Almost a Catastrophe - Page 2

ThunDA · April 3rd, 2006

Good save !!

What would we do without duct tape ?

Capper · April 3rd, 2006

No duct tape, most people in the south wouldn't have windows on their trailers or pickups

**gvblake22** · April 3rd, 2006

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Originally Posted by Capper

No duct tape, most people in the south wouldn't have windows on their trailers or pickups

**simple_inhibition** · April 3rd, 2006

hahahaha @ Capper!
thanks ThunDA, it was a close one! hopefully ill get my new cooler tommorrow!
are you serious joker? thats messed up

Jokerswild · April 3rd, 2006

Yup very serious, the package was from CompUSA and I called them first and neither company would do anything about it. Hence I don't do business with either one now.

**simple_inhibition** · April 3rd, 2006

wow. thats pitiful. good thing you found it!

Jokerswild · April 3rd, 2006

The only bad thing is I went online and bought one from newegg before I found the lost one. Should have known better and just bought one from newegg to start with.

**simple_inhibition** · April 5th, 2006

*UPDATE*

i recieved my evercool vc-re today and performed the surgery. there were some scarey moments. especially after i removed the stock dfi chipset fan only to discover that only half of my northbridge had any TIM on it. yeah, you read that correctly. only half of the core was covered. to me thats a poor job on DFI's part considering they are a top motherboard manufacturer and this is an enthusiast motherboard. i was quite steamed once i saw that oversight which could've killed my motherboard and left me without a folding/gaming machine for however long it took DFI to RMA it.
anywho my temps are 48C with this cooler. not bad at all considering it only has an output of 7.9 CFM compared to the 89CFM of my 120mm fan that was used as a stop-gap

ThunDA · April 5th, 2006

The original TIM is really crumby.. When I set up a board I usually pull the chipset cooler and reseat it with some AS5 before I even power it on..lol

Jokerswild · April 5th, 2006

Thats sad that they don't do a better job considering the cost of a good motherboard.

April 3rd, 2006	#12
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 6,201 Blog Entries: 6	No duct tape, most people in the south wouldn't have windows on their trailers or pickups INTEL QX9650 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 8GB PC2-8500 // BFG GTX260 MaxCore // DD Torture Rack // Seagate 750GB HDD // OCZ Vendetta // PC Power & Cooling 620W PSU

April 3rd, 2006	#11
ThunDA Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY Posts: 51	Good save !! What would we do without duct tape ?

April 3rd, 2006	#14
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,492 Blog Entries: 1	hahahaha @ Capper! thanks ThunDA, it was a close one! hopefully ill get my new cooler tommorrow! are you serious joker? thats messed up

April 3rd, 2006	#15
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,291	Yup very serious, the package was from CompUSA and I called them first and neither company would do anything about it. Hence I don't do business with either one now.

April 5th, 2006	#18
simple_inhibition socket 939 junkie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In front of my pc in Ft Bragg XD Posts: 1,492 Blog Entries: 1	UPDATE i recieved my evercool vc-re today and performed the surgery. there were some scarey moments. especially after i removed the stock dfi chipset fan only to discover that only half of my northbridge had any TIM on it. yeah, you read that correctly. only half of the core was covered. to me thats a poor job on DFI's part considering they are a top motherboard manufacturer and this is an enthusiast motherboard. i was quite steamed once i saw that oversight which could've killed my motherboard and left me without a folding/gaming machine for however long it took DFI to RMA it. anywho my temps are 48C with this cooler. not bad at all considering it only has an output of 7.9 CFM compared to the 89CFM of my 120mm fan that was used as a stop-gap