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Hey guys, does anyone know of an instance where someone got a first gen threadripper to work with 256gb memory via 32gb dimms? The used hardware market is completely flooded right now and I want to scoop up some of it for a server build. I've got two servers currently; 1800x w/ 32gb and another 1700 w/ 16gb. Recycled from past builds of my main rig. Looking to add a used threadripper (1920x ideally) with 32gb dimms to the mix. Any known cases of this working and links if possible?

Update: I'm going to order an NVME drive and do a clean install of Windows for separate reasons but I will be waiting until then to actually test what could have caused my monitor weirdness. I have been turning on my monitors before my computer ever since you first suggested it, and I've had much more success then before. WIth the exception of consecutive restarts, it has worked every time. For that, I'm going to mark this thread solved. Thanks a bunch Snipeon, I owe you one!

I'm going to try these things this weekend, I'll let you know how it turns out.

Okay, I made 10 attempts and it worked 3 times. I didn't bother to power cycle my monitors everytime, I just left them on after the first attempt. However, I noticed something odd. The lights on my mouse don't come on when I fail to get a signal on the monitors. Maybe this indicates that my computer isn't booting correctly? The mouse is a Logitech G600 plugged directly into the rear IO. I get BSOD very frequently on this build, around 3 per week on average, so I always knew this system wasn't very stable from the start. Since turning on the monitors before the computer worked at all and relatively frequently, it's possible that I have been having boot failures with this system and just didn't notice because the symptoms were the same. If that's the case, I'm not sure how to go about figuring out what is causing the boot failures. These are the first posibilities that came to mind. Unstable cpu overclock (im at 3.8 ghz with an AIO and I almost never hit 70 C so I'd be really disappointed if that's the cause) Windows 10 (due for a fresh install but I want to get a new SSD first) Ram compatibility (32 gig kit rated at 3200 mhz but I'm running it at 2800 mhz because Ryzen) Cheap motherboard (ASRock x370 Killer, though ASRock isn't usually bad?) I'll try flashing my BIOS as I'm a few versions behind and that's about the only thing I can do that doesn't take entire evening. However, this doesn't explain why I don't have issues with other monitors or televisions. Maybe I just got lucky those times...

That makes a lot of sense. I don't think I've actually tried turning my monitors on before turning my computer on purposefully, so I'll try that when I get home from work. Given how often I mix things up I must have done it by chance before; hopefully those were the times it worked.

The highest chance of sucess seems to be when I turn on both monitors midway through posting. I'm going by the sound of all my fans and AIO pump whirring to life, I assume that is a part of the posting process. As long as I turn on both monitors about midway through that noise, my monitors will for the most part detect the signal from my GPU and work like normal. Also yes, I am turning the monitors on from mains power. Both monitors, and even the PC, are connected through a power strip to the same outlet. I have in the past bypassed the power strip and plugged the monitors directly into the wall (not to trouble shoot this issue but just general messing about with other stuff) and haven't noticed other behavior. The power strip is rated for about 16 amps I think which is plenty and at full load on all 3 devices I'm nowhere near tripping a circuit. I should also mention that the "boot timing" thing I do isn't a guaranteed sucess. It works most of the time but it isn't 100% consistent. Additionally, the order isn't always necessary. I have in the past mixed it up and even turned on my monitors minutes later and it still worked but it's much rarer for that to be successful. And like I said this weird issue, and the way I get around it with the timing thing, have been consistent across 3 GPUs, 2 versions of windows, and two entirely separate builds.

I did.

Turning them on.

Hey everyone, I've been having a weird problem for about 4 years on and off, persisting through multiple windows installs and versions, graphics cards, and even entire systems. Basically, I have to get the time when I boot my computer and when I boot my monitors just right or else the monitors will go into powersave mode, forcing me to reboot my entire computer (and monitors) and try again. Sometimes it's taken me +10 attempts to get it working. Genuinely at a loss and I've looked around for a solution but I just can't find it. I believe the computer is fine, it doesn't have this problem on other monitors or televisions. I'll list the relevant specs of the builds that this has been a problem on. Monitors Dell U2913WM (primary, currently display port 1.2) Dell P2210 (secondary, currently DVI-D) *NOTE* Problem persistent through different cables and different connection types on both monitors Last Computer i7 4770k Radeon 7970 (later GTX 970) (even later 1080) Windows 7 (later 10) Current Computer Ryzen 7 1700 GTX 1080 Windows 10 I think It's pretty clear that it has something to do with the monitors since they are the only common component across my builds and their variations. However, I can't find any posts on this specific problem I'm having in general, let alone with my specific monitors. I'd call about it but both of these monitors aren't really supported anymore and they still "work" so there's no point. I disabled all the powersaving features I could find on both monitors but that didn't make a difference. Any advice or just acklowedgment that I'm not alone with this problem would be nice.

After almost no deliberation or thought whatsoever I've decided I'm just going to swap the boards without changing anything and whatever happens, happens. My motivation to do this properly was short lived, and that will probably bite me in the ass somehow when I go to do the swap but whatever. Thanks for the input guys, I appreciate it.

The issue with just doing that though is the driver conflicts between boards. I'd have to track down every driver for my current board and uninstall it before switching over. I know that's been done plenty of times and there are tutorials on it, but I honestly don't feel like putting in that kind of effort if other options are out there. I know that you can reinstall Windows and keep your programs, but I'm not sure if that means it will also keep drivers. If it doesn't then that's fantastic and I'm done here, but again I don't know if that's the case.

Hey guys, just need a little bit of advice on what to do for installing Windows 10. Just recently built a new Ryzen system and I don't really like this motherboard (ASRock killer x370 sli/ac) and want to swap to another one (TBD). I wanted to know if it's possible to reinstall Windows and keep all my programs while at the same time make a major hardware change. The reason I'm hoping this is possible is because it takes roughly an entire day to download, install, and tweak my programs and I really don't have the time to do that. Thanks!

Interesting stuff, thanks for the info.

The idea was to use a single high capacity high performance ssd as a cache for multiple drives, rather than have one Optane module per drive. It's not necessarily practical, I was just curious if it would work well enough to be an alternative to Intel Optane. If it did work, it would have the added bonus of not being bound to a specific platform like Optane.

Would it be possible to use one Samsung 960 Pro to cache multiple drives? With the 512gb model you could cache up to 8 hard drives drives with roughly 64gb each, or 6-7 if the true capacity is lower like it is with typical even capacity drives (500/750/1tb/etc...). I'm guessing there would be some kind of performance decrease if you were to have each hard drive actively being cached at the same time, pushing the read/write transfer speeds of the 960 Pro to the limit. Latency could be an issue too. This review here from storagereview.com on the 2tb version of the 960 Pro reports a write latency of around 25.5 microseconds compared to the Intel Optane 32gb model's 16 microsecond write latency which I found on Newegg. If it can be done at all and have comparable performance it could be a really cost effective way to cache multiple drives. To cache the same 8 drives you would need 8 Intel Optane modules and therefore 8 m.2 slots (good luck finding that lol) or 8 pcie ports that can do 4x minimum each. Probably not a practical setup but I think it would be interesting to see if it was possible.