Guys,
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I too experienced the same issue Phillip with the Over volting burnouts. I have my IBM 4K voltage set to 12.65V which the Avalon GUI would show 12.5V. SO PLEASE DO NOT change the voltage unless you can guarantee your environment temperature remains very cool. My Avalon 6 is no longer functioning as a result of my wife closing the garage door all the way (I normally leave 8-10" gap). This cause the ambient temperature to rise to 91-94F. All the S7 handle it find as I have all the FANs set to 60%.
I wish I did the same for the Avalon 6. I don't care what anyone say, this SmartFAN is pretty stupid as you can see it normally let the box goes to 76C even when my garage is cold. When you manually set it to something like 50-60% it runs cooler in the 68-72C. I wouldn't leave it at the min of 20% for the summer months. I'm currently temporarily hosting 2 other Avalons for my brother and I tell you, it's going to be stock voltage and Min FAN speed of 50%. They run inside my house so they're much more pampered, however without over volting, I feel that Avalon should compensate the buyers for the misleading advertised hash rate of 3.5 or 3.65TH. At least Bitmain say +/- 5%. There's no such statement for the Avalon and all 3 Avalons I have are running only 3.2-3.3TH on both EVGA G2 and Dell 750W PSU. I never see it hit close to 3.5 or 3.65TH without over volting.
Everyone knows I'm a huge fan of the Avalon 6 and have been a big supporter of it, so this isn't a bashing post but more of a warning. Fortunately for me I have AMEX purchase protection for the first 90 days so even if my son kick it down the stairs because he hates me, it would be replaced by AMEX during the first 90days. However, I do wish I purchased this unit thru Block C or Oregonmines vs Zoomhash. All I need is a statement saying that over volting voids warranty or simply a price quote for 2 hash boards so I can get AMEX to approve the reimbursement and get this fix. You would think that is pretty easy as there's no liability for Zoomhash and it's a sales opportunity, but it's like pulling teeth. This is where I applaud Yan at Block C for his wonderful support for Phillip. Needless to say, I won't be purchasing anymore units from Zoomhash.
Too summarize, the Avalon 6 is still a great box as long as you use it as designed as I never had a single issue for 2 months I've owned it. Unlike the S7, it's quiet enough to run inside the house, but if you get the itch to go to 3.8-39TH via OVER VOLTING, please thread carefully and make sure cooling is consistent and monitor closely.
They are great machines it's just if you keep pushing them... eventually there is a breaking point.
Here is official spec ( http://www.blockc.co/collections/bitcoin-miners-shop-avalon-blockc-co/products/avalon6-bitcoin-miner ):
PSU Requirements:
12V DC ±0.2V, 1100 Watts minimum PSU output (use high-quality cables)
* 1200+ Watts recommended. System draws approximately 1000 Watts.
Also top end of working condition is: 0C to 35C (35C = 95F).
If you are pushing the 95F you need to look at more cooling you should not run it constant at the highest ambient. That is also for a machine that is not over-volted. So keep that in mind when reading temp if your pushing over the 12.2V
If you have it under 11.8 or above 12.2 you NEED to change it as it is not built for it. Yes it might work..... but long term it was not built to do that. If anyone still has it pushed up so high ..... turn it down.