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Post by Shadyreaper on Mar 5, 2018 20:54:02 GMT -5
Yep - Some of the pins do throw the shadow as you said in different directions but not badly. Real concern is for the tips of the pins to be where they should be and for these pins to not touch each other and that's largely what I'm seeing. Some are twisted to an extent but the tips are in the right place and aren't touching other pins so those should be OK and would be best to leave them alone, it's the ones with the tips not in the right place and/or touching other pins I'm having to worry about. If I can get those sorted it will be fine. yea mine where bent in the total opposite direction I was like WTF that POS went out today cant wait to get my money back for that garbage and get my EP45T-UD3R
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Post by ozz on Mar 5, 2018 21:17:09 GMT -5
and they can and will break off at the drop of a hat, then its rendered useless unless its a successful socket replacement
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Post by Bones on Mar 6, 2018 4:38:47 GMT -5
I guess thats the risk I'm taking but will say if it doesnt work out I'll just buy one and be done with it - Not chasing this rabbit for a second time.
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Post by Shadyreaper on Mar 6, 2018 22:22:32 GMT -5
I just bought splaves 7700k
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Post by ving on Mar 6, 2018 23:26:43 GMT -5
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Post by Bones on Mar 9, 2018 19:35:31 GMT -5
RAM ordered ( www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231952 ) and should be here the same day (13th) my magnifying visor should get here. Since these are on the QVL I don't think I"ll have issues with them playing nice with the board..... If the board itself is OK after I do the work. Have a few things to do that morning but once done it's on and will see if I did good or not.
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Post by Macsbeach98 on Mar 9, 2018 19:51:27 GMT -5
Looks good Rodney
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Post by Shadyreaper on Mar 9, 2018 20:21:44 GMT -5
you did notice those are 4GB sticks?
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Post by Bones on Mar 9, 2018 20:24:52 GMT -5
you did notice those are 4GB sticks? Yes - I don't need alot of RAM for what I'm doing and my funds for it are limited.... So got what I could. Will get more later but this is a "Starter" set for me.
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Post by Shadyreaper on Mar 9, 2018 20:27:51 GMT -5
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Post by Shadyreaper on Mar 9, 2018 20:28:46 GMT -5
almost forgot this bad boy came in today
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Post by Macsbeach98 on Mar 9, 2018 20:30:28 GMT -5
I didnt notice that probably E die they will work OK though to get you going I have got E die here they go OK timings aint spectacular though.
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Post by Bones on Mar 9, 2018 21:19:29 GMT -5
I was wondering how to tell the sticks/dies from each other but for me I'm just trying to get something going here.
I will try them out and hope it's a decent set but again the board I have is known to have issues getting RAM clocked up so higher rated sets aren't a real thing to worry over. If the issue gets solved then I'd have to take another look but as is I'm doing well enough.
No complaints at all.
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Post by Macsbeach98 on Mar 9, 2018 21:55:32 GMT -5
I am sure you will be happy with it. My Maximus VIII Hero used to clock the processor Ok just wasnt great with the ram other than that it ran well.
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Post by Bones on Mar 12, 2018 21:09:59 GMT -5
OK - Got my stuff in to do the work on the board's pins and went for it.
Got the pins looking decent, did find one broken and it wasn't where you'd think it would be looking at the socket but otherwise all seems OK for now. I also lucked out in that the area where the pin is broken is largely a blank/reserved section of the socket - That may help things. There is another pin that looks more like a "Hair" instead of a pin due to the way it's damaged, there is a decent chance of it being an unused pin based on where it is so that's good too. There is enough of it I took the end of it and aligned it where it should be regardless.
Anyway, I went ahead and fired it up without RAM in the board and got a code 53 which is expected with no RAM in it, passed CPU initialization according to the status LED's so that looks good. When my sticks get here I can do a complete test and see if it actually boots up or not along with other things to look for.
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Post by Shadyreaper on Mar 12, 2018 22:05:23 GMT -5
nice man I hit my super golden 7700k tonight with my MOCF it would do 5300 CB15 12-11-11 4000 1.325v if I had LM 5400 would have been a breeze
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Post by Bones on Mar 13, 2018 9:22:35 GMT -5
This is what I was looking at when I started the work. Believe the board will be fine in the end as said, unless there is still something to worry about I believe the risk may have been worth it BUT I still need to see it boot to be sure of that - My sticks will be here today and that's when the final chapter of this story will be told. If it works doesn't matter even if I can't OC it, still worth it for how cheap I'm in it for.
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Post by Vinster on Mar 13, 2018 9:47:01 GMT -5
if it survives, you did good. I'd had called her a goner...
Vin
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Post by Bones on Mar 13, 2018 10:34:21 GMT -5
Broken pins would definitely be the doom of any board, this one has a single pin that's broken off but hopefully it's one of the reserved pins and it's in the area where it has alot of them. Bent pins in themselves aren't too bad, it's when they break from the damage or trying to fix them is when it really becomes lethal. Another thing is in HOW they are bent, some get twisted or deformed to the point it takes alot to get it right if it can be fixed at all.
A pin simply bent to one side is an easy fix, already had to fix my OCF with that issue before and it's still rocking to this day.
The majority of the pins in this board were simply bent out of place and was very easy to nudge them back, only one had really gotten out of sorts from the bending (Twisted... Like me) but even then I was able to get it so it should work - Note I emphasised should, not will.
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Post by Macsbeach98 on Mar 13, 2018 16:03:01 GMT -5
If the broken pin is in the right middle of the socket where a few of them look bad and not up near the top of the picture then you could be ok its probably a VCCIO or VCCSA pin to which there plenty of both.
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Post by Bones on Mar 13, 2018 17:04:02 GMT -5
A picture is worth well..... Words. Have work to do for a full round of testing but the major hurdle has been overcome.
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Post by Mr.Scott on Mar 13, 2018 18:07:36 GMT -5
Good job Doc.
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Post by Macsbeach98 on Mar 13, 2018 20:22:15 GMT -5
WTG Rodney.
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Post by ozz on Mar 13, 2018 20:37:20 GMT -5
good 1 rods, i like that 4500mhz on 1.15 v , you may have a goodn there, even tho 4.5 is boost speed, what cooling, air to test ??
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Post by Bones on Mar 13, 2018 20:55:26 GMT -5
Thanks guys, I all but knew things would work out and they did. You are right Ozz about it doing well with the voltage used, could be a good one - It did come from the bot and have to give credit where it's due, this woudn't have happened without the bot setting me up.
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Post by ozz on Mar 13, 2018 21:00:43 GMT -5
Thanks guys, I all but knew things would work out and they did. You are right Ozz about it doing well with the voltage used, could be a good one - It did come from the bot and have to give credit where it's due, this woudn't have happened without the bot setting me up. well lets hopes so mate. you did a beauty on the board to get her goin, whos know , that may turn out to be a screamer too , even with the bent pins, stranger things have happened , you need a bit of its ''my turn now for a change'' to perk yourself up a bit
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Post by Bones on Mar 14, 2018 19:25:10 GMT -5
Yeah, need that to happen. I will say this board ain't worth crap for OC'ing RAM, can't even run it at it's rated speed (So far).... Could just be me too, I'm nowhere near familiar with this platform yet. Still trying to learn what's what with it but getting there.
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Post by Mr.Scott on Mar 14, 2018 19:30:10 GMT -5
You will be lucky to get better than 3600 on that board. Best I could do was 3766.
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Post by Bones on Mar 14, 2018 19:34:40 GMT -5
Could be, I know I'm still learning it and I'm not really counting on the board being a RAM speed screamer because it's not. One possible cause could be the pins I had to fix not making a good enough connection but as long as it's running I'm not messing with the pins again.
I'm just going to enjoy my good fortune instead of taking it for granted.
Speaking of such I've decided to make it my DD instead of trying to abuse it. I now have it setup in the case, Susanoo slapped on and it's working just fine, posting with it now in fact - All functions of the board so far appear to be working.
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