Building a Sossaman rig?

[tiro_uspsss]

*dejected sigh*

RMA / customer support service in Australia is... painful at best, when u do get it

is anyone with a sossy rig, that resides in the USA, willing to help me out?
My proposal:
I send you my -quite likely- bad stick of DDR2-400 ECC+REG, you plug it into ur sossy mobo, confirm/dismiss whether it is truly DOA & then possibly RMA to Kingston

I have no other way to test it.
& RMA is *that* painful here..

[karl_eller]

*dejected sigh*

RMA / customer support service in Australia is... painful at best, when u do get it

is anyone with a sossy rig, that resides in the USA, willing to help me out?
My proposal:
I send you my -quite likely- bad stick of DDR2-400 ECC+REG, you plug it into ur sossy mobo, confirm/dismiss whether it is truly DOA & then possibly RMA to Kingston

I have no other way to test it.
& RMA is *that* painful here..

The sad thing is you aren't exaggerating at all. I've had a mobo away for warranty for 3-5 months, and I've been waiting on an HDD for something like 2-3 months.

Eller

[NaeKuh]

Never seen such a slow post in my whole life though. I was already like wtf it's dead, then it posts. That thing needs longer from post to bios than all my other rigs put together...

AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

now do you understand why people get mad when they reboot the old servers.

[NaeKuh]

*dejected sigh*

RMA / customer support service in Australia is... painful at best, when u do get it

is anyone with a sossy rig, that resides in the USA, willing to help me out?
My proposal:
I send you my -quite likely- bad stick of DDR2-400 ECC+REG, you plug it into ur sossy mobo, confirm/dismiss whether it is truly DOA & then possibly RMA to Kingston

I have no other way to test it.
& RMA is *that* painful here..

wanna hear the scary thing?

the shipping both ways would cover a new stick. :X

[D_A]

AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

now do you understand why people get mad when they reboot the old servers.

Obviously there's no such thing as the "Quick Boot" option ... unless that IS the quick boot

[Martijn]

Obviously there's no such thing as the "Quick Boot" option ... unless that IS the quick boot

It is.

[D_A]

Oh noes!

[Movieman]

These are servers, they don't get shut down so long startups aren't an issue.

[D_A]

These are CRUNCHERS, they don't get shut down so long startups aren't an issue.

Fixed that for you.

[Movieman]

Fixed that for you.

yes, good fix!

[karl_eller]

At least with most server boots, they'll actually find problems with your hardware, as opposed to a desktop where it assumes hardware is fine until proven otherwise.

And yeah, who re-boots their PCs? My desktop and server stay on 24/7 and only get restarted for updates or driver changes (or when the nVidia drivers decide to crap out on my desktop. Although that hasn't happened much recently).

Eller

[jcool]

Can you say that again in English?
Could well be magic what you're doing there as far as I am concerned

[Martijn]

Basically he's controlling his BIOS functions with another computer connected to the internet

[jcool]

Via something called "ipmi" ya.. I got that much, nothing more though

[D_A]

I'll take a guess at it being an expansion card that goes in that little slot on the board that looks like one for a SODIMM, but ain't.

[D_A]

power to grub is already 2 minutes

[Jaco]

Anyone knows where I can get a pair of Sossaman cpu's nowadays? I mean cheap offcourse

[tiro_uspsss]

there are also some D0 step 2GHz (SL9HN) on ebay starting at 25 USD each. i can't find that tyan i7520sd s5365 board anywhere for a decent price... oh well, i guess i'll start saving now for my next build, probably going to do a san clemente board, maybe the x7dca with some low voltage chips, we'll see. by the time i have the money for it, i may be able to find a seaburg for cheap, lol.

I dont think that stepping is the correct CPU for this mobo

[Bail_w]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Xeon-Low-Voltage...3A1|240%3A1318

[Movieman]

Grabbed two today..$90.98 delivered..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120332064764

[tiro_uspsss]

Grabbed two today..$90.98 delivered..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=120332064764

he's back!
HE'S BACK!!!



welcome back Captain Sir!

[just a noob]

anybody reccomend a cheap 2u case+psu, and by cheap i mean under 100 dollars for both

[Movieman]

anybody reccomend a cheap 2u case+psu, and by cheap i mean under 100 dollars for both

I did mine in a Lian Li PC62.. Nice EATX mid tower and that can be had for $100.00 but no PSU included.
remember you need a 24 pin and 8 pin and you don't get that on cheap PSU's.

[karl_eller]

Why do they need the extra power from a 24-pin and 8-pin? I mean they're only pulling what, ~100 watts from the wall, so are they really needing an 8-pin EPS? 24-pin ATX doesn't matter, since even cheap PSUs come with 'em standard, but most PSUs don't start using 8-pin EPS cables until about the 450-500 watt range, which isn't really that efficient for the PSU (PSUs tend to hit their max efficiency around the 50-75% load range).

Eller

[Movieman]

Why do they need the extra power from a 24-pin and 8-pin? I mean they're only pulling what, ~100 watts from the wall, so are they really needing an 8-pin EPS? 24-pin ATX doesn't matter, since even cheap PSUs come with 'em standard, but most PSUs don't start using 8-pin EPS cables until about the 450-500 watt range, which isn't really that efficient for the PSU (PSUs tend to hit their max efficiency around the 50-75% load range).

Eller

can't answer that.. It just is..
I have mine on a 610w PCP+C so I guess it's very innefficient..