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My Big Beastie Died

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My Big Beastie Died

mobo gave up the ghost

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I'm not having much luck with computers just lately.  My Big Beastie with the Ryzen Threadripper X2920 suddenly died and I had to take it into a techie to find out how and why.... being I have no diagnostic tools to speak of.  It turns out that the mobo just up and died on me.  Geez, it's not even 6 months old and it retired itself.

Anyhow, that wasn't the end of it and I got some good news.  The techie sent it back to MSI and they promptly replaced it without question.  Apparently there were a few others suffering the same fate.... a faulty BIOS or something.  I should receive the replacement in the next couple of days, after which I shall take it into the techie to rebuild the machine for me.  My hands aren't as good as they used to be, arthritis 'n all, and I don't enjoy building PCs like I used to.

The other issue was a brand new power supply that just stopped working.  I installed it in my Ryzen 9 machine and I managed to set up the OS and programs without issue, but when I tried to reboot the following morning there was no power.  I tried another lower powered PSU and the machine booted okay, so it wasn't the build itself, just the PSU.  It is now on its way back to the seller to be replaced.  Hopefully that doesn't take too long, being shipping and deliveries are often delayed in this age of Corona virus.

Oh well, all's well that ends well.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Still haven't got Big Beastie back.... GRRR!!!!!.  Damned Corona virus has interfered with the MSI MEG X399 Creation's arrival and now it isn't expected until September 17.  Damn, sod and Bugger it, though I did get an unexpected turn of events when the original MSI X399 SLI Plus was returned via the place of purchase in working order.  According to them, I'll still get the other board as well.  Apparently it's to compensate me for the inconvenience, the long delay and my costs to ship the original back and forth.

I don't know what I'll do with the original, though, being I'd prefer Big Beastie to run off the X399 Creation.  It's just a shame that I've got to wait another couple of weeks until it arrives.  Oh well, I suppose all's well that ends well.

Reply #27 from Elemental Forums Top

add another new rig? XD

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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting alaknebs, reply 27

add another new rig? XD
End of alaknebs's quote

As it is I have 5 rigs, don't know I want or need another.  Currently 3 are in use and one is being set up as a media centre, leaving the last fairly much redundant thus far.  I may even clean it up and sell it, yet.... or I could give it away to somebody deserving.

If I did add another rig I'd try save enough to purchase an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, the most powerful of the 1st and 2nd gen Threadrippers to power the MSI Meg X399 Creation board.  Still, that's a long way off and I may set my sights a bit lower to settle for a 2920X or 2950X, depending on finances at the time. 

The Threadripper 3 series is far too costly for me, especially with having to purchase a TRX40 socket board to mount it on, but even the 2990WX may be well over budget, coming in at near 3 grand AUD per unit.  In any event, I would not be building it myself, not when the new techie I see is very good with very reasonable prices.

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well I got Big Beastie back yesterday with the MSI X399 SLI Plus installed.  It's in great working order and is even faster than before, plus it isn't getting too hot, unlike the previous one.  It now has 128GB of RAM and boots in 20 - 25 seconds.

I would have posted the news yesterday but didn't have access to internet until an hour ago... and I don't do internet on a pokey little phone screen if I don't absolutely have to.  Anyway, I took it in without the add-in cards or HDDs to make it lighter to transport and work on, so now I will power off and attend to installing those very shortly.

Reply #30 from Elemental Forums Top

hot... heh. don't know if it was due to it being a very hot day or not (a while back), but i was playing watch dogs 2 (free from promotion)... and the machine screamed bloody murder about cpu overheating and rebooted itself...

safe to say.. uninstalled and not going to bother touching it again. never had that before with any game... or at least none screamed about cpu temp.

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't really do any serious gaming, just stuff like the Myst series now and then, though I've not played it in a while.  I've been too busy trying to catch up on life's chores and reorganising my music and video files into Big Beastie's rearranged storage setup.

Hopefully today the MSI X399 Creation turns up at the store I first purchased the X399 SLI Plus from.  The guys there have gone over and beyond to assist me in my woes with it's eventual replacement.  If so I should see it early next week.

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well the 17th has come and gone but my X399 Creation mobo has not arrived at the point of purchase as first promised.  The delivery date has now been pushed back to September 30th.  I'm totally pissed off because the X399 SLI Plus has again died in the arse. 

This is now the 4th SLI Plus that has failed on me.  It worked okay for a short while but has done what the original X399 purchase did, remains on 00 in the LED error screen at attempted boot.  Well no more effing around with it, I will be seeking a full refund on what clearly was not a brand new replacement.  I may have to seek an ASUS Prime X399 board as an alternative, not that I'm overly keen on ASUS boards after 3 going guts up on me before.

GRRRR!!!!! >:(  

Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well the MSI X399 Creation board turned up yesterday and I'm collecting everything together so that the techie can rebuild Big Beastie.

As for the motherboard's up and dying woes, it turns out the cause was the PSU... a 1200w Coolermaster Gold Plus.  The reason it wasn't detected before is that the PSU would spike intermittently without warning and 'short' the board.  Luckily, the techie discovered it and I shall get a replacement PSU.

Anyhow.:)