EVGA had the same prob W/CPU socket screws on the X58 line boards circa 2010. Tightening the screws too tight warps the board too much, possibly causing hairline fractures too. When the hairline fractures happen, it can break the board traces, but when conditions are just right the traces touch over the fracture, and it works - but it's no longer reliable. That said, there is no way for a normal person to check for these hairline fractures, so we have no way of knowing if that is the problem or if you merely are having the problem Chino detailed.
Theoretically speaking, if the board socket was overtightened to begin with, tightening the cooler could have caused the board to fracture; the "straw that broke the camel's back" so-to-speak. My RIVE had one screw a bit loose when shipped. I suggest you remove the cooler and carefully explore how tight the CPU socket screws were. GL.
Theoretically speaking, if the board socket was overtightened to begin with, tightening the cooler could have caused the board to fracture; the "straw that broke the camel's back" so-to-speak. My RIVE had one screw a bit loose when shipped. I suggest you remove the cooler and carefully explore how tight the CPU socket screws were. GL.
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Dell U2412m IPS 1920x1200; Cooler Master HAF 932 case; Tripp-Lite OMNIVS1500 UPS fully Line-interactive.
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And I have a second (wife's) computer, Eve.Overclocking is useless to me if it is not rock stable.
LiveOrDie wrote:
As i had to change the back plate i had to take the socket screws out i did them up tight but around the same as they where when i removed it also the screws on the back plate for the block are finger tight at the moment and i haven't had any problems so far do you think i should remove it or just leave it, There's a lot of work to take it off like draining the hole loop.
From my understanding it wouldn't mater if the socket was tight barbecue the block would push the cpu down more past that of a overtightened socket?
I don't know. I was just thinking maybe you never checked your CPU socket screws, but you did. The thing is, if they were tightened to the point that the board cracked, they might not feel too tight after the damage was done; I just don't know. I was just throwing another possibility out there to keep in mind, since you already redid your screws.
i7-3930K; Asus RIVE; G.SKILL Ripjaws Z 4x4GB DDR3 1866; MSI 7870 2GD5/OC; Crucial M4 SSD 256GB;
Corsair 1000HX; Corsair H100, 4x Excalibur 120mm PWM CPU Fan p-p, AS5; SB X-Fi Titanium Fata1ity Pro;
Dell U2412m IPS 1920x1200; Cooler Master HAF 932 case; Tripp-Lite OMNIVS1500 UPS fully Line-interactive.
(EVGA site: ) And I have a second (wife's) computer, Eve.
Overclocking is useless to me if it is not rock stable.
Corsair 1000HX; Corsair H100, 4x Excalibur 120mm PWM CPU Fan p-p, AS5; SB X-Fi Titanium Fata1ity Pro;
Dell U2412m IPS 1920x1200; Cooler Master HAF 932 case; Tripp-Lite OMNIVS1500 UPS fully Line-interactive.
(EVGA site: )
And I have a second (wife's) computer, Eve.Overclocking is useless to me if it is not rock stable.
