these molex fixes are a must if you dont have a mb with it built in already and are extremely overclocking the gpu's. other wise you will get a melted 24-pin connector. rare im sure, but enough people to make it an issue.

woojyee

jrmitchell1983

these molex fixes are a must if you dont have a mb with it built in already and are extremely overclocking the gpu's. other wise you will get a melted 24-pin connector. rare im sure, but enough people to make it an issue.

Agreed but the point is you dont need to have your cards O/C'd at all. Your at risk when running at stock speeds but these guys throw out information like they are experts on the subject when they are not. I went throught it twice so I know what it takes to melt the PSU 24-pin plug and it was 2 GTX 480s @stock speeds and voltages.

 
stock clocks can do it as well, you are correct. the 400 series is just to powerful and draw to much from the 24-pin alone. this is why the mod has been invented by evga. there are 2 other mods you can do depending on which mb you have, but they both require soldering. evga will fix this solution IMO because they have always treated there customer right IMO and will continue.

BenchZowner

woojyeeWRONG!  I like how people talk as if they know what they are talking about. There are people who had their PSUs and Boards melt with 2*480s on air such as myself and Donta.  I lost 2 PSUs and 2 boards from this issue and the TWO cards were at stock speeds and voltages so please stop spreading info you obviously know nothing about

(facepalms)

Thanks for educating the uneducated arrogant "average joe" ( that's me! yeah lol ).
I'll take your advice in consideration next time I overclock my GTX480 3-way SLI past 1300MHz on liquid nitrogen.

Thanks master!
And sorry for my ignorance and amateurism ( laughs out loud )

 
I'm very happy for you, and am glad you have not suffered any problems or damaged hardware.
Congrats!
 
But I dont think the EVGA fourms are a good fit for you. You continue to post in a disrespectful fashion towards those who have lost hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of hardware to this issue.
 
Your continued posting that there "is no problem" is clearly false and misleading, given the many users who have (doucumented) these 24pin failures, and EVGA itself who has RMA'd many of these motherboards and has seen the results firsthand. 
 
No real experianced system builder/overclocker, would ever discount properly documented failures from other respected members of these Fourms.
 
That you choose to continue to do so is disrespectful, and shows your complete lack of understanding of what these fourms are for.
 
If you cannot respect others and post in a adult fashion, dont be suprised that nobody is listening....
It's quite clear, you dont know what you are talking about.
 
Bragging and laughing at others who have lost hardware, speaks for itself... how sad is that. 
  
  
  
  
  
 

According to those who have experianced this issue, the EVGA Tech is misinformed...
The system does NOT have to run 24/7 to experiance the 24pin meltdown.
 
One member posted that from boot to meltdown and PSU failure, took less than 15mins under Furmark.
 
I suggest you read Donata's extensive post, where many users have posted the failures and failure modes.
It is the amount of voltage (drawn by the videocards) under certain conditions, not how long a system has been running.  

+1
 
I am so waiting to get my adaptor and be able to overclock my SLI config....  Hopefully before my stepup 580's come in

BenchZowner

woojyeeWRONG!  I like how people talk as if they know what they are talking about. There are people who had their PSUs and Boards melt with 2*480s on air such as myself and Donta.  I lost 2 PSUs and 2 boards from this issue and the TWO cards were at stock speeds and voltages so please stop spreading info you obviously know nothing about

(facepalms)

Thanks for educating the uneducated arrogant "average joe" ( that's me! yeah lol ).
I'll take your advice in consideration next time I overclock my GTX480 3-way SLI past 1300MHz on liquid nitrogen.

Thanks master!
And sorry for my ignorance and amateurism ( laughs out loud )

 
No one is calling into question your technical knowledge, your just spreading wrong information when u say  
"2*480 on air/water = no risk"
 
If your system is prone to this issue then I would guess it would have happened by now. My first went down at the end of May, about a week after installing the GTX 480s.... no one knew what the reason was at the time so after a series of bad RMA boards, I received a good e760 and a week later it was down from melted pins again.  By now, others were beginning to have similar issues and Donta's (who also had issue at stock speeds) post is the one that got the most attention.
 
Now EVGA is aware of the issue and is developing a fix. In my case, they offered me the Classy 3 which I accepted. System has been running flawless since.

jrmitchell1983

woojyee

BenchZowner

woojyeeWRONG!  I like how people talk as if they know what they are talking about. There are people who had their PSUs and Boards melt with 2*480s on air such as myself and Donta.  I lost 2 PSUs and 2 boards from this issue and the TWO cards were at stock speeds and voltages so please stop spreading info you obviously know nothing about

(facepalms)

Thanks for educating the uneducated arrogant "average joe" ( that's me! yeah lol ).
I'll take your advice in consideration next time I overclock my GTX480 3-way SLI past 1300MHz on liquid nitrogen.

Thanks master!
And sorry for my ignorance and amateurism ( laughs out loud )

No one is calling into question your technical knowledge, your just spreading wrong information when u say  
"2*480 on air/water = no risk"

If your system is prone to this issue then I would guess it would have happened by now. My first went down at the end of May, about a week after installing the GTX 480s.... no one knew what the reason was at the time so after a series of bad RMA boards, I received a good e760 and a week later it was down from melted pins again.  By now, others were beginning to have similar issues and Donta's (who also had issue at stock speeds) post is the one that got the most attention.

Now EVGA is aware of the issue and is developing a fix. In my case, they offered me the Classy 3 which I accepted. System has been running flawless since.

wait a min. why are you guys arguing over this. we already went through this in 4 different threads. no one is right or wrong, thats just opinions and asumptions. the facts are what you should be worrying about IMO. All MB without an additional power connector to the pci-e lanes need the fix. regarudless if on only runs 480 in sli or more. stock clock or overclocks. it is an issue and is being addressed as such.

as your self this? if it was not an issue then why is evga making a fix? better yet why are we discusing it?
IMO if you dont think you need it, dont use it. if you do then use it.

 
He made a statement that said

"2*480 on air/water = no risk"
 
I had 2*480s  that melted 2 PSUs and ruined 2 e760s and both cards were @stock speeds and voltages. So my input is neither an assumption or opinion, it is FACT.
 
I just dont want someone to read his flawed statement and ruin their hardware but you are correct, enough has been said on many threads.

no one will have false info after they read all the posts here and other threads on it IMO. it is not a risk for everyone and should you be worried sure, but use your best judgment imo. evga will only have a limited number to give out and im sure the lucky ones to get them wil post results and test them. hopfully i will be one.

woojyee

remenaker

So I have 4 E760 MB and  4 GTX 480s so I have to wait till the end
of Dec. now oh will waiting again. But I will get 4 of them for my
boards Please Evga and I will pay for them if you like.

I have not read that single card configurations had any issues. have you???

single cards, no. i can confirm no issues at all. only sli/tr/quad

badboy64

Well I must be one of the lucky one to never had this problem at all. I been running this setup overclocked for the last 5+ months with even my 2x480 overclocked at as well.

Yea, It's like smokeing, some can light up day after day, and enjoy there cigarettes, and never have an issue; But you still feel bad for those that get diagnoised with Lung Cancer.  

^ I guess my point is you may never have a problem, It may run like a champ for a week, a month, a year, 50 years, or you might wake up to the smell of smoke, what has most of us concerned, is not the thousands that are running without issue, it's the 2% or so that may. We all hope to be among the 98% that question what is happening, but even at the quoted >2%, no one wants to be one of them.

i ve got the rare set up a  hx1000 2x 480 sli and a e760 i dont feel good about over clocking at the moment.i thank EVGA for doing this for us they didnt have too.

Oh forgot to say two E760 have two GTX 480s and the other
two have GTX 285s so running SLI GTX 480s on two of my
E760 boards.

Thanks for the update JacobF.  Will this also work in PCIe x 1 slot?  When will these be available?

Great news!  How do I get one?