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Rollo, Thanks. It was the motherboard. I sent it back and got a brand new one from China. I dropped in the QWAS chip (by mistake, but no problem) and it booted with *BIOS 1.9* so yes its good. DO you know if there are any stability problems with these QWAS chips and Linux kernal...

Thanks. This board came with 2.4. I got 1.1b from Supermicro and flashed it but it never got further than staging. If these boards are now unable to be rolled back to 1.5 or earlier when they come with 2.4 flashed, then buyers should be very careful about buying ES or QS chips.

Rollo- Thanks. I thought it was A QS sample. ▎ To answer your question: yes, I torqued all four nuts crosswise (no torque wrench though- but about 8lbs of torque). And no, I have never powered the board with a single CPU in socket 2 — CPU1 only. I can't speak for the previous owner, who had...

After discovering that an X12DAI-N6 will NOT run a QS CPU, I find myself in possession of said CPUs, and need a board that won't turn it's nose up at them. Needs to take Optane DIMMs as well. Any suggestions?