pro lamer
Guru
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2018
- Messages
- 626
Hello,
A brand new supermicro X10DRL-I-O (retail aka box version) motherboard has just been shipped to me.
I unpacked it and it looks good (in terms of good condition) but one thing is a concern to me. A small, irregular spot in a corner of the FPGA chip (I've learned on the internet that it is an FPGA chip. And that lattice is the manufacturer name). The motherboard manual includes some motherboard pictures and there is no spot in the pictures. I've checked the manual again and the spot is there, too. Relief :)
Picture of it (LCMXO256C)
The spot is irregular both in shape and in color. I don't know what this chemical is. Paint? Thermal grease? Some kind of glue or welding/soldering chemical?
Is it on purpose there? Or by accident? If by accident then should I be worried? May it cause some issues when the chip gets warm?
Side questions: Does the chip get warm under regular ambient conditions? Does it get warm under load? What is this chip for? I mean what feature use causes it to get warm? What kind of load causes it gets warm?
Edit: If need I may RMA it, request a refund, try to ask for a discount, (buy a cheap pyrometer - if I hurry up). I have almost two weeks to RMA but I'm worried if I can put a CPU into it already... (The CPU and HSF are shipped soon, I already have a PSU and one stick of LRDIMM). I'd love to put the CPU soon to check it too so I wouldn't like to keep learning about the board for the whole two weeks...
Sent from my phone
A brand new supermicro X10DRL-I-O (retail aka box version) motherboard has just been shipped to me.
I unpacked it and it looks good (in terms of good condition) but one thing is a concern to me. A small, irregular spot in a corner of the FPGA chip (I've learned on the internet that it is an FPGA chip. And that lattice is the manufacturer name). The motherboard manual includes some motherboard pictures and
Picture of it (LCMXO256C)
The spot is irregular both in shape and in color. I don't know what this chemical is. Paint? Thermal grease? Some kind of glue or welding/soldering chemical?
Side questions: Does the chip get warm under regular ambient conditions? Does it get warm under load? What is this chip for? I mean what feature use causes it to get warm? What kind of load causes it gets warm?
Edit: If need I may RMA it, request a refund, try to ask for a discount, (buy a cheap pyrometer - if I hurry up). I have almost two weeks to RMA but I'm worried if I can put a CPU into it already... (The CPU and HSF are shipped soon, I already have a PSU and one stick of LRDIMM). I'd love to put the CPU soon to check it too so I wouldn't like to keep learning about the board for the whole two weeks...
Sent from my phone
Last edited: