Recent content by 111alan

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    3D-NAND

    Accepted a commission of a 512GB M.2 sata SSD. Ended up being the weirdest SSD I've ever made. SM2258H controller, 512MB ECC DRAM, 4 samsung SSV2 TLC from PM1725 with 4 interposers, making it a true 3d-nand SSD.;) Also somehow it runs at DDR400 without a problem. Even only 40+ badblocks in...
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    Epyc 7V13 64 Core Processor

    Yes it works on normal mother boards like H12DSI I use. S8030 should also support it without problem, but a BIOS update is needed. About the board rev, you can flash the newer bios on an older board but not BMC.
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    Motherboard/CPU Advice for Simple File Server

    I think some cheap E5-v3 or v4 will do. Just activate all C state options and turn off the unnecessary cores.
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    The most painful RMA I've ever experienced, what should I do now?

    Usually no, mostly formal/retail version, at least qualification samples with the same stepping.
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    The most painful RMA I've ever experienced, what should I do now?

    Wish I have that much money to spare but, plan to sell it second hand if the situation can't be solved.
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    The most painful RMA I've ever experienced, what should I do now?

    I think 2Rx8 needs all of them. I shipped my own ddr4 modules to them twice though.
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    The most painful RMA I've ever experienced, what should I do now?

    For EMS it works like, if you don't want the item, you don't have to pay the taxes, and they'll just return the item as rejected. Not really sure for SFExpress though.
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    The most painful RMA I've ever experienced, what should I do now?

    It is, each time, but it's the last straw as I said. Combined with other fees it's close, not to mention the time spent, and the fact that it's something I have little use for. BTW recession is getting real here. I would say that maybe it's as hard for us to earn 100 CNY as it is for an...
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    The most painful RMA I've ever experienced, what should I do now?

    I have 100 ways to break a board without a trace, my own soldering skills are enough to deceive the eyes of some professionals. I really tend not to break hardware intentionally, but now I'm starting to think that sometimes it's inevitable. There are good repair shops I've worked with before...
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    The most painful RMA I've ever experienced, what should I do now?

    Yeah, definitely regreted sending it in for RMA, if only I know it could take 8 months and cost me tons of money, with zero fault on my part...:mad: And now I honestly ask for your suggestions. It happened like this. I bought an Asrockrack SP2C621D16-2T on October 30 2022. The board came in...
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    Whats the deal with U.2 enterprise SSDs selling so cheap?

    Just like sata drives. It's hard to find a chassis which doesn't even have a 2.5 inch drive bay.
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    Whats the deal with U.2 enterprise SSDs selling so cheap?

    Use M.2 to U.2 converter and U.2 cable. Both 8643 and 8611 will do.
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    The cursed connector design.

    4 drive MCIO cage