*Official Benchmark Thread* - Post it here or it didn't happen :D

[Etern4l]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

But, it is still not clear how or why the ethernet port itself would be carrying enough current to cause what happened. Very strange. 

 

I assume the current would increase with the length of the cable (Ohm's law), but not sure what absolute levels we are talking about here. Bear in mind, the individual wires are quite thin.

 

BTW way back you'd need a special crossover cable to connect computer to a computer, but it shouldn't matter these days, assuming the other PC is reasonably recent.

[ryan]

maybe both ends were inputing power

[Mr. Fox]

Given that the outer metal housing around the end of the connector is what looks to have been shorted, it almost looks like it was putting power to ground.

[ryan]

my new beast laptop

 

[electrosoft]

Something to play around with later even though I still have the A380 on the shelf too....

 

 

[electrosoft]

3 hours ago, tps3443 said:

I plugged a long Ethernet cable in to my computer from my wife’s work computer. So I could provide internet access to her system. Well, right after I plugged this Ethernet cable in it began liquifying the rubber housing on the Ethernet cable, I couldn’t unplug it because it was now stuck inside of the Ethernet port. My Unity-X started getting really really really hot in the I/O area. Then in the moment of panic and imagining cooking 13900K’s my PC completely shutdown on me, then I realized my chiller LCD was shut off too. I lost power to half the house as well.
 

I flipped the breakers off and back on, and fortunately my PC survived this ordeal with no loss in function. Even that Ethernet port still works with some heavy burn marks on the side of the inner port. The Ethernet cable has metal around the plastic housing, so it looks like it touched metal to metal and grounded something I’m not sure. 
 

Anyone know WTH may have happen here though? 

 

2 hours ago, Etern4l said:

 

Bizarre, glad you managed to avoid a disaster. Any PoE switches?

 

52 minutes ago, Etern4l said:

 

The length might have something to do with it, but it's way off the max supported length (300ft+). Nice riddle. Perhaps some conductive debris got into the socket and caused a short...

 

Edit: way back you'd need a special crossover cable to connect computer to a computer, but it shouldn't matter these days, assuming the other PC is reasonably recent.

 

My initial thoughts were PoE and a cross-over cable issue too but @Etern4l was on the money with those first two questions.

 

There is always the possibility of a surge/short somewhere that went through your system (or the wife's) and grounded out through the port.

 

My next step would be to use a real hub/switch to connect the systems again or place them closer with a shorter run. I see you used the native ports so there was no chance of a PCIe surge through a NIC.

 

 

[johnksss]

1 hour ago, tps3443 said:

 

Here is the cable, and the burn mark inside the Ethernet port. It was only running from computer to computer. 
 

I don’t know how it’s possible, or how it even happen. I just know the cable was heating up like crazy. And so was my motherboard I/O area. It melted the cable, and burned my Ethernet port. It shut off my PC and tripped the breakers of my office and even my kitchen. 
 

I had to pull the cable out with pliers, it was literally seized inside the 2.5gbit port. 
 

 

More than likely....water damage some where on the board having to do with the ethernet port. And if you have not been using it for a while, you wouldn't know when it got messed up..... Speculations of course.

[Etern4l]

56 minutes ago, johnksss said:

water damage some where on the board having to do with the ethernet port.

 

Firewater may have been involved 😉

[Mr. Fox]

On 10/26/2022 at 8:08 PM, tps3443 said:

I got through R23 at 6Ghz P-Cores, 4.5Ghz E-Cores, and 5.1Ghz Cache, with only 1.360V 😃 

@365 watts peak ..package temps were still like 80C, imagine this CPU with a delid. 
 

 

Screenshot inbound and coming. I had to power off my PC and let it dry real quick though. 
 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, johnksss said:

More than likely....water damage some where on the board having to do with the ethernet port. And if you have not been using it for a while, you wouldn't know when it got messed up..... Speculations of course.

Now yeah, that would be possible. Hadn't thought of that. It wasn't that long ago that it might have gotten wet even if it was not evident at the time. That was a lot of condensation on the water block a few weeks ago.

[johnksss]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

 

Now yeah, that would be possible. Hadn't thought of that. It wasn't that long ago that it might have gotten wet even if it was not evident at the time. That was a lot of condensation on the water block a few weeks ago.

Where is the picture?

[Mr. Fox]

9 minutes ago, johnksss said:

Where is the picture?

All of his pictures posted in the thread around that time are gone and have that same thumbnail as a placeholder. I don't know if the image host is down or if they got deleted. That's why I only use imgur and postimg.org. I have images saved 5+ years ago that are still accessible. Photobucket and Imageshack were terrible about deleting images after a while of not being viewed.

[johnksss]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

All of his pictures posted in the thread around that time are gone and have that same thumbnail as a placeholder. I don't know if the image host is down or if they got deleted. That's why I only use imgur and postimg.org. I have images saved 5+ years ago that are still accessible. Photobucket and Imageshack were terrible about deleting images after a while of not being viewed.

You're right about Imgur though, although they did have a pay to keep your photos at one point if memory serves me right....

 

From 2008 on imgur.

[tps3443]

26 minutes ago, johnksss said:

Where is the picture?

 

I don’t think it’s from moisture. One thing that’s strange is, that Ethernet cable that caused this is not one I normally use ever. It has a metal plug housing around it. And that metal was burning against some metal on the inside of the Ethernet port. Not the wires themselves. This metal tab on the right side of the Ethernet port was burning against the metal on the side of the Ethernet cable. Anyways, the motherboard held up under the heat and stress! Nothing broken. That port works just fine. 
 

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

18 minutes ago, johnksss said:

You're right about Imgur though, although they did have a pay to keep your photos at one point if memory serves me right....

They may have. I have been using them for so long I can't remember now.

 

Edit: Oh man, what an understatement. I said 5+ years ago and when you mentioned 2008 and showed the photo from back then I got curious. I checked my account and saw things I uploaded as many years ago, LOL. Wow... time flies when you're having fun, and even when you aren't.

Edited November 8, 2022 by Mr. Fox
imgur use for many years

[johnksss]

28 minutes ago, tps3443 said:

 

I don’t think it’s from moisture. One thing that’s strange is, that Ethernet cable that caused this is not one I normally use ever. It has a metal plug housing around it. And that metal was burning against some metal on the inside of the Ethernet port. Not the wires themselves. This metal tab on the right side of the Ethernet port was burning against the metal on the side of the Ethernet cable. Anyways, the motherboard held up under the heat and stress! Nothing broken. That port works just fine. 
 

 

 

Unfortunately that is the standard for 6A cables. Which is what I'm using for my 10G home network with a Unify-X....

 

Edit:

Also using a POE for my company phone with the same cables...

[Clamibot]

12 minutes ago, tps3443 said:

 

I don’t think it’s from moisture. One thing that’s strange is, that Ethernet cable that caused this is not one I normally use ever. It has a metal plug housing around it. And that metal was burning against some metal on the inside of the Ethernet port. Not the wires themselves. This metal tab on the right side of the Ethernet port was burning against the metal on the side of the Ethernet cable. Anyways, the motherboard held up under the heat and stress! Nothing broken. That port works just fine. 
 

 

 

 

That metal sheath around the connector definitely caused a short, causing it to heat up and melt the plastic around it.

 

Did the same thing happen to the other end of the cable, or only the end plugged into your motherboard?

 

This reminds me of the melting 4090 power connector issue.

[johnksss]

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

Edit: Oh man, what an understatement. I said 5+ years ago and when you mentioned 2008 and showed the photo from back then I got curious. I checked my account and saw things I uploaded as many years ago, LOL. Wow... time flies when you're having fun, and even when you aren't.

Edited just now by Mr. Fox

I was going to say....I could of sworn you were around in them early crysis days. With the arguing with Mr Garbage Ninja can't think of his shops name at the moment.. guy.😂😂

 

Edit:

K&N Notebooks was their name. Where the Gateway FX7811 put an ass whoopin' on their Alienware notebooks and the owner was mad! Then we came back with the Sager/Clevo Notebooks and did the same. Ahhhhhhhh, the good ole days!😂

[Papusan]

@johnksss Jufes test the trashcard😄 And he will test it with water block to the boat. Will the Zotac card then be transformed into a water boat ?  HaHa 

 

[johnksss]

44 minutes ago, Papusan said:

@johnksss Jufes test the trashcard😄 And he will test it with water block to the boat. Will the Zotac card then be transformed into a water boat ?  HaHa 

 

Hummm, looks like the trash card is holding it's own with stock cooler. Although I was expecting to see 100C to 30C though. lol

[Papusan]

Bro Fox. You are not alone seeing this.

 

Btw. Anyon that have saved Intel Extreme Tuning Utility v7.9.0.24 ? The stupids at Intel support will only offer latest version for download. In the old days we could pick whatever version we wanted.

[jaybee83]

11 hours ago, electrosoft said:

Something to play around with later even though I still have the A380 on the shelf too....

 

 

 

lucky grab! where did u get it? theyre basically sold out pretty much everywhere. keep us updated on your findings. the latest from HUB is that XeSS runs pretty stellar on Intel GPUs vs. green n red teams.

 

8 hours ago, johnksss said:

You're right about Imgur though, although they did have a pay to keep your photos at one point if memory serves me right....

 

From 2008 on imgur.

 

classic! 😂 i remember benching and tuning my 485M in my Clevo P150HM with Crysis...seems like a lifetime ago. and imgur is the shiz 😋

[Mr. Fox]

1 hour ago, Papusan said:

Bro Fox. You are not alone seeing this.

 

Btw. Anyon that have saved Intel Extreme Tuning Utility v7.9.0.24 ? The stupids at Intel support will only offer latest version for download. In the old days we could pick whatever version we wanted.

 

XTUSetup_7.9.0.24.zip

[Papusan]

9 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

 

XTUSetup_7.9.0.24.zip 19.53 MB · 0 downloads

Thank you very much bro Fox 🙂 Sometimes I forget to follow up some websites. Intel's software policy is disgusting.

 

Edit. Btw... Is this version the last one before current XTU v7.9.1.3 ?

[Mr. Fox]

1 hour ago, Papusan said:

Thank you very much bro Fox 🙂 Sometimes I forget to follow up some websites. Intel's software policy is disgusting.

 

Edit. Btw... Is this version the last one before current XTU v7.9.1.3 ?

I don't know. Just got lucky that I had it as I normally do not use XTU. Yes, their driver and software policy sucks and is deplorable, just like the Redmond Retards and AMD and NVIDIA. They all suck.

 

The current look and feel of XTU is totally trash. Everything in the UI is bloated to be nice for use by touchscreen smartphone, tablet and modern UI filth for Kool-Aid drinking sissy-boys.

 

Here is a link to an archive with all the versions that I have saved. 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtvVypqAtWDahYkhQ4EyJcoRuUgeGg?e=xIvHEh 

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On 11/6/2022 at 2:31 AM, Mr. Fox said:

FYI - stop the nonsense YouTube ads with this awesome Chrome extension... SponsorBlock. It is my Windows substitute for Vanced MicroG on Android. Never wait for a video to play or be interrupted during the video again by advertisements.

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Here is a link to an archive with installable backups of my Z490 and Z690 Windows 7 drivers.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtvVypqAtWDahYkldHtAektSLFapLw?e=aLI6HI

 

Remember to spam F8 and select the option disable DSE because some are unsigned. Or, just disable it permanently using an admin command prompt, then run the Test Mode Watermark Disabler script. (The latter is the best way... one and done.)

 

bcdedit /set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

bcdedit /set TESTSIGNING ON

bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks on

[Etern4l]

8 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

I don't know. Just got lucky that I had it as I normally do not use XTU. Yes, their driver and software policy sucks and is deplorable, just like the Redmond Retards and AMD and NVIDIA. They all suck.

 

The current look and feel of XTU is totally trash. Everything in the UI is bloated to be nice for use by touchscreen smartphone, tablet and modern UI filth for Kool-Aid drinking sissy-boys.

 

Here is a link to an archive with all the versions that I have saved. 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtvVypqAtWDahYkhQ4EyJcoRuUgeGg?e=xIvHEh 

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Here is a link to an archive with installable backups of my Z490 and Z690 Windows 7 drivers.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AtvVypqAtWDahYkldHtAektSLFapLw?e=aLI6HI

 

Remember to spam F8 and select the option disable DSE because some are unsigned. Or, just disable it permanently using an admin command prompt, then run the Test Mode Watermark Disabler script. (The latter is the best way... one and done.)

 

bcdedit /set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

bcdedit /set TESTSIGNING ON

bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks on

 

I tried updating XTU recently, and the garbage OS Windows 11 wouldn't let me because it couldn't find an uninstaller of the earlier version (which probably got deleted by M$'s own system cleanup utility). Whatevs.