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June 28th, 2020 12:00
X51 R2, help with a couple issues
Hey all,
I have a couple of X51-R2's and am hoping someone might help me out with a couple of problems I am having.
First X51: Xeon e3-1240v3, 16gb ddr3, 240GB SSD, 1 TB Hdd, GTX 970
Second X51: Xeon e3-1271v3, 16gb ddr3, 240gb ssd, 1 TB Hdd, GTX 1060
First problem: occasional hang on boot
Both computers experience this. I would say about 30% of the time when booting either from cold or from re-start, the boot will hang at the Alienhead. Normally the Alienhead is shown, the spinning "load" indicator pops up, and then windows loads. When it hangs the spinning load indicator does not appear. This is always fixed by Ctl-Alt-Del but it takes 1-3 cycle of this to clear. Any idea on what the problem is?
Second problem: Side panel LED wire is torn
So on one of the computers the wire for the removable cover's LED light is torn. 2 of the wires have torn out of the connector. Is there a way to fix this or replace the connector without soldering?
thanks!
Tesla1856
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June 28th, 2020 12:00
1. First problem: occasional hang on boot
2. Second problem: Side panel LED wire is torn
Is there a way to fix this or replace the connector without soldering?
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1. My guess would be:
a. Poor little "laptop like" power-supply system is over-taxed at initial power-on.
b. Use of non-validated Xeon processors.
2. Sure. Just buy or salvage the wiring-harness you need and replace it. Personally, I would instead just solder, heat-shrink, etc. and be done with it.
r72019
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June 28th, 2020 16:00
If you really don't like solder, you can always buy solderless splice connectors on amazon. More expensive than solder + shrink tubes, but a lot cheaper and easier than replacing the entire wire and connector. Basically all you do is strip the ends and fuse them together with hot air.
Silky28
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July 8th, 2020 11:00
Thanks for the replies...
it is not the xeons...at least not on the one...I swapped out the motherboard with one I got on eBay the case fan header was dead on mine. Since I replaced the board I have not had the loading problem.
the wire that broke is the one on the side panel itself so I cannot just replace it. The problem is that the wire is not cut...2 wires actually pulled out of the connector. Is there a way to get them back into the connector?