So they ship their drives on ice?

Thaz how dey stay so cewl.

All Velociraptors come with an IcePack...aka heatsink...to keep these 10K rpm buggers cool. It's the large black metal thing that the HDD is mounted in.

1. Can't mount in HDD cage w/o it, and even if I got an 3.5 to 2.5 adapter...the Velociraptor would melt itself.







PART DEUX The ASUS Sabertooth 990FX SAGA

Just opened the RMA'd Sabertooth motherboard box...checked the serial number...and it is the exact board I sent to them for RMA...so ofc I called and asked...wtf?

They said we tested the board and found the CPU socket and DIMM slot 1 were bad and they said they replaced them...which I can tell they at least did some soldering on the board...however....


The reason I sent the board for RMA was that it ate two hard drives (see above HDD SAGA) and after about 4 months...started showing only half the RAM. Tested each stick in Dimm 2 and both worked fine.

Now those that have been paying attention will notice that I said the replaced the CPU socket and Dimm 1...unless you're running 4 sticks you're not supposed to even use Dimm 1, as per mobo manual.
But, in the past I have seen one bad board component...make it appear as if another board component is bad, when it's really not. So, I guess we'll know in a month or so, when I get some more DDR3 RAM if it actually works properly.

Kinda interesting is the fact that I have had to RMA more parts in the past 3-4 months...than I have in the last 12 years


If this keeps up, I'll soon have enough parts to build a supercomputer lol


/e In case any are wondering, I have a working 4170 CPU and a working 955 CPU as well, I have many spare vid cards and HDD's, so with just a decent case and PSU, I can build another Sabertooth 990FX build. Unfortunately, I can't test the RMA'd board till I order some more DDR3 RAM :/

This post was edited by Ghot on Apr 29 2013 01:47pm

PART TRES The return of the Hutch incident. Today has been a extremely busy day lol

I returned the Hutch about 1.5 weeks ago, and it's only going 3-400 miles...still no credit to my bank acct...so I called them today also. Via the tracking number, they informed me FedEx was having a delivery problem, and the returned Hutch only made it barely 75 miles in all that time. They didn't say what the problem was, but that they would look into it lol

you can if you shut down your current computer & test with the current kit you have -.-








you don't need hdd's now



things are going great for you lol

/e



one of the phew ingredients to make shake & bake meth

This post was edited by dolarsignzeroxeighty on Apr 29 2013 07:06pm

and another set of DDR3 RAM...my other PSU is already in a complete OC'd build...just has crapola case with 80mm fans...too noisy even for me
So I gotta get another PSU first..to be able to use a stick of my current DDR3...to test the RMA's mobo....or take the only other working assembled comp down and use it's PSU...not a fun thing...NON modular.



This is only other working comp I have atm...and it's got my other PC Power & Cooling 750W PSU in it...crappy case, and EVGA 8600 GS (I think) :/







This post was edited by Ghot on Apr 29 2013 09:55pm

Just got email from Bush Furniture...the SAGA of the Hutch Return continues....apparently it got damaged in transit (FedEx), so Bush who sent me the return shipping label...is filing a claim against FedEx...said it should be done shortly...w/e that means lol





/e Scary word bolded.

This post was edited by Ghot on Apr 29 2013 10:52pm

UPDATE: Refund is approved .....still took a 50% hit on the Hutch...but.even with the best mods possible, still would've been "tight" in the monitor area.

Came out so good I had to post them here...look ma no cigg ashes on keyboard