SuperMicro MoBo won't post - eviltoast

I had a cool little bare-bones server that had an x8 series mobo and I wanted to turn it into a NAS. I ended ordering a X11SSM-F board so that I could use some better hardware. From what I could tell it should be a simple swap, but I put everything together today and cant get the dumb thing to POST.

Ive tried unplugging everything but the PSU and send the power-on command from IPMI. I’ve tried with 4 sticks of ram, 1 stick and no ram. I never get a beep or fans or anything.

I bought this board off ebay and it came with a processor installed and was “pulled from a working system”. If I can Verify that its DOA then I’m sure I can get a refund, but I want to make sure I test everything I can before going that route.

  • Jerhaad@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m in the same boat with an X10SDV. I went down the rabbit hole for ACPI and the super micro troubleshooting docs but I haven’t been successful. If you are accessing IPMI then you’re ahead of me.

    I would check every single jumper and look for any obvious signs of short circuits like scorch marks.

    Otherwise good luck!

    • hannsr@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Does it do anything? The x10sdv can be a pita to troubleshoot as there is nothing at all to diagnose without access to ipmi.

      I’ve had multiple x10sdv, some had a corrupted bios, others were completely shorted, and they all had the exact same symptoms of powering on, but only spinning fans at Max and nothing else.

      You can get a diagnostics card to read out the post codes, but it’s hard to find and often not cheap if you can find it at all. Should be the AOC-LPC80-20 iirc, if you want to look for it. If you get anything at all that’s not just 00, there’s hope a bios rewrite can fix it.

      • Jerhaad@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Thanks for the notes! I’ll look around for this post card. I have power and IPMI LEDs looking happy but only after I latch power by shorting the ATX connector to ground and skipping the power button header.

  • hannsr@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Try it out of the case if it starts up then. With ipmi working but nothing turning on when you hit the power button, it might be short circuit protection. There may be spacers that touch the board if the old X8 had different spacing for the screw holes.

    • Least_Hospital_2428@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I tried that. Nothing plugged in except the PSU and front headers, mobo sitting on a stack of paper, no response at all when I hit the switch. I’m working on returning now 😞