Gigabyte X79 recall

[hmmblah]

Saw this at another forum, thought I'd give a heads-up.

Press release:

http://translate.google.com/transla.../press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1077&act=url

Go to last 15 seconds of this video to see what happens:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Wk4QWHjpc[/media]

 

[Lollipop]

What the? Found some pictures in the thread that was in the YT describtion

 

[hmmblah]

It looks like the VRMs can't handle upping volts at all. The BIOS fix makes the CPU throttle to save the board, but it also limits the overclocking to almost nothing. If you don't plan on overclocking at all, then the board is fine, otherwise Gigabyte will give exchanges when the fixed boards are available.

The boards have been recalled in retail channels too, so they shouldn't be on the shelves for much longer.

 

[S_I_N]

poof she went that's gotta suck but no telling what oc's he was trying unfortunately it didn't really show that

 

[hmmblah]

From the reports that Gigabyte received before the recall, people were having this happen with only "modest" overclocks.

 

[nothingspecial]

EEEEEK!

No problems with my UD5 as yet with a 4GHz OC with a 3930k. Will update BIOS ASAP.

Edit: Am at 1.35v for 4.2GHz, and touch wood I've not had a burnout. Have now updated to F7 BIOS.

Strange that Dad was paranoid about leaving it on overnight though, and then this