Is there any place in Houston where I can take a motherboard to get it checked out?

I recently acquired this guy:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQRYXWWQ

But I don't have a computer that I can put it in to see if it works.

Probably any local pc repair shop can do a basic test but it will cost labor time most likely but definitely call ahead and ask about threadripper first since its a more expensive cpu. They should have a spare power supply, ram, cpu and gfx card laying around with a test bench. Likely better off just selling it as untested for parts if selling it is your goal.

Going to be pretty hard to find someone with the components required to test that board. What issue are you having? I live in Spring/Woodlands area and can take a look at your system to see if any thing was missed. These boards take a VERY, VERY long time to post when power is first applied or removed.

That is a crazy mobo...

Some good info here. (At that Amazon Link)


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I have had no major issues after 2-3 months, using Debian Linux

NOTE: On first boot(s) RAM training may take from 5 minutes to an hour. If you have a blank screen, the board is probably not broken, nor is your GPU- the RAM is training, be patient. I wasted an entire day and $100 in cables, thinking there was some issue with my DP cables. Just be patient…. Seriously

NOTE: Needs a Threadripper *Pro* 7000 series CPU. These are 7955WX, 7965WX, 7975WX, 7985WX and 7995WX. NOT 7950, 7960, etc.

NOTE: There is no integrated graphics- you will need a GPU to drive a display. For a cheap, low profile option to use alongside large GPUs used for compute, I bought the Intel Arc A310 Eco by Sparkle ($99.99!) to drive an 8k display with max power usage of 50W

NOTE: Make sure you use the QSL data from the Asus when picking your RAM. People who claim the board is not stable either had bad luck, got older/earlier builds of the board, or were using non-QSL RAM. I've had zero stability issues. I chose w V-Color kit from the QSL list

NOTE: The CPU socket is sTR5, which is a larger, rectangular socket. This is important to know when buying a cooling solution. Coolers for AM5 will work, but there are now 2-3 coolers designed specifically for sTR5

NOTE: The board is larger than ATX and not the sane as eATX. It's SSB. Make sure your case can mount an SSB board. I know Silverstone has some 3U and 4U SSB cases. Phanteks has a bunch of SSB tower-style cases

Coolers:

Off the top of my head, from months of investigation:

- Eisbaier Aurora Pro 360 (AIO, ~$200)
Alphacool Eisbaier Aurora Pro HPE 360 (AIO, ~$250)
- Noctua NH-U14S (Fan/heatspreader, ~$125, I think)
- SilverStone XE360-TR5 (AIO, ~$350)

Yeah the processor needed it probably going to be hard to come across through my friend network. (Hard=impossible)

My end goal is to sell it because I don't do anything to need this much hardware. I just don't want to sell a defective piece.

I probably will end up just listing it for parts/untested for a big discount and still make a few hundred off it.

This is good info. When I sell it I will probably include all that in the listing.

I wonder if this is how I ended up with it: someone wasn't patient and just assumed it didn't work then returned it. And now it's in my hands.

If you wanna gamble (buyer beware) ~$250 dollars + S/H I can get one of these shipped from China. Probably too good to be true though, the price of these are like 800/900 dollars but you never know.