Hi,
I'm new here, I joined because I noticed the ebay seller (tugm4470) I bought a motherboard combo (H11SSL-C + EPYC 7551P + 128G RAM) from is active here and hope he will refund this defective motherboard. This will be another chance for him to show he's a good ebay seller. Obviously if it doesn't go well everyone will know that also. But this is the second time now I have purchased used Supermicro boards (from different sellers) on ebay and both have been defective - just to clarify only one from tugm4470 was defective - the other defective board was from an Australian ebay seller.
The low price always tempts me and I've resolved myself now to never buy used Supermicro boards again. The time it wastes and the hassle of returning is something I don't really want to keep repeating. I did recently buy a 100% new Supermicro board + ram and CPU on Amazon and from local suppliers here in Australia - NO ISSUES - everything worked beautifully and all top notch. Compare that to my buying experience on used ebay items and it has been the complete opposite - twice now - from an Australian ebay seller and from a chinese ebay seller - defective parts. Before buying I asked both sellers the same question. Do you test the used parts before you send them out? Both times they reply with a reassuring "yes", but it's obvious that whatever testing they do, if there is any - its inadequate.
My verdict - don't waste your time buying used ebay server parts. So far every time I have tried its been a FAIL, defective items.
Regarding this recent purchase on ebay from tugm4470 I will say that all the memory sticks were good - so 8x16GB samsung memory sticks were all good, just the motherboard had a dead dimm and something else was wrong with it. I tried re-seating the CPU a few times but I could never get the dead dimm to work. I also found that when I tried to install any linux operating system that it was extremely slow (8+ hours) and it always ended in a failed install. After recently using the same install media on the brand new H12SSL-i I just bought - that all installed lightning fast without any issues. So it became obvious to me that the motherboard has some issue - or maybe the CPU itself. Anyway I'm just sick of wasting days on testing and fiddling, I just want to return it now and get a refund and move on.
Just hoping tug4470 comes through with refund and all ends well.
I'm new here, I joined because I noticed the ebay seller (tugm4470) I bought a motherboard combo (H11SSL-C + EPYC 7551P + 128G RAM) from is active here and hope he will refund this defective motherboard. This will be another chance for him to show he's a good ebay seller. Obviously if it doesn't go well everyone will know that also. But this is the second time now I have purchased used Supermicro boards (from different sellers) on ebay and both have been defective - just to clarify only one from tugm4470 was defective - the other defective board was from an Australian ebay seller.
The low price always tempts me and I've resolved myself now to never buy used Supermicro boards again. The time it wastes and the hassle of returning is something I don't really want to keep repeating. I did recently buy a 100% new Supermicro board + ram and CPU on Amazon and from local suppliers here in Australia - NO ISSUES - everything worked beautifully and all top notch. Compare that to my buying experience on used ebay items and it has been the complete opposite - twice now - from an Australian ebay seller and from a chinese ebay seller - defective parts. Before buying I asked both sellers the same question. Do you test the used parts before you send them out? Both times they reply with a reassuring "yes", but it's obvious that whatever testing they do, if there is any - its inadequate.
My verdict - don't waste your time buying used ebay server parts. So far every time I have tried its been a FAIL, defective items.
Regarding this recent purchase on ebay from tugm4470 I will say that all the memory sticks were good - so 8x16GB samsung memory sticks were all good, just the motherboard had a dead dimm and something else was wrong with it. I tried re-seating the CPU a few times but I could never get the dead dimm to work. I also found that when I tried to install any linux operating system that it was extremely slow (8+ hours) and it always ended in a failed install. After recently using the same install media on the brand new H12SSL-i I just bought - that all installed lightning fast without any issues. So it became obvious to me that the motherboard has some issue - or maybe the CPU itself. Anyway I'm just sick of wasting days on testing and fiddling, I just want to return it now and get a refund and move on.
Just hoping tug4470 comes through with refund and all ends well.