Recent content by MC_K7

Air needs to blow ON the CPU! When the heatsink is assembled the fan is already set to push the air in the right direction, no need to mess with that. I never heard anyone putting the fan in the opposite direction. You need to cool the CPU + Heatsink. If you turn the fan the other way it will...

At this point you should contact Samsung tech support. They might be able to find out what is wrong. But just a few last things I think I already suggested but just wanted to make sure you did try: - Flash your BIOS to latest version and reset BIOS settings to default (of course change back to...

How did you re-apply thermal paste if I may ask? What kind of product did you use to remove the old paste? Did you remove it on both the CPU and underneath the heatsink? You must also be careful when applying the new paste and not put too much of it because it could have the reversal effect...

Did you try to reinstall Windows from scratch (clean install)? Just to make sure we exclude software issues. It would also be a good idea to flash your BIOS to latest version and get latest driver versions for all your hardware after reinstall.

Glad to hear that. ;)

chrisso: I'm really not interested in the fanboy discussion you're trying to have. You had one failing EVGA card and you're pissed. We get it.