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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/27 03:49:27
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Do you think EVGA should do a pre-release, like a small BETA test?
Make the board available to certain EVGA forum members so they can test the X79 Dark with different hardware at stock speeds and overclocked.
I think we would get a better idea of the boards stability.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/27 05:33:44
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I believe this idea has already been proposed, but EVGA will determine the best course of action for their testing. HarryD
Do you think EVGA should do a pre-release, like a small BETA test?
Make the board available to certain EVGA forum members so they can test the X79 Dark with different hardware at stock speeds and overclocked.
I think we would get a better idea of the boards stability.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/27 07:57:48
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@Rjohnson11 For the record with all my whining and complaining I am always polite when I post. My issues are very real and have been acknowledged by Evga. While their tech support has been supportive and professional they have not solved my problems nor can they, its not like a 4th RMA is going to fix anything. Even Jacob acknowledged actual design flaws with the boards (though a bit round about). I actually am very happy your MB works perfectly, I WISH mine as well as the others did. But being ignored for the most part with no answers is just not right to people that are pretty loyal to Evga. I have owned MBs from almost EVERY manufacturer, some have treated me better than others. While Asus made my life VERY difficult, in the end they fixed ALL the issues but left a very bad taste. Nobody should be left with a product that DOES NOT WORK 100% through no fault of their own. That is where I, as well as a few others are at, I am a VERY minor cog, as the one person here lost over $5K USD as a professional system builder because of this. All I ask of you, even as a Moderator, is to understand my frustration as well as others. Maybe Evga does not care at this point and has moved on but do realize there are a real issues to be addressed and they have not... This Forum is the only place I can vent my frustrations in a polite manner where Evga claims they read everything. This more than about stability of a new MB and how great it will be etc. as you well know. You see no further whining, complaining or such from me as it has all been said 100s of times. I feel bad for that POOR, POOR dead horse...
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/27 08:40:56
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I believe everyone has a full right to discuss what they like and don't like in this thread so long as it doesn't violate the EVGA forum TOS. So far everyone has given their opinions and they have been honest opinions. All I can tell you is that EVGA is aware of this thread and they have read several entries. KimbaWLion
@Rjohnson11 For the record with all my whining and complaining
I am always polite when I post. My issues are very real and have been acknowledged by Evga. While their tech support has been supportive and professional they have not solved my problems nor can they, its not like a 4th RMA is going to fix anything. Even Jacob acknowledged actual design flaws with the boards (though a bit round about). I actually am very happy your MB works perfectly, I WISH mine as well as the others did. But being ignored for the most part with no answers is just not right to people that are pretty loyal to Evga.
I have owned MBs from almost EVERY manufacturer, some have treated me better than others. While Asus made my life VERY difficult, in the end they fixed ALL the issues but left a very bad taste. Nobody should be left with a product that DOES NOT WORK 100% through no fault of their own. That is where I, as well as a few others are at, I am a VERY minor cog, as the one person here lost over $5K USD as a professional system builder because of this.
All I ask of you, even as a Moderator, is to understand my frustration as well as others. Maybe Evga does not care at this point and has moved on but do realize there are a real issues to be addressed and they have not... This Forum is the only place I can vent my frustrations in a polite manner where Evga claims they read everything. This more than about stability of a new MB and how great it will be etc. as you well know. You see no further whining, complaining or such from me as it has all been said 100s of times. I feel bad for that POOR, POOR dead horse...
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/27 10:41:12
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I do hope they read this entry then. While my Classified board does work "for the most part", there is no point in an RMA as the problems are at the hardware design/trace level, which not fixable by BIOS updates. When the Dark is released, EVGA better do something fair for its existing customers who have been affected by this problem. Step-up pricing, even if beyond the 90-day window (which I am approaching), would be "fair".
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/27 10:43:34
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Looks like I had a post deleted. I didn't insult anyone. Anyhow, I am sick and tired of a select few who come in here tell a GOOD number of experienced users that this is OUR PROBLEM. Such a joke, and so are those who post this nonsense. There is a big problem with these X79 boards and to blame it on the end user is simply insulting. All we want is a working board. THAT's IT EVGA. I hope you hear those of us that you have screwed over. I don't mind taking my business elsewhere for mainboards AND cards if this isn't cleared up. My Classified remains packed in a box in my closet. I can't sell the darned thing, I would feel bad about giving this scrapmetal to ANYONE, let alone I would have lost 200 bucks right off the top because new ones sell for less than 250! (Like that doesn't tell you anything). As another user posted, in all my years of building, I have had two other mainboards that had issues. One of them was an Asus and it was replaced within 1.5 weeks and they FIXED the problems. I RMA'd my original Classy and got a new one back that had all the problems of the RMA'd board PLUS SOME MORE. Now that's service! /end sarcasm
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/29 10:19:43
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it would be nice if EVGA get this confidence level back again: I am disturbed because I cannot break my system...found out there were others trying to cope! We have a support group on here, if your system will not break, please join! http://rog.asus.com/forum/group.php?groupid=16 We now have 116 people whose systems will not break! Yippee!  LINUX Users, we have a group! http://rog.asus.com/forum/group.php?groupid=23 LOL  PS. I know, it just struck me as funny :)
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/29 13:47:48
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I have been a loyal EVGA customer for years with numerous motherboards and video cards. I have built and clocked my 790i, X58, Z77 and was looking forward to building an X79 to replace the tired 790i. Got into the X79 thread and it nearly made me puke. While I have had horrible experiences with ASUS RMA (the reason I came to EVGA in the fist place) I decided that I would go back to ASUS for X79. I checked out their forums and saw where their product has been having issues too (though not as bad as EVGA) and have practically decided that X79 might not be a good idea. Unless the X79 Dark can convince me that it is worthy, I will freshen up the 790i and let it run for a little while longer, until the next generation hits the stores. Come on EVGA, show that you can still produce a quality product comparable to the great boards from the past, I am counting on you.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/29 20:12:17
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chememan
I have been a loyal EVGA customer for years with numerous motherboards and video cards. I have built and clocked my 790i, X58, Z77 and was looking forward to building an X79 to replace the tired 790i. Got into the X79 thread and it nearly made me puke. While I have had horrible experiences with ASUS RMA (the reason I came to EVGA in the fist place) I decided that I would go back to ASUS for X79. I checked out their forums and saw where their product has been having issues too (though not as bad as EVGA) and have practically decided that X79 might not be a good idea. Unless the X79 Dark can convince me that it is worthy, I will freshen up the 790i and let it run for a little while longer, until the next generation hits the stores. Come on EVGA, show that you can still produce a quality product comparable to the great boards from the past, I am counting on you.
Yep, Man, Agree 100%. I Checked out ROG forum and found issues there too, it a crap shoot. I certainly wouldn't be happy with a RIVE that turns on whenever it wants to, or not have a functional on board sound device. We have enough apprehension learning UEFI . To add none fuctional querky boards on top of that make me just want to stay with my aging but tried and true x58. I hope the X709 Dark will change my mind. We're counting on you "early Adopters" to give us the REAL unsugar coated brass ass assestment of the X79 Dark once it's released, Thousands of enthusiast will depend on it. 
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 00:39:20
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RIVE is easily the best mobo I have ever had.
How you can compare the grief in the rog forum to what is here I have no idea.
All I know is that since p67 evga mobo's are basically not fit, late to market, and often don't work as advertised at all. Their inability to write good bios's just dooms any mobo really till they get a handle on that imho.
I still say I will be surprised if they ever release the dark.
Not even going to get into Haswell, lol.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 01:42:47
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Haswell is scheduled to be introduced by Intel on 4 June the day before the start of Computex. It should be interesting to see the new benchmarks and possible new motherboards to go with them. doorules
RIVE is easily the best mobo I have ever had.
How you can compare the grief in the rog forum to what is here I have no idea.
All I know is that since p67 evga mobo's are basically not fit, late to market, and often don't work as advertised at all. Their inability to write good bios's just dooms any mobo really till they get a handle on that imho.
I still say I will be surprised if they ever release the dark.
Not even going to get into Haswell, lol.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 05:11:11
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RIVE is easily the best mobo I have ever had.
How you can compare the grief in the rog forum to what is here I have no idea.
All I know is that since p67 evga mobo's are basically not fit, late to market, and often don't work as advertised at all. Their inability to write good bios's just dooms any mobo really till they get a handle on that imho.
I still say I will be surprised if they ever release the dark.
Not even going to get into Haswell, lol.
Since I'm the one, Purchasing the Motherboard, I, and I alone will make that judgement call, and not according to others rant. In researching prospective purchases you consider all aspects, good or bad of any major component. . Non functioning on board sound, and motherboard coming on at will is pretty significant to me. like I've said in previous postings, May the best board Win!
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 06:28:17
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ASUS has some great boards. However, if you are one of the unlucky folks that get a bad board, or have problems, their customer service is non-existent and the RMA department is a black hole. If I am going to buy a board that has the potential to have issues, I would MUCH rather buy an EVGA where I CAN get someone on the phone, or can get an RMA with a known turn around time. Neither of these things are possible with ASUS. WIth that said, If I expect that I will have a problem with a board, I am NOT likely to buy it.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 08:49:52
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doorules
RIVE is easily the best mobo I have ever had.
How you can compare the grief in the rog forum to what is here I have no idea.
All I know is that since p67 evga mobo's are basically not fit, late to market, and often don't work as advertised at all. Their inability to write good bios's just dooms any mobo really till they get a handle on that imho.
I still say I will be surprised if they ever release the dark.
Not even going to get into Haswell, lol.
Remember we ARE in the EVGA forums so brand loyalists will be found around every turn. I still think it's funny that people claim that they would rather deal with EVGA because their support and RMA is so great. What good is support when they can't actually FIX the problem???? Yeah I got my RMA back in 5 days, but the board stkill doesn't work. <---enemy of common sense.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 13:36:40
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I had a ASUS motherboard that was about 3 months old at the time it powered itself down and never came back. I sent it in for RMA and could not get a status on the board. They would not even confirm receipt, even though I had signature confirmation of delivery. About 2 weeks later I gave up and purchased an EVGA 790i to replace it. About 5 months later, I get a box in the mail with a motherboard wrapped in brown packing paper. It had NO documentation, no comments, no receipt, simply a motherboard wrapped in packing paper. I attempted to power it up and it appeared to be in the same condition as when I sent it in. That is when I said NEVER AGAIN to ASUS. To contrast that, I had an 8800GTS go bad on me and EVGA did not have any more of those in stock, so they replaced it with a 260 at no cost. EVGA has always been there when I needed help. This does not excuse what has happened to those that purchased the original X79's but it is a lot more than I can say for ASUS.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 13:42:28
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I have my RIVF operating now (just installed). No problems - everything works, booted first time, went into BIOS and selected ez-gaming overclock and saved, and the CPU runs at 4.6GHz without me having to do anything else, although I will tweak it later and adjust mem timings etc. USB3 and SATA3 all functioning correctly. I will still consider moving to the EVGA x79 Dark if it turns out to be solid though. I'm well aware if I have problems with the RIVF, I am in for hell... Also wondering if the Dark is being delayed for the new Intel CPU's about to be released...?
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 14:07:08
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Why does everyone keep saying Asus CS sucks? I've RMA several items with them and no problems. It takes a little longer then I would like but no big deal.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 14:34:14
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CAxVIPER
Why does everyone keep saying Asus CS sucks? I've RMA several items with them and no problems. It takes a little longer then I would like but no big deal.
Getting a RMA on my X38 mobo sucked. Took forever and they wanted to put me through the ringer. DFi was another company that was not worthy a penny. Emailed CS about a Asus Z77 Pro that was giving me an issue and well...didn't have to talk to CS at all. They sent me a RMA number and all the info I need to return it. But in the past I agree with all these people that Asus was awful. And I hear in Europe they're still bad.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 15:05:45
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Asus has had a bad reputation for a while and while I am not a champion of any company, I have never had a problem with Asus and I know they have improved but still have a ways to go. The problem with EVGA's X79 series is that there are hardware issues that have not been solved by RMA after RMA! Wouldn't you be irate if you spent 400 bucks on ANYTHING and you had to use it as a paperweight? I just want my mainboard replaced with a WORKING X79 BOARD FREE OF HARDWARE PROBLEMS AND BIOS BUGS. Take my Classified and replace it with an X79 dark and I would shut the heck up. Honestly, I don't think it's too much to ask for at all. The board has NEVER worked correctly, ever (and neither did the FIRST ONE that I RMA'd.)
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 15:08:25
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I wait and see what comes of this board. I am on X58 and this mb has been a reliable board ever since I got it under o.c.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 17:31:57
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I just want my mainboard replaced with a WORKING X79 BOARD FREE OF HARDWARE PROBLEMS AND BIOS BUGS.
I am sorry to hear that you are having problems with your X79. I see that the board you sent back to us for RMA passed testing. We could not find anything wrong with it and we could not replicate the USB problems you were having. Is there any other component in your system that was used with both boards and has not been tested yet? Possibly the power supply or a USB device?
Contact us by phone at 1-888-881-3842 or email at support@evga.com. We are available 24/7 to assist you.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 17:36:19
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Johnny_Utah
I just want my mainboard replaced with a WORKING X79 BOARD FREE OF HARDWARE PROBLEMS AND BIOS BUGS.
I am sorry to hear that you are having problems with your X79. I see that the board you sent back to us for RMA passed testing. We could not find anything wrong with it and we could not replicate the USB problems you were having.
Is there any other component in your system that was used with both boards and has not been tested yet? Possibly the power supply or a USB device?
The board that I used (the RMA'd board) has constant "PowerSurge on Hub Port" messages, as well as USB 2 AND 3 issues. (sometimes the ports work, other times it doesn't...EVERYTIME I boot the machine!) I tried the board with 2 different sets of verified RAM and two power supplies. It ain't me. The board I got back has USB issues even worse than the original. Here's the kicker: I have two other X79 boards and have NO ISSUES (BOTH ASUS BOARDS). I think it's hilarious that you try and pin this crap on me when MANY other people are having the same issue. This is unbelievable. You guys need to get some better techs and fire your BIOS team, because they both stink. Hey bro, if you have any more questions about what's wrong with your X79 mainboards, take a gander at this 12 page thread: http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1687999 I think they have all been addressed there. Have a great day.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 18:02:12
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i haven't been saying much, but been keeping up to date with the thread hoping for an announcement about my board. Its just sitting here in the box, I've already lost a lot of documents/data from my external hard drive. half of the ports not working with my devices and tired of not being able to use much of what i bought it for, for work and school, i cant afford to lose any data and have constant random hiccups. I'm using a RIVE right now as a spare from my uncle for the past few months until this is resolved, but hopefully, for many of us, our money and FRUSTRATION wouldn't have gone to waste with evga providing a hefty solution. I'd like to get my board back into my case and give my uncles back. Feels like we're all getting the middle finger with this X79 Dark if nothing is done, yet I'm being patient and calm, waiting on EVGA, that threshold of my patience is almost being reached.
post edited by iNFAMOUSJACK - 2013/04/30 18:21:29
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 18:58:15
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Johnny_Utah
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I am sorry to hear that you are having problems with your X79. I see that the board you sent back to us for RMA passed testing.
The board that I used (the RMA'd board) has constant "PowerSurge on Hub Port" messages, as well as USB 2 AND 3 issues.
The only problem I see is that your boards always have the exact same problem only when you are using them. There has to be something else going on here.
post edited by OMG A FURRY - 2013/04/30 19:45:23
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 20:02:21
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Maybe this should be posted somewhere else, but I'm putting it here.
This is what I think. There is something that I call bleeding ( there might be a more correct and proper term.)
Example I work on equipment that has had issues with wiring harnesses caused by tie wraps that are too tight. Problem being signals are "bleeding" to another wire causing some type of malfunction. Now the first time I heard of this I thought "yeah rite".
Well I have seen many issues resolved by simply removing some tie wraps.
So my thinking is that perhaps something like this is what is happening to some of the Evga X79 boards. Because of materials, the way the tracing is done, what ever. That is why some work and some don't all depends on how munch particular areas of the board are stressed, and some boards are more susceptible than others but the issues are the same.
Anyway now you all can tell me how stupid I am.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 20:31:05
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Maybe this should be posted somewhere else, but I'm putting it here.
This is what I think. There is something that I call bleeding ( there might be a more correct and proper term.)
Example I work on equipment that has had issues with wiring harnesses caused by tie wraps that are too tight. Problem being signals are "bleeding" to another wire causing some type of malfunction. Now the first time I heard of this I thought "yeah rite".
Well I have seen many issues resolved by simply removing some tie wraps.
So my thinking is that perhaps something like this is what is happening to some of the Evga X79 boards. Because of materials, the way the tracing is done, what ever. That is why some work and some don't all depends on how munch particular areas of the board are stressed, and some boards are more susceptible than others but the issues are the same.
Anyway now you all can tell me how stupid I am.
Thanks for posting this. I could see it possible for a power wire wrapped around a sata cable to possibly cause some type of issue. Never really thought about it though. Learn something here all the time. Great forum.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 20:44:50
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Johnny_Utah
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I am sorry to hear that you are having problems with your X79. I see that the board you sent back to us for RMA passed testing.
The board that I used (the RMA'd board) has constant "PowerSurge on Hub Port" messages, as well as USB 2 AND 3 issues.
The only problem I see is that your boards always have the exact same problem only when you are using them. There has to be something else going on here.
Please just go away. I'm asking nicely. Did you bother to read the 12 page thread about others with the SAME ISSUE? How is it that they only happen with EVGA X79 boards???? I have 7-8 rigs spanning 6600's to now a G34 board and I have NO issues with any other hardware? I know what I am doing my friend, the only issue here is that you think you have more experience than I do with this platform, and you would be wrong. Putting you on ignore now and I should have from the get-go. You have absolutely ZERO to offer the community here. Have a nice life. As with other users, I am done asking. If I get nowhere I will certainly never purchase an EVGA product again and have zero reason to be here on these forums. Perhaps [H]ard Forum/Overclock.net are better places to discuss all things hardware without the simpleton crowd who blindly follow a company and believe they can do no wrong.
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 21:19:52
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Johnny_Utah Please just go away. I'm asking nicely. Did you bother to read the 12 page thread about others with the SAME ISSUE? Putting you on ignore now and I should have from the get-go. You have absolutely ZERO to offer the community here. Have a nice life. I did read the thread, and this is what I gather from it: - USB 3.0 - I still blame user error for this one, try updating all your firmware.
- XMP 1.3 - Non-issue. Don't use XMP. Setting your memory timings, voltage, and frequency manually is a better choice for the greatest stability, and always has been.
- C-States - They cannot reproduce this, because it is likely a problem with another of the user's components.
- PCI-E 3.0 - The board is PCIe3.0 ready. You processor is likely not. I would attempt to enable 3.0 while using a processor that only supports 2.0, but the processor I am testing with is a Xeon E5-2680, which DOES support PCIE3.0
- CPU VCore Offset - I am able to change this value, on some settings it was stable, and on others it would give a 0d POST code.
- Non-MBR boot drives - No problems here. Booted a UEFI drive over USB, everything went smoothly.
post edited by OMG A FURRY - 2013/04/30 21:40:57
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 21:54:10
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OMG A FURRY
Johnny_Utah Please just go away. I'm asking nicely. Did you bother to read the 12 page thread about others with the SAME ISSUE? Putting you on ignore now and I should have from the get-go. You have absolutely ZERO to offer the community here. Have a nice life.
I did read the thread, and this is what I gather from it:
- USB 3.0 - I still blame user error for this one, try updating all your firmware.
- XMP 1.3 - Non-issue. Don't use XMP. Setting your memory timings, voltage, and frequency manually is a better choice for the greatest stability, and always has been.
- C-States - They cannot reproduce this, because it is likely a problem with another of the user's components.
- PCI-E 3.0 - The board is PCIe3.0 ready. You processor is likely not. I would attempt to enable 3.0 while using a processor that only supports 2.0, but the processor I am testing with is a Xeon E5-2680, which DOES support PCIE3.0
- CPU VCore Offset - I am able to change this value, on some settings it was stable, and on others it would give a 0d POST code.
- Non-MBR boot drives - No problems here. Booted a UEFI drive over USB, everything went smoothly.
Umm so yea you sound like the biggest fanboy now. USB 2/3.0 is an issue with the board itself XMP is supported which means it should work. The user should not be required to do extra work just because of someone lack of testing. C-states can't be an end user problem as too many people have them 3930k have full PCIe 3.0 support Not sure the issue with VCORE And MBR should work no matter what
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Re:EVGA X79 Dark
2013/04/30 21:56:24
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I have my RIVF operating now (just installed). No problems - everything works, booted first time, went into BIOS and selected ez-gaming overclock and saved, and the CPU runs at 4.6GHz without me having to do anything else, although I will tweak it later and adjust mem timings etc. USB3 and SATA3 all functioning correctly. I will still consider moving to the EVGA x79 Dark if it turns out to be solid though. I'm well aware if I have problems with the RIVF, I am in for hell...
Also wondering if the Dark is being delayed for the new Intel CPU's about to be released...?
I didn't read your post until now. There is a ton of speculation and rumor surround X99 (whatever they call it) and what will really be released Q3 as far as the Enthusiast Platform. TweakTown seems to think that Ivy-E will be skipped all together and that we will be moving directly in to Has-E which would mean that socket 2011 is dead. Either way, when Ivy-E OR Has-E arrives (whichever it is) I want a board designed specifically FOR that chip since Sand-E has had all the ups and downs...mostly downs;)
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