I got the ASRock D1520D4I off a member on reddit and so far it hasn't been playing very nice, was wondering if anyone's had similar experience.
I was having trouble getting Windows installed, so much trouble in fact that I made Server 2012 and Server 2016 bootable USBs 2 different ways and tried them both. I started to think I was going crazy and decided to try installing onto a M620 blade...which was successful no problem...
When I try to install an OS, the Windows installer either freezes, reboots, or BSOD's DURING the installation, so typically on "Windows is copying files..." or "Getting files ready for installation".
BSODs typically range from CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT, WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR, DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION
It's interesting because I wouldn't think Server 2016 has outdated drivers for this platform.
I'm using non-ECC RAM which seems to work fine, I pulled it from my personal workstation. However I swapped that with the other RAM that was left in my workstation and I was able to get a bit further. I was finally able to install Server 2016, however, during a period of inactivity the machine just randomly BSOD'd with 0x124 bug check code. Some random hardware error. There's nothing installed in the machine other than the on-board mini SAS cable for the boot drive. Any reason to believe that ECC could be necessary even though the board supports non-ECC RAM?
One thing I thought was interesting is the presence of 8 pin CPU power on this board. I have another ASRock Xeon E3 v5/v6 board that only has 4 pin CPU + auxiliary molex power, and it's technically a higher power platform. The Xeon D-1520 board works fine with only 4 pin plugged in but I am wondering if not having the 8 pin connected via a 4 pin + molex adapter is causing instability?
Anyway, anyone have any other thoughts or similar experiences with this platform? Or any suggestions? Right now I am running Intel Burn Test with 10 passes set to stress level maximum (this just uses the highest available amount of RAM). I am open to other suggestions that might help determine which hardware is causing a problem.
link to board: King Fung Electronics | D1520D4I
I was having trouble getting Windows installed, so much trouble in fact that I made Server 2012 and Server 2016 bootable USBs 2 different ways and tried them both. I started to think I was going crazy and decided to try installing onto a M620 blade...which was successful no problem...
When I try to install an OS, the Windows installer either freezes, reboots, or BSOD's DURING the installation, so typically on "Windows is copying files..." or "Getting files ready for installation".
BSODs typically range from CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT, WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR, DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION
It's interesting because I wouldn't think Server 2016 has outdated drivers for this platform.
I'm using non-ECC RAM which seems to work fine, I pulled it from my personal workstation. However I swapped that with the other RAM that was left in my workstation and I was able to get a bit further. I was finally able to install Server 2016, however, during a period of inactivity the machine just randomly BSOD'd with 0x124 bug check code. Some random hardware error. There's nothing installed in the machine other than the on-board mini SAS cable for the boot drive. Any reason to believe that ECC could be necessary even though the board supports non-ECC RAM?
One thing I thought was interesting is the presence of 8 pin CPU power on this board. I have another ASRock Xeon E3 v5/v6 board that only has 4 pin CPU + auxiliary molex power, and it's technically a higher power platform. The Xeon D-1520 board works fine with only 4 pin plugged in but I am wondering if not having the 8 pin connected via a 4 pin + molex adapter is causing instability?
Anyway, anyone have any other thoughts or similar experiences with this platform? Or any suggestions? Right now I am running Intel Burn Test with 10 passes set to stress level maximum (this just uses the highest available amount of RAM). I am open to other suggestions that might help determine which hardware is causing a problem.
link to board: King Fung Electronics | D1520D4I
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