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Description: Intel southbridge on a Gigabyte 8I865PE board failing a stress test after 15 mins, using SiSoft Sandra 2004 - Never seen a southbridge kick the bucket before, if anything its usually the north bridge! Popped after intensive hard-disk access --- All power rails were stable throughout, using a thermaltake purepower/450W PSU Picture Stats: Views: 2420 Filesize: 271.65kB Height: 768 Width: 1024 Posted by: CodePoet at October 04, 2004, 11:23:26 AM Image Linking Codes
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| bloodline Posts:12113 | April 02, 2009, 10:12:27 PM Was S-ATA really available back in 2004? wow... I'm feeling old :-o |
| tokyoracer Posts:1590 | April 13, 2008, 05:34:49 PM Intel outside please! :lol: Seriously though thats a hell of a blowout. |
| ami_junki Posts:267 | January 16, 2008, 06:48:37 AM bloody hell - that is pretty mad, once i set my miggy on fire by crossing the wires :-? |
| Waccoon Posts:1057 
| August 28, 2005, 06:09:15 AM If you think LGA is bad, try installing one of those huge Prescott coolers. There's no backplate, so if it's not installed PERFECTLY, it'll pop out of place constantly. God, putting together a brand new LGA system is a nightmare. I was really impressed with the Northwood P4s, but these Prescotts and their el-cheapo cooler brackets are horrid. As for the southbridge, I had to put a VGA cooler on my NVidia2 chipset back when I had an Athlon. Now that chip ran hot. Thankfully, it had holes on the motherboard, so I didn't have to resort to thermal tape. |
| adonay Posts:1144
| April 09, 2005, 04:20:37 PM I have never seen something like this before hope it did work out for you.. adonay :-D |
| the_leander Posts:3448 | October 08, 2004, 04:42:32 AM I cannot say just how glad I am that I went with Athlon 64, especially after reading about the many hassles of the LGA-775 P4's. Cheaper too! Sorry to hear of your loss, I know its a pita to loose a rig under any circumstance :-( |
| Ilwrath Posts:2199 | October 05, 2004, 02:47:34 PM Quote Argh going to have a hard time proving it wasnt my fault (how often do you return a faulty board with busted regulators / support chipsets, and everything goes smoothly?) True... It depends on where you got it from, (and how long you've had it) I'd imagine. I've seen some places understand and take seriously damaged and suspicious looking boards, and I've seen others really pitch a fit. And if you went straight from Gigabyte... Good luck reaching a human who can speak English. ;-) Quote Those LGA-775 sockets (pins on motherboard) are a great idea... Apparently supposed to prevent pinheads from damaging processors; but instead they're damaging boards! That was exactly the idea... Intel wanted to shift the cost of returns caused by idiots bending pins from the processor market onto the motherboard market. Intel doesn't really sell very many motherboards, but they sure crank out those processors... Less returned processors, more profits. "Screw the motherboard companies (and the users, because those pins are so damn tiny...)." |
| adz Posts:2961
| October 05, 2004, 01:31:21 PM Ouch...thats nasty, what a lovely smell that would have made :-P I'd demand my money back on something like that...cheap Intel crap, the new LGA-775 socket (if you can call it that) is a bloody joke, me thinks Intel made a bit of a boo boo there, oh well, I guess that means more business for AMD :-) |
| CodePoet Posts:224 | October 05, 2004, 08:13:22 AM Argh going to have a hard time proving it wasnt my fault (how often do you return a faulty board with busted regulators / support chipsets, and everything goes smoothly?) --- Might just cut my losses and get another board, the guy cant wait till it comes back from repairs anyway And double argh. Those LGA-775 sockets (pins on motherboard) are a great idea... Apparently supposed to prevent pinheads from damaging processors; but instead they're damaging boards! I asked a bud to replace the protective cover before sending his board back to me for a 'newer' model; he placed it the wrong way and shafted about 12 pins. Dont even bother trying to straighten them out with tweezers; they just shatter! |
| CodePoet Posts:224 | October 05, 2004, 08:05:49 AM ***see post below*** |
| Ilwrath Posts:2199 | October 04, 2004, 09:30:41 PM Heh... I just looked at my mainboard... I already put a heatsink on my Southbridge. Guess it must have felt a little warm to me during my own testing. :-) |
| Ilwrath Posts:2199 | October 04, 2004, 04:15:06 PM Yipes!!! I've never seen a SB fail that spectacularly. At least it was under warranty. :-) I'm wondering if I should smack a heat-sink on mine. (I'm currently running a Gigabyte 8iPE1000, which I think shares the same Southbridge.) The Southbridge on my old ASUS KT133 partially died, but it just screwed up my HD controller and shut off the USB ports. |