My Big Beastie Died
mobo gave up the ghost
Sunday, June 14, 2020 by starkers | Discussion: Personal Computing
I'm not having much luck with computers just lately. My Big Beastie with the Ryzen Threadripper X2920 suddenly died and I had to take it into a techie to find out how and why.... being I have no diagnostic tools to speak of. It turns out that the mobo just up and died on me. Geez, it's not even 6 months old and it retired itself.
Anyhow, that wasn't the end of it and I got some good news. The techie sent it back to MSI and they promptly replaced it without question. Apparently there were a few others suffering the same fate.... a faulty BIOS or something. I should receive the replacement in the next couple of days, after which I shall take it into the techie to rebuild the machine for me. My hands aren't as good as they used to be, arthritis 'n all, and I don't enjoy building PCs like I used to.
The other issue was a brand new power supply that just stopped working. I installed it in my Ryzen 9 machine and I managed to set up the OS and programs without issue, but when I tried to reboot the following morning there was no power. I tried another lower powered PSU and the machine booted okay, so it wasn't the build itself, just the PSU. It is now on its way back to the seller to be replaced. Hopefully that doesn't take too long, being shipping and deliveries are often delayed in this age of Corona virus.
Oh well, all's well that ends well.
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Reply #22 Saturday, July 18, 2020 11:43 AM
I dunno, can't take a friggin' trick just lately.... my 3rd piece of hardware in a couple of months died a week ago
And that's not 'fucking with it'?
As I said....build it once and build it right.
I had to fuck with my AMD FX machine last week .... the PSU gave up the ghost and died. It was less than a month old so I took it out and RTM-ed the sucker. Well I got its replacement earlier today [that was quick] ... a brand new one still in its original shrink-wrapped packing. Anyhow, it is now fully installed and running like a dream.
Reply #23 Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:30 AM
Well some good news on the mobo front.... not only do I get a brand new board, I'm getting an upgrade to a better, more feature packed replacement: the MSI MEG X399 Creation. It comes with a PCIE M.2 expansion card that holds 4 M.2 SSDs that can all be linked via the in-built RAID arrays. Yup, installing Windows on a x4 SSD RAID array should give it a bit of zip. Also, Big Beastie gets a RAM upgrade, from 64GB to 128GB
Hopefully the mobo arrives early next week so's I can get it into the techie to rebuild Big Beastie. I have so missed it and was suffering separation anxiety..... as if I needed another pill to calm me down.
Reply #25 Wednesday, August 5, 2020 9:44 AM
Big beastie seems to be getting bigger...
Yeah, sure is, but then I always planned to upgrade the RAM, and I might just as well get it installed while the techie is doing the rebuild. I'm so looking forward to it being in working order again.... putting it through its paces with the additional RAM and the OS running off the RAID array utilising four 240GB SSDs. Yup, Big Beastie will absolutely fly along.
It will definitely be my last build, though. There will always be bigger and better tech coming out, but I'm more than satisfied with what I've got. Besides, the 3rd gen Threadripper CPUs and motherboards are way more expensive than I can afford, and the 4th gens will likely be even less affordable.
Reply #26 Saturday, August 29, 2020 10:43 PM
Still haven't got Big Beastie back.... GRRR!!!!!. Damned Corona virus has interfered with the MSI MEG X399 Creation's arrival and now it isn't expected until September 17. Damn, sod and Bugger it, though I did get an unexpected turn of events when the original MSI X399 SLI Plus was returned via the place of purchase in working order. According to them, I'll still get the other board as well. Apparently it's to compensate me for the inconvenience, the long delay and my costs to ship the original back and forth.
I don't know what I'll do with the original, though, being I'd prefer Big Beastie to run off the X399 Creation. It's just a shame that I've got to wait another couple of weeks until it arrives. Oh well, I suppose all's well that ends well.
Reply #28 Sunday, August 30, 2020 8:23 PM
add another new rig?
As it is I have 5 rigs, don't know I want or need another. Currently 3 are in use and one is being set up as a media centre, leaving the last fairly much redundant thus far. I may even clean it up and sell it, yet.... or I could give it away to somebody deserving.
If I did add another rig I'd try save enough to purchase an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, the most powerful of the 1st and 2nd gen Threadrippers to power the MSI Meg X399 Creation board. Still, that's a long way off and I may set my sights a bit lower to settle for a 2920X or 2950X, depending on finances at the time.
The Threadripper 3 series is far too costly for me, especially with having to purchase a TRX40 socket board to mount it on, but even the 2990WX may be well over budget, coming in at near 3 grand AUD per unit. In any event, I would not be building it myself, not when the new techie I see is very good with very reasonable prices.
Reply #29 Tuesday, September 1, 2020 10:47 PM
Well I got Big Beastie back yesterday with the MSI X399 SLI Plus installed. It's in great working order and is even faster than before, plus it isn't getting too hot, unlike the previous one. It now has 128GB of RAM and boots in 20 - 25 seconds.
I would have posted the news yesterday but didn't have access to internet until an hour ago... and I don't do internet on a pokey little phone screen if I don't absolutely have to. Anyway, I took it in without the add-in cards or HDDs to make it lighter to transport and work on, so now I will power off and attend to installing those very shortly.
Reply #30 Monday, September 14, 2020 4:08 PM
hot... heh. don't know if it was due to it being a very hot day or not (a while back), but i was playing watch dogs 2 (free from promotion)... and the machine screamed bloody murder about cpu overheating and rebooted itself...
safe to say.. uninstalled and not going to bother touching it again. never had that before with any game... or at least none screamed about cpu temp.
Reply #31 Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:42 PM
I don't really do any serious gaming, just stuff like the Myst series now and then, though I've not played it in a while. I've been too busy trying to catch up on life's chores and reorganising my music and video files into Big Beastie's rearranged storage setup.
Hopefully today the MSI X399 Creation turns up at the store I first purchased the X399 SLI Plus from. The guys there have gone over and beyond to assist me in my woes with it's eventual replacement. If so I should see it early next week.
Reply #32 Friday, September 18, 2020 6:05 AM
Well the 17th has come and gone but my X399 Creation mobo has not arrived at the point of purchase as first promised. The delivery date has now been pushed back to September 30th. I'm totally pissed off because the X399 SLI Plus has again died in the arse.
This is now the 4th SLI Plus that has failed on me. It worked okay for a short while but has done what the original X399 purchase did, remains on 00 in the LED error screen at attempted boot. Well no more effing around with it, I will be seeking a full refund on what clearly was not a brand new replacement. I may have to seek an ASUS Prime X399 board as an alternative, not that I'm overly keen on ASUS boards after 3 going guts up on me before.
GRRRR!!!!! 
Reply #33 Monday, October 5, 2020 7:59 PM
Well the MSI X399 Creation board turned up yesterday and I'm collecting everything together so that the techie can rebuild Big Beastie.
As for the motherboard's up and dying woes, it turns out the cause was the PSU... a 1200w Coolermaster Gold Plus. The reason it wasn't detected before is that the PSU would spike intermittently without warning and 'short' the board. Luckily, the techie discovered it and I shall get a replacement PSU.
Anyhow.
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Reply #21 Wednesday, July 1, 2020 6:14 PM
Yeah, I am disappointed with MSI and its handling of my RTM. The store I purchased the board from is helping me to gain a satisfactory outcome to my case, and hopefully it is resolved quickly so I can get back to using my primary PC.