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Won't be folding for a while, rig caught on fire

OrangeSVTguy

OrangeSVTguy

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Well I got the i7 970 installed and my rig caught fire. I'm so pissed right now. Now I just hope nothing of mine is screwed up, especially my new expensive 970 :mad: Gonna take it over to my friends to test it out along with my other components.

Don't know when I'll be back.

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wordoflife

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Sorry to hear about what happened. Hopefully the damage is limited.

I heard EVGA has good support, and they might RMA that for you. Hopefully they won't blame it on that 1600w PSU! :eek: If you do get a new motherboard, I'd suggest a Gigabyte. I know they aren't as beastly as EVGA but they seem very sturdy/durable. I almost went with an Asus but got a Gigabyte for my personal build.


Was your computer still running when it caught on fire? :eek:
 
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alphaone

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This is why sometimes I'm afraid of leaving my computer on when I'm not home for the day. Once I had one of my old PCs' PSU spit fire out the back when I was sitting right next to it. Unless there was a big power spike on the rest of the power plugs hopefully nothing else got fragged.
 
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SciFrog

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I guess I wasn't very keen on overclocking, seeing this, I will never overclock anything. Not worth putting my family at risk for that.
 
techfreak85

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^I'm not so sure this particular problem was necessarily because of the OC. You probably have a similar risk leaving the computer on 24/7 at stock speeds.
 
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OrangeSVTguy

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The OC had nothing to do with it. It was a VRM failure on the motherboard plus lack of over current protection on the PSU. This particular motherboard was only 6+2 phase and couldn't handle the extra current needed for the 970. Getting the RMA and then will sell that. Should have my rig up within a week as I'm likely to pick up a Rampage III Extreme this week :D. Very very and might I add another very nice board. Selling the PSU too and picking up a Corair 850w. Want some nice hardware this time for the $600 CPU :p

My 970, memory, GPUs and believe it or not, PSU are all working fine. Tested everything last night. Yay!
 
OrangeSVTguy

OrangeSVTguy

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twoodcc said:
glad not everything was ruined. so it was basically the 970 that caused the problem? the motherboard couldn't handle it?
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Yeah the cheapie mobo couldn't handle it. I guess the EVGA SLI LE was a 6+2 phase and my power supply lacked OCP :eek: The 970 is a beast though, pulled too much current and the PSU wouldn't shut off by itself. Got something good coming soon :)
 
Ace134blue

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OrangeSVTguy said:
The OC had nothing to do with it. It was a VRM failure on the motherboard plus lack of over current protection on the PSU. This particular motherboard was only 6+2 phase and couldn't handle the extra current needed for the 970. Getting the RMA and then will sell that. Should have my rig up within a week as I'm likely to pick up a Rampage III Extreme this week :D. Very very and might I add another very nice board. Selling the PSU too and picking up a Corair 850w. Want some nice hardware this time for the $600 CPU :p

My 970, memory, GPUs and believe it or not, PSU are all working fine. Tested everything last night. Yay!
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It is not the motherboard nor the VRMs. Most EVGA X58s have Digital VRMs which is better than analog. 6+2 digital vrms > than 10+2 analog.

100% sure its that piece of ***** ultra psu, i thought everyone knew that they sucked.
 
twoodcc

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OrangeSVTguy said:
Yeah the cheapie mobo couldn't handle it. I guess the EVGA SLI LE was a 6+2 phase and my power supply lacked OCP :eek: The 970 is a beast though, pulled too much current and the PSU wouldn't shut off by itself. Got something good coming soon :)
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Ace134blue said:
It is not the motherboard nor the VRMs. Most EVGA X58s have Digital VRMs which is better than analog. 6+2 digital vrms > than 10+2 analog.

100% sure its that piece of ***** ultra psu, i thought everyone knew that they sucked.
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hmm. you know i have a friend with a 970 that blew up 2 power supplies (no fire though). he then upgraded to a better psu and hasn't had a problem since. weird
 
OrangeSVTguy

OrangeSVTguy

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Ok back up and running stock clock for now. Till I learn this new board, I'll begin to overclock as my 970 will do 4.2 at around 1.23v :D.

Gave everyone a week to catch up but I guess you lost your chance now :p
 
Ace134blue

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twoodcc said:
hmm. you know i have a friend with a 970 that blew up 2 power supplies (no fire though). he then upgraded to a better psu and hasn't had a problem since. weird
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Yes, the PSU could not give enough amperage to the 970, i am sure it has multiple rails, which was the problem with the OPs PSU, which is also a cheap brand too.
 
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