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Post by zero7159 on Mar 19, 2013 12:16:42 GMT -8
That sucks that they sent you a rig with such an obvious defect. But, that being said, that rig otherwise looks kick ass. Make sure you post more pictures once you get the new card and have your rig up and running.
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Post by zedarchitect on Mar 19, 2013 12:58:37 GMT -8
^ that picture... it's a bit dark and fuzzy but it almost looks like the expansion slots aren't lining up with the case properly for the card to be that skewed. My first thought as well. What else would torque the card like that? unless it was the packing that torqued it but I would think it would go back to straight once it was removed. |
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Post by Jarhead on Mar 19, 2013 17:58:52 GMT -8
That sucks that they sent you a rig with such an obvious defect. But, that being said, that rig otherwise looks kick ass. Make sure you post more pictures once you get the new card and have your rig up and running. It is a nice PC. And I setup the triples in iRacing using their screen setup tool in the graphics options and it looked awesome for the little bit I got to see it. Once I get everything up and running the way it should be, I will be sure to post some pictures in the racing rigs thread. The screens are less than 30 inches from my eyes and wrapped all the way around me. I have to actually turn my head to see what's on the edge of the side screens. Completely immersive. Now I understand what all you triple screen snobs have been talking about and I will be very happy to join the club. |
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Post by Jarhead on Mar 21, 2013 12:30:58 GMT -8
Is that doesn't help: - Go back to the RAM, remove the XMP profile and get it detected properly at 1333 MHz then test. XMP is like a factory-certified overclock for the RAM and I'm a little perplexed why that changed Windows' detection of available RAM. Anyway, there is no guarantee that the other components in the system will get along with the RAM at 1600 MHz. Nvidia 600-series cards, for example, can sometimes be touchy here. Looks like you were right F1. The new video card hasn't even shipped yet and it will take about a week to get here and I didn't want to wait that long. Plus I wanted to make sure it really is the video card that is the problem. So I "borrowed" a video card from somewhere. Don't worry, I plan to give it back when I'm finished with it. I installed the new video card and I was getting the same problems of the PC locking up and restarting, so I know it wasn't the video card. So I went back into the BIOS and disabled the XMP profile and tried again. This time all 16GB of RAM are being recognized at 1600MHz. And all the freezing and restarting problems have disappeared. I tested by running 30 laps in a Time trial and had no problems. I still hate computers though. They are just like women. Great when they are in the mood and work ok, but an absolute nightmare when the smallest thing doesn't go their way like one little setting in the BIOS. And they can take forever to figure out too. Oh well, now I can officially join the Triple screen snob club. To be continued in the Racing Rigs thread.... |
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Post by F1Fan07 on Mar 21, 2013 13:08:57 GMT -8
Sweet! It just seemed too unlikely to me that you had RAM and video card problems at the same time. Since you knew there was a problem with the RAM it was a good place to return to.
I wish I could've seen that video card in person... I suspect what we were really seeing was the backplate sitting oddly combined with the camera angle. Backplates are usually just cosmetic add-ons (at least for Nvidia cards).
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Post by smokey on Mar 21, 2013 13:45:00 GMT -8
i see alot of issues with AMD sagging GPUs also certain makers eg Gigabyte usually put a metal spine along the top to stop it
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