Blow up my DS3 for an exchange?

[trixst4r]

This sound kind of evil but I am very disappointed by my DS3. I can boot at 340 FSB but it is not stable in Prime95 or SPi.

I'm sittin at 335 FSB and it is still not stable in Prime95 but seems to be in SPi.

I've upped the voltage to 1.42 and does not help stability. Should I up to 1.5 and try to see if it stable? But even if it works, i am reluctant to leave it at 1.5 for 24/7. I don't have any heat problems with 40C on double Prime95. I've also upped MCH +0.1 but that did not help.

I'm seeing many other people hit over 400FSB on stock voltage and it makes me want to cry.

I'm also hearing a screaching and ticking noise either from the DS3 or my BFG7900GT when I run Prime95 on blend. The noise is coming near the south bridge, right under the PCI-E slot for my 7900GT.

So back to the main point, how to blow up my DS3? I have access to function generators, DC generators, pretty much anything u can have in a electronic test lab because I'm working as a summer student in a electronic repair shop. I'm not sure how a mobo usually fails and would appreciate any help on "blowing up" my DS3 to get an exchange (I have a 7 day direct replacement from the place that I bought from).

NOTES: My DS3 has fallen off the table once, maybe some internal bleeding happened to the board. I'm exchanging my OCZ 6400 plat rev 2 today because one of the sticks was bad, maybe new stick will help my rig.

EDIT: Can i just run a magnet over the bios chip (which chip is that?) And how do i blow up ram? The store is chinese owned and those guys will be very picky but I am 100% sure 1 stick is bad because when i use that stick alone to boot, it wont boot but i can boot with jus the other stick.

 

[godman]

haha i wonder would this work?



get a cheap celeron put it in the ds3, and boot without any thermal paste (also make sure the heatsink is not put on properly but connect the fan wires to he motherboard)... then go into the bios and overvolt the cpu, turn off all thermal mechanisms TM2 and the like stand a bit away and hope it all blows up ...


PS: you might hear a bang noise :lol: and you have to hope that the celeron fries the motherboard as well as itsself....

 

[1Tanker]

This sound kind of evil but I am very disappointed by my DS3. I can boot at 340 FSB but it is not stable in Prime95 or SPi.

I'm sittin at 335 FSB and it is still not stable in Prime95 but seems to be in SPi.

I've upped the voltage to 1.42 and does not help stability. Should I up to 1.5 and try to see if it stable? But even if it works, i am reluctant to leave it at 1.5 for 24/7. I don't have any heat problems with 40C on double Prime95. I've also upped MCH +0.1 but that did not help.

I'm seeing many other people hit over 400FSB on stock voltage and it makes me want to cry.

I'm also hearing a screaching and ticking noise either from the DS3 or my BFG7900GT when I run Prime95 on blend. The noise is coming near the south bridge, right under the PCI-E slot for my 7900GT.

So back to the main point, how to blow up my DS3? I have access to function generators, DC generators, pretty much anything u can have in a electronic test lab because I'm working as a summer student in a electronic repair shop. I'm not sure how a mobo usually fails and would appreciate any help on "blowing up" my DS3 to get an exchange (I have a 7 day direct replacement from the place that I bought from).

NOTES: My DS3 has fallen off the table once, maybe some internal bleeding happened to the board. I'm exchanging my OCZ 6400 plat rev 2 today because one of the sticks was bad, maybe new stick will help my rig.

EDIT: Can i just run a magnet over the bios chip (which chip is that?) And how do i blow up ram? The store is chinese owned and those guys will be very picky but I am 100% sure 1 stick is bad because when i use that stick alone to boot, it wont boot but i can boot with jus the other stick.

So, what you're saying is that you want to RMA it. What if you do, and the next one doesn't give you any more than 335?

 

[godman]

you could pencil mod it (it does void the warranty though)... and it could *hopefully* help you achive a higher fsb see here:

http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=3870&s=9

Want to improve overclocking? Well here are some instructions on simple voltage mods you can perform on this board to push it even further. Take Note that such mods will void your warranty immediately! And that risk is involved!

what i really want to know is how high can i push the ds4's fsb? ...

 

[ocnewb]

you could just call and say its not working and you have switched out all the other hardware and confirmed they are working.

 

[trixst4r]

The place tests it, so if it works they are going to charge me for service, they are picky ppl.

Thanks for telling me the pencil mod, I have seen the article before. But since everything is still new and warrantied, I won't pencil mod till i get a nice DS3.

I hope this one is a oddball and I will give it another try tonight with new memory and i got a 40mm fan that i will twist tie onto the NB. I will kill my neighbour :twisted: if another DS3 does not go above 335 and blow myself up if it does not boot at 266 :twisted: .

Actually one of the guys at work told me a nice way to mess it up. Update the bios and in the middle of it updating turn it off. This will definitely mess it up and i'll say it just crashed on me. Think it will work? 8)

 

[trixst4r]

haha i wonder would this work?



get a cheap celeron put it in the ds3, and boot without any thermal paste (also make sure the heatsink is not put on properly but connect the fan wires to he motherboard)... then go into the bios and overvolt the cpu, turn off all thermal mechanisms TM2 and the like stand a bit away and hope it all blows up ...


PS: you might hear a bang noise :lol: and you have to hope that the celeron fries the motherboard as well as itsself....

I like this idea, I think you also saw those videos where some dude had a comp running benchies and just pulled the HSF off and the processor exploded 😀

 

[Siba]

haha i wonder would this work?



get a cheap celeron put it in the ds3, and boot without any thermal paste (also make sure the heatsink is not put on properly but connect the fan wires to he motherboard)... then go into the bios and overvolt the cpu, turn off all thermal mechanisms TM2 and the like stand a bit away and hope it all blows up ...


PS: you might hear a bang noise :lol: and you have to hope that the celeron fries the motherboard as well as itsself....

I like this idea, I think you also saw those videos where some dude had a comp running benchies and just pulled the HSF off and the processor exploded 😀

You mean those videos of him pretending to blow stuff up by putting fireworks in it?

 

[trixst4r]

haha i wonder would this work?



get a cheap celeron put it in the ds3, and boot without any thermal paste (also make sure the heatsink is not put on properly but connect the fan wires to he motherboard)... then go into the bios and overvolt the cpu, turn off all thermal mechanisms TM2 and the like stand a bit away and hope it all blows up ...


PS: you might hear a bang noise :lol: and you have to hope that the celeron fries the motherboard as well as itsself....

I like this idea, I think you also saw those videos where some dude had a comp running benchies and just pulled the HSF off and the processor exploded 😀

You mean those videos of him pretending to blow stuff up by putting fireworks in it?

is that true? have I been fooled? :roll: :roll:

with new memory, i'm actually less stable and cant even prime at 330 8O

 

[trixst4r]

After a lot of testing I'm stuck at 320FSB with dual prime stable.

I noticed that core 0 is always the one flunking out at 325FSB so would that indicate that actually my CPU is at fault and not the mobo becasuse the core would randomly fail right?