Yup, I had another supermicro die... this time it's my X5DAL-TG2.
What happened was I on a SLIC 2.1 mod streak and like some other units (Including my Tyan Thunder K8WE) I flashed a modded bios I rolled my self.
What happened was the BIOS installed correctly but then on reboot it froze during the really slow first boot (before optimizing settings)... I hard resetted, now it spins fans.
I suspect it's a faulty BIOS chip, as in the past it's:
-randomly reset settings, even on a known good (brand new) CMOS battery
-radomly died for a few hours, fixed after time (or reseating memory)
Would ebaying a replacement (pre-programmed) for $16 be the way to go, or is there a low cost (<$50) programmer out there for such PLCC chips (I have dead boards to source chips)? Or does this not even sound like a bad flash chip?
What happened was I on a SLIC 2.1 mod streak and like some other units (Including my Tyan Thunder K8WE) I flashed a modded bios I rolled my self.
What happened was the BIOS installed correctly but then on reboot it froze during the really slow first boot (before optimizing settings)... I hard resetted, now it spins fans.
I suspect it's a faulty BIOS chip, as in the past it's:
-randomly reset settings, even on a known good (brand new) CMOS battery
-radomly died for a few hours, fixed after time (or reseating memory)
Would ebaying a replacement (pre-programmed) for $16 be the way to go, or is there a low cost (<$50) programmer out there for such PLCC chips (I have dead boards to source chips)? Or does this not even sound like a bad flash chip?
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