I understand that. You're saying that potentially SM used an older board, replaced VRM from rev 1.21 board with new vendor VRM and turned it into a 'new' 2.01A board, correct ? Even so, it's pretty weird that it shows the same behavior as a 1.21 board, unless ... I dunno, this is getting too crazy.
X11DPi-nT BMC crashing
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??? VRMs burned on yours ? thought you have BMC issues.
maybe you misunderstood something.
VRM bug is one thing,
worn out BMC flash is another, can happen on all boards over time.
but every brand new board can die within weeks, SM can not run them for years to find out any error.
so supermicro confirms that this board not came lately out of the factory(brand new board)
if so it should have all ECO modifications.
replace battery = time reset.
reset BMC: wrong time in LOG.
set time in BIOS or OS = next LOG entry is correct time.
you can login fine to IPMI ? that's BMC, so it works correct this time.
re register USB devices can caused by many other things, e.g. unstable PSU/PDB, overheating.
no, the 1.21 board is thrown in the trash but you don't get a brand new board (with full warranty) as replacement.
The bmc also threw a chassis intrusion warning, out of the blue, at the same time the usb devices re-registered. How to explain that ? It sounds like the bmc crashing to me
Ok, but I never had a 1.21 board. This was supposed to be brand new , not refurbished upgraded, so with all eco updates too.
What should I do here ?
Is this just for X11DPi? or are all X11 DP boards affected? Asking as someone who has a X11DPH-T.
It didn't create a log, it just restarted. Chassis intrusion is default setting to alert so it reverted to that.
How else can you explain the chassis intrusion + usb devices re-registering + onboard nics flapping ?
ok, so basically, replace the motherboard. X11DPH-T is my choice - someone else also mentioned that. Is this a good course of action ?
how to ensure that beyond purchasing from authorized reseller ? I mean, this board was supposed to be new as well
talk to the seller and make clear your want new board.
but as i sayd before, a brand new board can have issues too. you are not 100% safe, 1 of 1000 is maybe bad.
Thank you for your time and advice on this thread. One last general question. I have been a purchaser of SM hardware for 10+ years, never had any issues. Since the AI "bubble" happened and SM has been shipping a lot of hardware to Nvidia, Meta, Amazon, etc. Did you notice a decrease in quality ? We have several instances of dubious quality and huge delivery delays that we never had before. I can honestly say that we still have older generation SM hardware that runs better than the new stuff.
