[coreboot] [off topic] Opteron CPU missing chips on the bottom

Taiidan at gmx.com Taiidan at gmx.com
Tue Feb 20 23:08:21 CET 2018


On 02/20/2018 12:50 PM, Duncan wrote:

> 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.
>
How to tell:
Non-populated pads will have the telltale bright shiny copper contacts, 
whereas the damaged/missing ones will be tarnished and partially 
obscured (by little plastic bits of the chip that got ripped off) etc.

Like tim said, you should ask for high res photos.



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