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jdwii   01-26-2012 at 01:29:41 AM

The boards are

ASRock 770 extereme 3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157195

Asus M4A78Lt-M

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131672

This has a Amd Phenom II x4 955 C2 stepping and i believe the Processor might be shorting out these boards i don't understand why they would both break so soon. Also his ASRock one worked with this Processor for about 6 months. We already know the Ram/Graphics card/PSU is fine. We tested these parts and they work. And i also tested his(not my PC it's my friend) processor in my sabertooth and it worked also. But i'm not letting it in their for to long.

Also note that either of these boards will post.

So is their anyway his CPU is shorting out these boards are is it just bad luck?



Also his CPU was always running under the right temps.


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malmental   01-26-2012 at 02:23:49 AM

what other same components used in these units, did all the hardware carry over and plugged into both boards
making the set-up identical except for the motherboard.
RAM/GPU/PSU have been used in both.?

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jdwii   01-26-2012 at 02:54:37 AM

malmental wrote :

what other same components used in these units, did all the hardware carry over and plugged into both boards
making the set-up identical except for the motherboard.
RAM/GPU/PSU have been used in both.?






Yeah we used a Asus 6850(my old card still works perfect!) A Antec Earthwatts 500 watt PSU. 8GB Of DDR3 1600 ram(which works great i tired it in my board) All i know is my friend is mad since he has no extra boards.

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jdwii   01-26-2012 at 02:56:17 AM

But all the parts went into the board perfectly.

 

I don't have a PSU tester but can it be that shorting out the boards? He played deus ex and sims 3 and it worked, the day before.


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malmental   01-26-2012 at 03:26:11 AM

is the 955 C2 running stock or is it clocked and what was it before, clocked or stock.?

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jdwii   01-26-2012 at 03:58:58 AM

malmental wrote :

is the 955 C2 running stock or is it clocked and what was it before, clocked or stock.?






Well on the asrock it was overclocked at 3.7Ghz stable with nice temps 52C and below with about 25-35C on idle. But on the Asus we just got(which was his old board) we never OC it. It was on stock Voltage and Clock.

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malmental   01-26-2012 at 04:02:56 AM

and now both boards are bad but all hardware works from both, just the boards are bad.?
(just making sure I fully understand)

 

and now the chip that was in both boards that went bad is now in your board, number 3.?

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jdwii   01-26-2012 at 04:23:29 AM

malmental wrote :

and now both boards are bad but all hardware works from both, just the boards are bad.?
(just making sure I fully understand)

 

and now the chip that was in both boards that went bad is now in your board, number 3.?

 


No, His cpu worked fine in my board we just wanted to see if its the Cpu or board. I'm using the Amd Phenom II x6. I think it could be his psu shorting out his board. But yeah both boards are broke. But all the parts are fine but we don't have a PSU tester but we know it works fine. But i'm not gonna risk it on my PC. We just want to know if its possible it could be his Phenom i never heard of a Processor shorting out a board but its that or the PSU.

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malmental   01-26-2012 at 04:27:35 AM

OK, I understand, let me see what I can find.
so now where is this chip that possibly shorted out these two boards.?

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jdwii   01-26-2012 at 04:52:15 AM

malmental wrote :

OK, I understand, let me see what I can find.
so now where is this chip that possibly shorted out these two boards.?





Inside my friends bad board.

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malmental   01-26-2012 at 01:54:49 PM
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jdwii wrote :

No, His cpu worked fine in my board we just wanted to see if its the Cpu or board. I'm using the Amd Phenom II x6. I think it could be his psu shorting out his board. But yeah both boards are broke. But all the parts are fine but we don't have a PSU tester but we know it works fine. But i'm not gonna risk it on my PC. We just want to know if its possible it could be his Phenom i never heard of a Processor shorting out a board but its that or the PSU.


you contradicted yourself.
seems like you need another board and test out that PSU for real.
I'm researching the topic.

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jdwii   01-26-2012 at 10:52:29 PM

malmental wrote :

you contradicted yourself.
seems like you need another board and test out that PSU for real.
I'm researching the topic.





Yeah that seems like the best bet. I don't understand how the processor could short out a board.

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jdwii   01-27-2012 at 01:18:32 AM

totalknowledge wrote :

Were you wearing your static wrist strap?





As always plus his Asus lasted for about 2 days after we got it together.

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totalknowledge   01-27-2012 at 02:18:44 AM

The effects of static discharge on electronics, can have a delayed effect.

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jdwii   02-03-2012 at 02:55:54 AM

malmental wrote :

you contradicted yourself.
seems like you need another board and test out that PSU for real.
I'm researching the topic.





Lol just decided to give you the points, But we found out his PSU was under-powering his boards.

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Mousemonkey   02-03-2012 at 06:00:15 PM

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