@littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network
Post #1690944
2026-04-26 13:00 UTC
Blergh
Dropping in a new CPU and some new memory should be quick, right? Even with the server still racked, without rails.. but nothing on top of it.
Except that the heatsink retaining thingy was not glued to the mainboard and I had to lift the mainboard to mount the heatsink...
Except that there are two cards on that mainboard and a bunch of cables both internally and externally without proper labels
Except that it didn't want to boot at first try, saying it doesn't like the memory.. nor the original memory... Okay, other upgraded CPU in.. fine with original memory and upgraded memory. Originally planned CPU back in .. fine
Okay time to mount the mainboard again... Fuck, dropped the second to last bolt under it and can't reach it and again; the system is racked to can't just tilt it ...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Replies (2)
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@anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz 2026-04-26 13:53
@littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network so not 100% sure what you meant by 'other upgraded CPU in' and then everything being fine, but, just to be sure I wanted to note that it's indeed correct that two different CPUs, even if they're the same socket, usually don't work together. Even having the same CPU but a different stepping can cause it to not POST. That said, nice you got it working c: cozy supermicro machiney
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@littlefox@gotosocial-dev.svc.0x0a.network 2026-04-26 13:01
Feeling like a fucking noob rn