Recent content by HawksDawn

I have an EVGA 680i MoBo. It works fine and with the recent addition of liquid cooling on everything, I got the heat issue under control. The first three 680i MoBos were factory defecting, EVGA's Tech Support were very helpful, never really gave alot of trouble about RMA'n the boards. After...

Definately check the glop under the heatsinks, including the MOSFETs. Also, when you take the board out of the box, use a magnifying glass to check the soldering on both sides of the board and look for little stray metal bits inside the memory and expansion slots. This is a great MoBo, but...

The first three 680i MoBos I had were factory defective. After assembling my gaming rig, I would get the " -- " Double Dashes of Death on the LEDs upon powering up. According to Tech Support, that was either a grounding problem, or, the board was defective. I checked the outlets and case with...