Hi, [email protected]: > On 01/31/2018 02:16 PM, Timothy Pearson wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Since you've mentioned the remaining lands are also misaligned, I'd >> throw that CPU away. You currently risk burning out the multiphase >> regulator and/or attached peripherals (RAM, PCIe), depending on if the >> lands are now misaligned enough to put voltages where they don't belong. >> >> Those lands are very robust; the only way I can think of to chip off one >> or two would be putting the CPU land-side up and dropping something on >> it. For more extensive damage, it's possible the CPU was repeatedly >> overheated at some point in the past as well. > The expert has spoken! > Thanks for the advice all. > > I will add a section to the wiki about insisting on a bottom photo for > used G34 CPU's. > Should be noted a number of the 62xx series CPUs appear to have two capacitors missing, and I've never seen one without these missing - e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMD-Opteron-OS6344WKTCGHK-12-Core-Server-CPU-2-6GHz-Socket-G34-115W-Lot-of-2/122838000876?epid=131636979&hash=item1c99b724ec:g:yb0AAOSwU4FaIPU8
Not sure what to think in this case, given the rest of the capacitors appear entirely intact. -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
