I have a E760 that I ran two GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW cards in and didn't have an issue. Just picked up a B-stock E759 that I have yet to fire up as I need a cpu for it, plus going to water block the video cards for that system. Going to run three vid cards in it, two GTX 465's and a GTX 470. I'm now worried about this setup for my E759 board. :/

I have them both up and running for 6 mouths now and the plugs look ok for now.
both are gamming systems.

I'm using 2 470's and a 450 for phsyx...so I assume I'm safe?  Also...I'm using a 758...it does not have the extra Molex connection, does that mean that it's potentially at risk, or does anyone have any input on this?  I haven't seen any mention of the 758.

KMoore4318

rona1012

I can understand how some of you MAY be accepting to having to hit up solder points on  your board but I just am not all jumping for joy for this amazing mod for a board that's a month old.

No one said I was jumping for joy to do this mod, it’s more like reaching the realization, that either I can do it, wait for someone else to do it, or wait for the board to grow it on its own. Unfortunately, I am too impatient to wait on someone else, too much of a realist to expect it to correct itself, too determined to make it work, to not try the mod, Also I am too cheap to buy another board.
Those of you with Deep pockets, or an exuberant faith in others, or an excess of patience, may have other options. For me it boils down to: If I want 480's do the mod, If I can be satisfied with 2(460's) the mod is not necessary.
All that's left is to decide what It is I will accept. other than that , the choices are pretty much made.
( It is what it is; I have what I have; I have no control over the actions of others;  and I do what I have too, to get what I have to work. ) It's not like there is any real choice.
Results dictate actions. Lack of action, can dictate consequences.  I deem the consequences unacceptable . Also the mod was engineered by someone with more knowledge and expertise than I have, Not capitalizing on his experience, diminishes, my capabilities, and options.

Well said, indeed. I'm *almost* in the same situation as yourself and I could very well do the mod myself quite easily. I work w/ low voltage wiring all day everyday so to solder these points is not a hard task for me. I just feel like I shouldn't have to considering how recently I purchased it, that's all.
 
Also, do we have any confirmation this is strictly if you are running a multi-gpu setup w/ *480's* and not w/ the 470's? I ask this because currently I run 2 470 SC's in SLI and my next investment was going to be a 3rd 470/waterblock to complete my system, with the exception of possibly changing the PSU as I think a HX1000 will be pushing the limit with 3 470's and an OC'd 980x, even though the HX1000 is listed as a compatible SLI PSU on Nvidia's SLI chart.
 
I'd just like some confirmation, honestly. If said confirmation is "You will only run into this issue w/ (insert certain GPU's here) and the solution is either do the Molex MOD or purchase a board with additional molex to provide the additional power" I would be okay with it. I wouldn't be happy with how recently I bought my board but I'd have confirmation, know what I need to, and move on. If the problem can be created with my 470's then I am looking at the Molex MOD or moving to a different board. I am much like you Kmoore and don't have deep pockets, it's why I am so concerned and keep mentioning how recently I purchased the board ;)
 
Heck, I'd be happy as all get out if I was able to get confirmation my 470's won't cause the issue and I would proceed on with my 3rd GTX 470 upgrade and be happy w/ my 760 but if it's not to be, it's not to be. It would just be really nice to know the circumstances that create the problem so myself and everyone else overly concerned can make a decision, move on, and put this issue to bed and behind us.

rona1012

KMoore4318

rona1012

I can understand how some of you MAY be accepting to having to hit up solder points on  your board but I just am not all jumping for joy for this amazing mod for a board that's a month old.

No one said I was jumping for joy to do this mod, it’s more like reaching the realization, that either I can do it, wait for someone else to do it, or wait for the board to grow it on its own. Unfortunately, I am too impatient to wait on someone else, too much of a realist to expect it to correct itself, too determined to make it work, to not try the mod, Also I am too cheap to buy another board.
Those of you with Deep pockets, or an exuberant faith in others, or an excess of patience, may have other options. For me it boils down to: If I want 480's do the mod, If I can be satisfied with 2(460's) the mod is not necessary.
All that's left is to decide what It is I will accept. other than that , the choices are pretty much made.
( It is what it is; I have what I have; I have no control over the actions of others;  and I do what I have too, to get what I have to work. ) It's not like there is any real choice.
Results dictate actions. Lack of action, can dictate consequences.  I deem the consequences unacceptable . Also the mod was engineered by someone with more knowledge and expertise than I have, Not capitalizing on his experience, diminishes, my capabilities, and options.

Well said, indeed. I'm *almost* in the same situation as yourself and I could very well do the mod myself quite easily. I work w/ low voltage wiring all day everyday so to solder these points is not a hard task for me. I just feel like I shouldn't have to considering how recently I purchased it, that's all.

Also, do we have any confirmation this is strictly if you are running a multi-gpu setup w/ *480's* and not w/ the 470's? I ask this because currently I run 2 470 SC's in SLI and my next investment was going to be a 3rd 470/waterblock to complete my system, with the exception of possibly changing the PSU as I think a HX1000 will be pushing the limit with 3 470's and an OC'd 980x, even though the HX1000 is listed as a compatible SLI PSU on Nvidia's SLI chart.

I'd just like some confirmation, honestly. If said confirmation is "You will only run into this issue w/ (insert certain GPU's here) and the solution is either do the Molex MOD or purchase a board with additional molex to provide the additional power" I would be okay with it. I wouldn't be happy with how recently I bought my board but I'd have confirmation, know what I need to, and move on. If the problem can be created with my 470's then I am looking at the Molex MOD or moving to a different board. I am much like you Kmoore and don't have deep pockets, it's why I am so concerned and keep mentioning how recently I purchased the board ;)

Heck, I'd be happy as all get out if I was able to get confirmation my 470's won't cause the issue and I would proceed on with my 3rd GTX 470 upgrade and be happy w/ my 760 but if it's not to be, it's not to be. It would just be really nice to know the circumstances that create the problem so myself and everyone else overly concerned can make a decision, move on, and put this issue to bed and behind us.

Well said both of you... like my case I have hardware gone from this whatever mystical combination it was....I'm out hardware plain and simple, EVGA Sent me a Classified 3 was a nice gesture But I cannot use it, I do not have the clearance in my case because where they put the molex adapter I just opend it up to double check not going to happen. So not a total loss getting the asus board. But I am out a limited edition board, some hard drives, some power supply's, my ram, an HP DVD/CD Burner/Lightscribe made exclusivly by voodoo pc for the HP BB 002 It cannot be replaced, nor my 2 months of 3D work that I was going to use for the Digital Domain Job Fair to land myself a job that actually had a full contract not a short set time contract that is lost because it was on those hard drives that got cooked...
 
When this issue first arised EVGA tbh should had come clean and open instead of it hitting us one by one.... I would had modded my board in a second.... to keep it... between my step-up, paying the difference I think I paid close to 500 dollars for the 759 board... then due to negligence, or lack of seeing into the future thinking all would be ok but the ati card thing should had been the red light.
 
Myself and many others have had to pay for it in some way sort or fashion. It all could had been avoided, this post would had not existed, my board and others would prob still be running if the issue was in the open and brought to our attention by the vendor. would we had been happy? No, but we would have more trust in EVGA for them being up front and honest with us... and like I said many of us would not be biting the wallet having to replace hardware from this... Am I mad? of course. dissapointed? yup Let down? oh yeah. Do I want this or worse to possibly happen to someone else?  No way in hell...

nevermind....   not worth the argument

overclockerguru

nevermind....   not worth the argument

BUMPS are not allow in this thread  j/k
 
To those that clicked the link about the mod, keep in mind that the thread is dated 6/11/09, so basically it is a year and 4 months old.

I share YerBuddy's sentiments...all except for taking drugs
For me, it's not about being disloyal to the brand at all. In fact, I feel I'm being very loyal because otherwise I'd have dumped this board and gotten another one already.
I'll just wait for the official word, and then decide what my options are after that.

I suffered from 2 melt downs, 2 Antec TPQ 1200s down, 2 e760s down (due to melted plastic in the 24-pin socket) so it is clear there is an issue with certain configurations and an OFFICIAL response would be in order.
 
On the bright side, I was upgraded to the Classy 3 and this week end added a GTX 480 for 3-way sli. I ran Furmark, Fluid Mark, 3Dmark Vantage, Heaven Benchmark, Crysis and Star Craft II all at max settings (96x AA) all day saturday and so far the 24-pin looks normal.

I did about 10 minutes of googling and found this.

3oh6 
the problem is with the ATX standard...not the motherboard.

 
http://www.hardwarecanuck...tors-3.html#post420538
 
 

I made this post last night and saved it on a text doc. Wasent going to post it but what the hey.
 
I don't think its cool how people are quick to stab EVGA in the back when this is clearly a problem with not just there board. I mean if you put a Pratt & Whitney F100 jet engine (480) on a Ferrari (Motherboard) and then get mad at Ferrari for something failing or falling off at 600MPH is just ludicrous.

Did EVGA know about the problem months ago ? Probably and so did other board makers that's why they have new revisions out with added molex power.

Would it have been nice to be warned about this problem months ago before new boards and gpu's were purchased by consumers from all board maker's ? You bet it would have been nice but are they obligated to ? no they are not.

Maybe there is something we are all missing here like an industry hush hush and all parties are at fault but they all said nothing for they wont take a revenue hit.

Now they just figure we offer new boards to use these power hungry cards and its up to you the consumer to upgrade or wait for something to happen then RMA your board.

Its sounds harsh and ruff but these are the times we live in and business is business and they need sales. The ugly truth in all this is if you really have to use power hungry GPU's then i guess its time to upgrade your motherboard or wait for Hiroshima to happen in your case.

In all seriousness if i went out right now and bought a new PSU and 3 GTX 480's for my E758-A1 and watched my 24 pin melt and then expected EVGA to give me a classy 3 is like the Jet and the Ferrari. Why should they upgrade me. More like i should upgrade my board because there was no power hog gpu's back in Feb of 09 when i got it and expecting it to perform more then it was designed for is just irresponsibility on my part. I am not saying people that went out and bought 480's when they first came out for there classy are nuts but what i am saying is knowing what we know now and going out and buying this setup or currently running this setup is nuts.
 
If i found out the config i was running was dangerous and could possibly damage other parts i would ether sell my GPU's and keep 1 or sale my board and upgrade. Yelling and bashing EVGA will get me nowhere and only affirmative action on the users part will see a result.

When i  built this rig it was my first and i always felt in the back of my mind that there was a small possibility that something could catch fire or go wrong. That is why i never leave it on when i am not home. I don't even leave it on when i am in the shower and no one is home or when i fall asleep. Now that i am on water i freak out even more thinking what will happen if my pump fails if i am not around. I have always treated my rig like a fire place or candle never leave it unattended.

That is why i do not fold, use torrents or leave my pc on overnight.

Just don't like EVGA being portrayed as the bad guy here. for all we know there hands could be tied by bigger folks *Cough *Cough Nvidia.

@Hellcat714
 
I agree with your post and lets not forget, EVGA is stepping up and handling this issue on a case by case basis. I think they are doing a excellent job.
 
I was initially offered the e762 which I would have taken if it had fit in my small Corsair Obsidian 800D

wetfit9

Funny, I went from mad as hell, to upset, to just wanting to get a safe system. Me myself, I have gone through two power supplies. SO, I much agree, with the two posts ahead of me, time to upgrade my board because I cannot live with the what if's. I would love if they did a RMA, but if not, I refuse to live with what might happen. So I will upgrade this week one way or another. 

+1 to the guys ahead of me.

That said, now that word is out, be careful when building your new system.

 
Same here, I just ordered the R3E. I checked the 24pin connector of my 759 Classified a few times over the weekend (I'm running 480's in tri sli) and it's hot as hell, can't touch the thing for more than 2 seconds. Since nothing has melted yet, EVGA won't accept an rma, but just like you I can't live with the thought of what might happen. My dog is alone at home when I'm at work and I would never forgive myself, if anything would happen to him because of a bad motherboard.

dejanh

donta1979, can you confirm something for me please for Classified 3 board...

1. Does it have a single eSATA port? Confirmed.  There is no eSATA port on this board
2. When two graphics cards are installed in slots 1 and 2 (top most X16 slots), do they operate in full X16 mode?
3. If all four X16 slots are populated (1 and 2 with graphics cards) and 3 and 4 with X1 PCI-E cards do the slots 1 and 2 still operate at full X16?

I'm getting worried now that the Classified 3 will not work as a replacement for me going from E759

 
Well if you do decide its not for you PM me if you decide to sell it... not sure I want to do the molex mod to my board

atfrico

dejanh

donta1979, can you confirm something for me please for Classified 3 board...

1. Does it have a single eSATA port? Confirmed.  There is no eSATA port on this board
2. When two graphics cards are installed in slots 1 and 2 (top most X16 slots), do they operate in full X16 mode?
3. If all four X16 slots are populated (1 and 2 with graphics cards) and 3 and 4 with X1 PCI-E cards do the slots 1 and 2 still operate at full X16?

I'm getting worried now that the Classified 3 will not work as a replacement for me going from E759

Classified 3 is a downgrade from the E759 Classy. The only good things about the Classy 3 are the USB 3.0 and the SATA II, minus the NF200 chip (16x/16x/16x PCI slots) nothing else
It will be better off that you do the MOD if you plan to keep it.
Can u dig it?

Yep, I can dig that *as long as I get a written record guarantee from EVGA that they will accept the board back in case I need to RMA it despite the mod being done*