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C:Amie, might I ask your assistance with KB hotfix installation?

Alt Bass Page Icon Posted 2014-06-24 5:09 PM
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Thermals can't be bad, I don't even check them.

CPU has Hyper 212+ with two fans, the case is wide opened, HD6950 was given two 120mm fans instead of two 80mm fans.

Check it out, this thing can't go wrong, it keeps temps at 67C in furmark at completely noiseless RPM: http://storage5.static.itmages.ru/i/14/0624/h_1403626131_6799062_e3...

I might as well apply my Zalman which I used for HD4850, it was keeping chip at 35C in Furmark: http://cs323531.vk.me/v323531296/7914/B7ylYAsoavM.jpg

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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2014-06-24 5:22 PM
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hahaha, that is hilarious. I've done things like that myself in my time.

Though it could account for the VGA issues.

Noctua all the way for silent fans BTW.

Doesn't bring us any closer to the root cause of your problem though. Have you tried a stress test to see what happens? By that I mean have you properly cooked everything in a non-windows environment using a live CD diagnostic suite?
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Alt Bass Page Icon Posted 2014-06-24 5:25 PM
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>Though it could account for the VGA issues.

Not really, the PCB cover plate and radiator are unchanged. I just slapped this winding pair on the top.

>Doesn't bring us any closer to the root cause of your problem though

When I build a logging electrometer from Atmega and connect it to the PSU I will find out more. I am fine with 7600GS at the moment.

No, I did not try a stress test. I was running Lynx and Furmark simultaneously though, everything was fine then.

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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2014-06-24 5:43 PM
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I don't know how you attached the fans to the PCB, but the added weight, vibration and depending on how you wired the DC connectors, load could have all contributed.
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Alt Bass Page Icon Posted 2014-06-24 5:57 PM
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DC connectors are connected to front fan panel, added weight is backed up by hard metal cover (unrelated to music ).

Vibration? Come on, these are not 4000 rpm turbines.

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Alt Bass Page Icon Posted 2014-06-24 6:01 PM
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There is the only thing suspicious in my HD6950 - when I reflashed the BIOS, it couldn't verify it to the end few times in a row.
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2014-06-25 8:56 AM
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I did something similar once. Over time it shook a capacitor loose
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Alt Bass Page Icon Posted 2014-06-25 2:12 PM
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Did you fasten the computer to the propeller of the turbine to increase airflow? I guess that you also made inductive plug to remove power wires?

How exactly much serious you are about vibration? I am not very keen in sensing the English joke markers.
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2014-06-25 3:28 PM
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It all depends on how you assembled it. I attached larger fans with wire by threading it through the heat sinc, in the end the vibration from the mounting killed it and I lost acid from a capacitor. Now you can argue that it can't have been a very good capacitor, but all things being equal, it still died.
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Alt Bass Page Icon Posted 2014-06-25 3:40 PM
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Hmm... Capacitor may loose acid from age, they all swell inevitably.
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2014-06-25 3:49 PM
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It was 14 months old
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Alt Bass Page Icon Posted 2014-06-25 10:48 PM
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Might as well be caused by PSU.
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2014-06-26 8:45 AM
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That was the same age
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Alt Bass Page Icon Posted 2014-06-26 1:52 PM
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Could it be defective?
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2014-06-26 2:55 PM
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Always that possibility exists, the PSU tester at the time said 'no'.
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