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Recent content by torin3

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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    Found a deal on 3 bent 6174s for $100, as-is. 1 out of the 3 worked. I'm thinking the other two might be fine if I could find some way to bend them back so that the pins can touch all the pads. H8QG6+-F arrived yesterday. Working just fine right now with 1 6174 and 3 6172s.
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    Following up on it, they said that the reason I had to send it in was to see if they could repair the socket. They say it is unrepairable, even if I paid them to replace the socket.
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    Apparently I did not understand the email correctly. The tech, knowing I had burnt pins in the socket, told me to send it in. The RMA department there denied the RMA for burnt pins. When I asked the tech why he would have me waste the $30 to ship it to them when it would be denied for...
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    If I understand the email correctly, they will replace the board. I got a 2P board and have tested my RAM and 3 remaining 6172 CPUs. I found 2 bad sticks, and I seem to have one marginal stick that I haven't isolated yet. I got 1 set of errors on test 7 out of a 24 hour run with 16 sticks of...
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    Clearing the BIOS seems to have stopped the fans coming on as soon as power is applied. However with all 3 unwelded CPUs, I get no video, beep, or post. Also, it will not turn the fans off when the power button is held for more than 4 seconds once it has been turned on with that button...
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    Well, I didn't get to talk to a supervisor, but he did agree to take it back and check/repair it. Though I'm still not sure he really understood what I was saying to him.
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    I feel the need to share my pain....
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    A guy named Jerry. The known bad CPU is, I believe, because it was damaged by the component failing on the first motherboard. It worked for about 3 weeks. After the board died, it appears to have killed the 2nd board (though there was no visible signs of damage in the sockets or on the...
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    I'll clean the pads and test again following the procedure you recommend 402. Btw, the conversation I'm having with the tech at SM is getting real frustrating. They don't have a list of compatible power supplies and the tech doesn't seem to get why I'm saying they don't have a real warranty on...
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    No post. And the fans headers power on as soon as the PSU is turned on, before using the power switch on the motherboard. I've tried one of the visually undamaged CPUs in socket 1 with one RDIMM in the blue tabbed memory slot farthest away from the CPU. Heatsink was just sitting on the CPU...
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    Thank you, much appreciated! I was planning on eventually switching to the [H] OC one, but I hadn't gotten that far. I was running with desktop DDR3 for about a week, and then I switched over to RDIMM DDR3, but it wouldn't run under load with all 16 slots filled. It would run with 12 slots...
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    I guess I'm asking if anybody here has used that model power supply with one of the SM 4P boards and what their experience was. Or if anybody has an idea of how to repair it. Or how to deal with SM RMA in this situation. Sorry if I wasn't clear earlier. Thank you.
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    Supermicro H8QGi+-F (tear ?)

    I've been having a problem with my Supermicro H8QGi+-F. It has gone through a few RMAs. This is the most recent contact. I wound up getting a phone call from the tech. The upshot is they are denying the RMA based on my using an unrecommended PSU (though there doesn't appear to be a list of...
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