Thermaltake 650W (and possibly the 750W is no better.) If didn't find this rather difficult-to-isolate cause, I think I would have completely lost confidence. :^p ____________ “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” --- Margaret Mead
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Mr. Kevvy Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 330 Credit: 35,965,698 RAC: 85,940	Message 1272292 - Posted: 17 Aug 2012, 21:00:23 UTC
	It died again. Thankfully I only put 2 or 3 days of cache on it fearing it might. I pleaded my case and got a refund on the board and CPU. I won't buy another MSI board again, or another Thermaltake PSU. :^p Off to dump some more $ for a Gigabyte board this time and mail off the dead tech. for my refund. ____________ “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” --- Margaret Mead
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