SuperMicro X9DRD-7LN4F
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I don't really get what's so hard for these sellers to properly inspect and pack motherboards. They all seem to do a pretty garbage job. They don't inspect sockets, they don't use wrap that covers the whole board, no ESD bags, etc. Only seller I've ever bought from that does a 100% good job is minos-tech.
I agree with your comments. The seller did not do a good job in wrapping the motherboard.
Added 2 Intel Xeon E5-2650 V2 CPU and 128GB of ECC memory to the motherboard. The mobo powers on inside my Supermicro SC836 chassis, but I can't get the VGA port to work. I check the jumper JPG1 and it is enabled. Anyone else have an issue with the VGA port? Any recommendation on what to try next?
That probably means nothing is wrong with VGA and that BIOS is not updated.
In my experience the BIOS on most X9D SM boards come with pretty outdated versions.
Just tested my first board, it works with dual E5-2650L v2 (10 core) CPUs out of the box, having to clear CMOS right now though due to BIOS password.
update/edit: it's on BIOS 3.2, BMC 3.39
update/edit: I' just finished testing another board that works with v2 cpus, and is only on bios 3.0, bmc 3.17
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Created a bootable USB drive and it still will not display anything on the monitor. How in the world can I update the BIOS?
Yes... I looked at the pins on the VGA jumper. The only beep I hear is the on the initial power on. There are no beeps after that point. I noticed that there are 2 8pin power connectors on the motherboard. The power supply of the SC836 chassis only have 1 8pin power connector. I have that one connected to JPW2. I don't have a power connector connected to JPW3. Is that a problem? If yes, do I need to get splitter? Please advise as I have spent the entire day trouble shooting this motherboard.