Fair enough. Definitely happy to send it along if the BIOS doesn’t work, and not looking for any compensation for it.
It still has the CPU (3930K) and RAM (4x8GB G.Skill DDR3-2133) installed, which I'd send with it. The 8C/16T notation just means 8 cores with 2-threads-per-core SMT (in Intel parlance, Hyperthreading) just like your IVB-E chip. -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of _ Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:53 AM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me Thanks Greg! I appreciate the offer. However, I was looking at used boards on EBAY when I discovered I could buy a new BIOS chip for 14 bucks...I was surprised. So I ordered one last night. I think that may be my problem because right after the board went out I was unable to even restore the BIOS with the rescue flash feature. I completely agree with you as to the age of the platform. But it is the computer I use with my TV to stream, record, browse, and manage my security cameras. It has been very nice for that purpose and it is customized and tweaked for my needs and I am lazy and don't want to redo everything. So if the new BIOS chip doesn't do the trick I will take you up on your offer. On Black Friday I did buy a replacement for my TV PC on Amazon. I have used a quad core Celeron NUC now for years on a kitchen PC and I think they are great so I was looking to buy a I5 version to replace my broken system. But I ended up buying this Beelink SER5 MAX, Mini PC Ryzen 7 5800H (8C/16T, Turbo 4.4GHz), 32GB DDR4 RAM 500GB PCIe3.0 SSD Desktop Mini Computers Support 4K@60Hz Triple Display/WiFi 6/BT5.2/DP+HDMI+USB-C/USB3.2/RJ45 LAN on sale for for $309...now priced at $459https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYJKD2BX?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 I know nothing about Beelink or Ryzen CPUs but I am amazed that they could put this much tech and performance in such a small package = 4 X 4x2.5 inches. This supports three 4k monitors and I could use this as my primary computer. I haven't even tried it yet. I don't know if this was a good deal or not. Are these reliable and what is the deal with the cores. What is meant by 8 cores \ 16T mean? Is this 16 virtual cores? <w> From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> on behalf of Greg Sevart <ad...@xfury.net> Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 7:56 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> Subject: Re: [H] P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me Truthfully this is probably the most correct answer--while a fine system in its day, the P9X79 platform is easily eclipsed even with the most budget-friendly builds today. That being said, I just went and found my old P9X79 WS board. It's been a few years since it's been in service, but you are welcome to it if you want to try a replacement board. -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of lopaka polena Sent: Monday, December 4, 2023 1:26 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me I was wondering if anyone was still using the list. Hey Thane :) My recommendation would be all new everything and check your components once you have a running system. New cpu/mobo at least. If you know anybody with spare parts you could try to figure out what is still working but it will take more time lopaka <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free.www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 3:15 AM Thane K. Sherrington < th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote: > You are showing your age. They are DIMMS now. :) > > I'd try a single DIMM in each socket. Does this motherboard have a > RAM config button (some do). If so, try that. > > Have you tried a different power supply? I've had power supplies > which will power up the motherboard but not allow it to boot. > > T > > On 03-Dec-2023 3:54 p.m., _ Winterlight wrote: > > After 10 years my E6896_P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me. My > original setup was running fine but one day it wouldn’t boot and the > board reported a CPU error. I cleaned the dust off the board and did a > major cleaning of the CPU fan and heat sink and it seemed to run just > fine. I had a couple extra RAM SIMMS so I decided to install them. > What I had installed was 4 CRUCIAL DDR 3 4GB SIMM running at 1866. > What I added into bank two was two 8GB CRUCIAL DDR3 running at 1600. > It didn’t seem to recognize all the RAM so I went into the BIOS to try > different settings. I enabled Auto Memory frequency settings saved and > exited out. This is when my troubles began. > > > > The PC hung at post. I saw nothing on the screen just a black screen. > At first I thought something must of got corrupt so I tried auto > flashing the BIOS but it wasn’t working normally so I tried clearing > the bios with the on board pin, and finally I pulled everything off > the board, removed it from the case and let it sit in it’s box for a > month. Then I cleaned everything and put it back together but same problem. > > > > It occurred to me that maybe the CPU burned out when the fan slowed > > down > and then my memory bios adjustment finished it off. So I purchased a > used but tested CPU on Ebay and tried again. Same issue. I hate to > just throw this board away but I am out of ideas. Anybody have any > ideas to jump start the board? Thanks <w> > >
