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b2 motherboard error code --- EVGA was awesome to me today regarding my twin 980 KPE's

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2015/04/01 18:52:39 (permalink)
Here's the story;
 
finished this build Sunday;

Z97 Classified with latest bios on the board
4790k (Silicon Lottery 4.8)
32GB of GSkillZ 1866 that does 2400 10/11/11/27 1T at 1.65 volts on a HERO/Extreme 6/Z97 Classified 24/7
EVGA 1200 P2 
2x evo 840 1TB with fresh 7 Pro install
1x XTX 360 kit with another XTX360 and XTX240 all P/P
2x EVGA 980 KPE
Case Labs S8

Fired it up no issues - installed all the latest drivers at 44 at 1.25 42 at 1.20 volts no issues. Ran FS/FSE benches (no OC on the SLI) no issues. Formatted the 2nd Evo. 

Bumped to 4.9 at 1.30 volts ran the benches again no issues.
Bumped to 5.0 at 1.35 volts ran the benches again no issues.

Decided to run FS loop over night at 5.0 setting..... in the AM the screen was blank, would not wake. 

Moved it to where it's gonna reside..... plugged it all up and nothing. All the fans power up, pump is running. 
I swapped DVI cables, nuthin, tried HDMI nuthin.... went to work scratched my noodle all day  tryin to finger it out. 

Came home checked the codes 62 found out it's actually b2. 
Check around for b2 meaning CPU? Tried with 1 stick of ram nope, swapped with my 4770k from my other box on the Extreme 6 same thing. Yeap, I check the pins nothin outta wack there. Reset the bios a couple times throughout all of this.

I can't believe the cards are trashed but have yet to try my 980 AMP Extremes from the other box yet. 
 
AFTER I removed and tested each card separately I had the same issue. I then installed another set of 980's I have on another system running perfectly in the same box.... BINGO boots and runs fine. I then installed each KPE in the other box.... same b2 code. I then removed each ACX cooler and replaced the TIM with Artic Silver and tried again.... same b2 with each card in every slot.
 
I sent EVGA a RMA request at 7ish AM central time and by the time 9 AM rolled around I had RMA's on both cards!
 
Top notch service!
 
I'm only posting here to possibly help others with b2 code issues.
 
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post edited by ssiperko1 - 2015/04/02 13:42:50

Z97 Classified
4790k at 49 core/44 ring 1.290v/1.20v
EKWB X360 kit +XTX240&XTX360 with 20 Mass Cool fans
Lamptron FC5 Fan Controller V3
32 GB G.Skillz at 2400 10-11-11-24-1T 
2x 1TB EVO 840
2 TB Hybrid Seagate hd
ASUS Blu-Ray RW
EVGA Titan X SC under EK block/BP
EVGA 1200 P2 ps with green CableMod sleeved cables
Caselabs Mercury S8 case
Acer XB270HU 1440 g-sync monitor
Klipsch 2.1 Pro Media Speakers
Razer Tiamat 7.1 headphones
Razer Death Adder mouse
Razer Black Widow Ultimate keyboard
MadCatz Panther XL usb modded gaming joystick
Win 7 Pro/Win 8.1 dual boot
I'm not here for a long time, I'm here for a good time. 
 
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    Re: b2 motherboard error code --- EVGA was awesome to me today regarding my twin 980 KPE's 2015/04/02 01:54:46 (permalink)
    You are saying that overclocking your CPU fried the KP cards? Both of them? 

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    Re: b2 motherboard error code --- EVGA was awesome to me today regarding my twin 980 KPE's 2015/04/02 13:41:19 (permalink)
    antandbetty
    You are saying that overclocking your CPU fried the KP cards? Both of them? 


    Nope.
    I'm saying they both failed in SLI someway somehow not sure. I'm saying that I ran the same setup (the EVGA bridge does light up on a non-EVGA card BTW) with the same settings doing the same test and it was fine this morning. I'm saying I tested the KPE's in the box the other 980's I used last night came from and got the exact same results in single card or SLI regardless of the slots the cards were installed. I'm saying that EVGA provided the fastest response to my issue I've experienced on the web.
     
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    Z97 Classified
    4790k at 49 core/44 ring 1.290v/1.20v
    EKWB X360 kit +XTX240&XTX360 with 20 Mass Cool fans
    Lamptron FC5 Fan Controller V3
    32 GB G.Skillz at 2400 10-11-11-24-1T 
    2x 1TB EVO 840
    2 TB Hybrid Seagate hd
    ASUS Blu-Ray RW
    EVGA Titan X SC under EK block/BP
    EVGA 1200 P2 ps with green CableMod sleeved cables
    Caselabs Mercury S8 case
    Acer XB270HU 1440 g-sync monitor
    Klipsch 2.1 Pro Media Speakers
    Razer Tiamat 7.1 headphones
    Razer Death Adder mouse
    Razer Black Widow Ultimate keyboard
    MadCatz Panther XL usb modded gaming joystick
    Win 7 Pro/Win 8.1 dual boot
    I'm not here for a long time, I'm here for a good time. 
     
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