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JelloShot 
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 Topic: Bolt unboxPosted: 28 Dec 2013 at 8:32am |
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Ordered a bolt lvl 4 System. I'm super psyched to play some games. While I'm waiting for it(stage 1). Any unboxing recommendations? Should I just plug it in and start it up? Or open it up to double check everything first?
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fstcvc
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013 at 8:46am |
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Congrats on the new rig and welcome to the DS family!!
DS normally recommends double checking to make sure nothing shook loose during shipping. When I got mine, I just opened her up and made sure nothing felt loose, plugged her in and let her rip. 3 months without any issues!!  With the Bolt so tightly packed I doubt anything will be loose but it's always a good safety measure!
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013 at 9:26am |
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Chances are the rig will show up with no loose connectors, etc from the shipping jolts it might see. But, never hurts to give it a once over, even slipping the cover off and looking for anything just hanging there. Some have arrived with the thin metal wire clips that hold the cooling fan to the cpu cooler unattached.
If you do open it, might as well make sure the plugs to the mobo, drives and ribbon cable to gpu, on both ends, are all good.
If you don't feel like pulling the cover, you'll probably be good to go. A lot depends how the shipping box and Bolt look upon arrival.
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Alex
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013 at 10:50am |
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Welcome to the family! I would suggest leaving it as is unless you have issues that require you to troubleshoot, then the first thing you should do is check for any loose connections, etc...
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JelloShot
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013 at 10:51am |
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Thanks for the advice y'all. Will definitely open it up to double check. Only had laptops. Never needed to open them.
Can't wait to to play Skyrim and Bioshock infinite on this computer  . Try to post some pics when it gets here. East coast.
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JelloShot
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013 at 11:21am |
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Thanks Alex. From what I've seen in the forums your the go to guy for solving problems. Hope I never need you lol (stage 3)
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Posted: 28 Dec 2013 at 11:29am |
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No problem! I'm here to help, so is our awesome community of customers.
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JelloShot
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Made it to stage 6 last week
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Posted: 06 Jan 2014 at 3:53am |
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Sooooo close. Won't be long now.
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It'll be worth the wait.
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My Two Digital Storm Rigs: Mr. Bojangles (HAF-X, 2010) & Mrs. Bojingles (Bolt I, 2013).
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JelloShot
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Posted: 15 Jan 2014 at 6:20am |
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one day left
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The excitement is mounting.
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Yissss, the big emoticons spread. |
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I'm getting dizzy just watching that guy.
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Yeah that one in particular messes with my eyes for some reason. Edited by Tidgxor - 15 Jan 2014 at 6:11pm |
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My Two Digital Storm Rigs: Mr. Bojangles (HAF-X, 2010) & Mrs. Bojingles (Bolt I, 2013).
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Posted: 16 Jan 2014 at 2:37pm |
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The computer has arrived and is running smooth. Downloading all the updates and some games. Pulled out some games I have on disc(Diablo 1) while I wait for that stuff to finish. Thanks to everyone at Digital Storm!
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My Two Digital Storm Rigs: Mr. Bojangles (HAF-X, 2010) & Mrs. Bojingles (Bolt I, 2013).
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I like where this is going.  |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 5:43am |
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First impressions:
The good: I got Borderland 2 downloaded and it's running so smooth. Can't wait to see Skyrim. The bad: Steam was not per-installed like i ordered. Pending: Sent an Email to Support about an issue. Post more when I hear back form DS. |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 6:13am |
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Support is normally closed on weekends. What's the issue?
Skyrim is gonna Rock.
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JelloShot
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 7:14am |
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It's nothing preventing the PC from running.
It's about the overclock. I was looking though the BIOS just to learn about my PC, and I don't see anything in the settings about the 4.2 oc stated in an email I received form DS, seems like the standard settings 3.5-3.9 turbo boost for the possessor(i7 4770K) |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 7:29am |
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Download and run CPU-Z. Stress the rig with a game or Windows experience Index, and on the bottom left of CPU-Z, read the core speed, in MHz. Yours might be about 4100MHZ, depending on the oc they gave you.
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JelloShot
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 8:25am |
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I'm getting Just under 39.
Thanks for the help 
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 9:19am |
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If your only getting the 3900MHz under load, I'm thinking you don't have the overclock. 3900MHz is the Turbo . I can't be sure what load you had , etc, but you could go to BIOS, Tools tab I think and check your mobo manual, and look for a saved oc profile where DS did save the settings. It sometimes happens that a BIOS goes to default because of a shut down issue, or it was changed when you were in there. But, I'm just guessing.
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 10:19am |
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Yeah they did the same thing to me back when I bought my ds. If no oc profile is saved just oc yourself as they just had me change the clock values. for a 4.2 just change ring ratio and core ratio to 42 you can also call ds and see if they have note of changing voltages. Never go above 1.250 vcore or 1.20 vring unless you have custom liquid cooling. If you do it yourself also stress test with prime
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 12:22pm |
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Which motherboard is in your bolt? If it is the Impact, I it will load bios settings from a file on a USB flash drive. So maybe they can email you a file.
I suggest you run prime95, in stress test mode to see how high it goes. Edited by danjw1 - 18 Jan 2014 at 12:25pm |
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JelloShot
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 6:26pm |
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I found the saved oc settings in the BIOS. The settings did not work. I reset to the defaults. Think i'm gona wait for DS to get back to me.
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 6:38pm |
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Your system left our facility running at 4.2GHz. I just checked the BIOS image (see below) from your system. I also verified the testing screenshots and it was running at 4.2GHz while we were testing the unit.
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JelloShot
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Posted: 18 Jan 2014 at 6:41pm |
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While i'm sure the people at DS will help with these issues.I can't help feeling a little disappointed about Steam.
Edited by JelloShot - 18 Jan 2014 at 7:23pm |
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