*updated the thread title* going to RMA the board due to a faulty DIMM slot, then going to pretty much give it away cheap to someone that wants to deal with it. I can not knowingly sell this board with issues and refuse to lie to anyone that is interested in purchasing.

So, i just got this in after 2 months of fighting to procure a motherboard....
 

 

 
I am going to stream it on Twitch, as I test everything out, to see how it works.  I have been sitting on the CPU and the RAM, as well as other parts for far too long.  
 
I will be putting it together late tonight, when I am tired of playing games.  Unfortunately, I only have the 750Ti that I butchered, so it will be used to see if everything works and nothing more honestly.  I will also jump into Team Speak if anyone would be interested in Chatting while I put it together, because I get REALLY bored REALLY fast. 
 
If interested, it will be at twitch.tv/Scarlet_tech and I will start about 9am Eastern (That is 10 PM my time).

This might be an interesting addition:
 
http://www.techpowerup.co...itx-graphics-card.html

I was just looking at that pic again and it makes your hand look HUGE, lol. You figure out how to get your stuff up on Twitch yet?

Right on. Sorry your having troubles. Get some sleep and let me know what you find. I came back right as you stopped streaming.

So much for sleeping, lol. It's overrated anyway.

 
 
sitting at stock
 

 
 

It's nice and clean, but not sure why the Ram in slot 1 hangs occasionally. After updating the BIOS, it slows down over that spot (code 67) but continues to boot. I haven't loaded anything onto it yet, other than the evga driver and Windows updates.

I need to tear down the loop, and install the quick disconnects so I can put a 360 or 480 rad in temporarily and see what this Ram and cpu are capable of, but I don't and to let it settle in first. am going to go backwards with the overclocking, and try to push the Ram first. It is set at 2400 from Gskill, and I want 2667 or 2800 if possible without voltage bumps.


The bios is super easy to navigate, just like other EVGA bios, so that is always good. I have been exploring it, and it is genuinely as easy as all previous bios to navigate.

The micro board itself has five 4pin fan headers, which makes me wonder why the classified only has 3 pin headers...... (aside from cpu and cpu opt of course.)

It boots really fast, even at 3.0ghz... It is faster on the boot than the 3930k at 4.6, and I think it is because of the SSD choice on the other motherboard, as well as the older technology being used.

The setup is crude... Really crude.... Right now. CaseLabs shipped today, and I also received amazing news (an assignment, will pm you) right after they shipped.

I will report back as I give this lady a push. The good thing is, I am going to keep this plectrum drive for the micro motherboard, and use this with a 5820k (if I can find one used for fairly cheap because it is a bad overclocker) and use this as the stream pc.

CPU-Z Dump: HERE
 

 
I still can not get a hold on the Offset voltage.  At this point, the support behind these boards from EVGA is depressing, and I wish there were answers.  Hopefully the x99 Classified handles differently.
 
Aida64 has only been pumping away for 35 minutes, and I have to use auto voltage, which means absolutely no control, because Offset decides what random voltage it is going to offset to.
 
I am going to attempt to not complain about the product, because supposedly they are working on the fixes, but this is beyond disheartening how silent they have gone on the entire x99 lineup. Heck, they are doing it on all products, only picking and choosing what they will address..  Thankfully this will be my last upgrade for a while.  

DIMM Slot 1 has stopped working again.  I posted about this on another thread.  Due to EVGA's silence, I regret not buying the RVE the other day when I had the chance :-(

I am going to RMA the Micro when the classified arrives. I want to keep testing the chip until then, at least. Hopefully they get everything worked out, and drop a new bios here soon (haven't checked today, in case I missed it).

zophar
Man I'm sorry your having problems. Let me know if you want me to do anything since the board came from me.

EVGA seems to be really good about the RMA stuff at this point, and they will ship back to an APO directly, so it is fairly easy to do, thankfully.  I am not too stressed about the RMA thing.   Once I have the classified, I will have something else to work with at least.

That is a bummer.  I am trying to get a handle on this Micro, jsut to see what the CPU is capable of, and... nothing... I can get it stable, restart, and everything is off...
 
How do you like the RVE?  If I send the Micro back, and it returns with another issue, I can promise that it will be the last EVGA board I own.  
 
I am going to return the classified and eat the fees for restocking with amazon if they have any fees and if it gets here in time.  I am not going to continue to waste my time with a company that isn't showing interest in helping anymore.  Their answer in the support ticket was, "Please wait for a new bios to get all things working, and if the ram slot isn't working, please RMA the motherboard."  I understand RMAing the motherboard, but we are QUICKLY approaching a month without EVGA acknowledging that this motherboard lineup exists.. I am done with that.  the OCN users have been trying to help me out and evga can only say please wait.  Nope.. Sorry.  I will take mostly working equipment and crap customer service over nonexistent customer service and broken equipment.  I tried to keep my cool with this, and waited 2 months as my motherboard was lost in the mail.. This isn't good customer service, and EVGA should be ashamed.
 
One a much lighter note, I broke the EVGA FTW Folding team Project Rank of 2k, and team rank is only a matter of points away from dropping below 200.  Aiming for the double digits before I leave Korea, where it is about to get really cold :Excited!!!!: 
 
*Addition* I just posted my first 1 star review for EVGA on Amazon.  I wish they would have paid a little bit of attention here.  

He can show his face, and even produce a golden bios... It's just too late for me.

I will even still look at their graphics cards, and probably upgrade to new ones next round... But, the x99 platform is done for me.

Please let me know how the replacement board does, issues with specific DIMM slots almost always is related to board issue and/or bent CPU pin. In your case it looks like a faulty board.

sorry to read that mate, too many complaints about the X99 series recently.
way too many to just call it "bad luck" in my opinion, something needs to be done - rush.