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Buyer: @AffectFPS
Seller: @Raptures
Description:
Around 3-4 weeks ago I was in the process of upgrading my PC. I had an ad up for a motherboard. A seller who also happened to have a Carbonite and FB marketplace profile got in touch with me through a WhatsApp group. Looking back at it now I'm glad that I at least found out where else he can be found on.
The seller presented himself to be a pretty good dude and I figured that if he was coming to drop the item off it is unlikely that there would be an issue. Sure enough the motherboard looked normal and under the overcast lighting that day, I decided not to take an up close look at the pin array on the CPU socket. While at my place he for some or other reason boxed my RAM and upon me prompting to reunbox it he apologized for not realizing what he was doing. I brushed it off because I mean wtf... He then moved to install my CPU himself and i simply thanked him because again... Seriously didn't think this was even possible. The motherboard performed normally and has been working somewhat normally and the seller maintained comms for a few days.
The Castle 280RGB AIO I used to own specifies that it is mainly AURA sync compatible and as a result I assumed the reason the top aRGB header was not interacting with the AIO was due to this software incompatibility. Fast forward to a few days ago in discussions with a forum member about taking his AIO, I decided to test the second header on my motherboard with my old AIO and somehow the previous issue disappeared. Before installing my new AIO I decided to remove the CPU to clean it more easily, but also to take a quick peek at the socket (I didn't install the CPU). Sure enough there to seemed to be bent pins, and upon searching up the matter a carbonite post by @tbin47 appeared, to cement the fact that I probably was sold a faulty board. Seeing my new AIO lighting not be responsive when plugged into the second header, but being somewhat normal when plugged into the first pretty much seals it for me.
I decided to reach out anyway because perhaps I am mistaken. Well, it turns out I can't find the seller on FB marketplace anymore, he went quiet on our group despite all his previous interactions regarding enthusiast hardware, and he has yet to reply nearly a day later despite having been online on WhatsApp numerous times.
My guess is he sold the board knowing a few pins were bent, and that the effects were minimal. I left a positive review on both platforms because until seeing both AIOs behave weirdly and eventually removing the CPU on a whim, I likely would never have found out and may have even sold this board on here not knowing it was faulty. Granted having one dead RGB header and perhaps another small issue that I'm yet to be made aware of is not the end of the world, but the fact that the seller banked on me never finding out is kinda messed up. I really didn't know if to make this post or not but I don't want this to happen to another person. With that said admins, I find it very unlikely he will reply and I've accepted that I may have just taken a R4000 L. So yeah...
Buyer: @AffectFPS
Seller: @Raptures
Description:
Around 3-4 weeks ago I was in the process of upgrading my PC. I had an ad up for a motherboard. A seller who also happened to have a Carbonite and FB marketplace profile got in touch with me through a WhatsApp group. Looking back at it now I'm glad that I at least found out where else he can be found on.
The seller presented himself to be a pretty good dude and I figured that if he was coming to drop the item off it is unlikely that there would be an issue. Sure enough the motherboard looked normal and under the overcast lighting that day, I decided not to take an up close look at the pin array on the CPU socket. While at my place he for some or other reason boxed my RAM and upon me prompting to reunbox it he apologized for not realizing what he was doing. I brushed it off because I mean wtf... He then moved to install my CPU himself and i simply thanked him because again... Seriously didn't think this was even possible. The motherboard performed normally and has been working somewhat normally and the seller maintained comms for a few days.
The Castle 280RGB AIO I used to own specifies that it is mainly AURA sync compatible and as a result I assumed the reason the top aRGB header was not interacting with the AIO was due to this software incompatibility. Fast forward to a few days ago in discussions with a forum member about taking his AIO, I decided to test the second header on my motherboard with my old AIO and somehow the previous issue disappeared. Before installing my new AIO I decided to remove the CPU to clean it more easily, but also to take a quick peek at the socket (I didn't install the CPU). Sure enough there to seemed to be bent pins, and upon searching up the matter a carbonite post by @tbin47 appeared, to cement the fact that I probably was sold a faulty board. Seeing my new AIO lighting not be responsive when plugged into the second header, but being somewhat normal when plugged into the first pretty much seals it for me.
I decided to reach out anyway because perhaps I am mistaken. Well, it turns out I can't find the seller on FB marketplace anymore, he went quiet on our group despite all his previous interactions regarding enthusiast hardware, and he has yet to reply nearly a day later despite having been online on WhatsApp numerous times.
My guess is he sold the board knowing a few pins were bent, and that the effects were minimal. I left a positive review on both platforms because until seeing both AIOs behave weirdly and eventually removing the CPU on a whim, I likely would never have found out and may have even sold this board on here not knowing it was faulty. Granted having one dead RGB header and perhaps another small issue that I'm yet to be made aware of is not the end of the world, but the fact that the seller banked on me never finding out is kinda messed up. I really didn't know if to make this post or not but I don't want this to happen to another person. With that said admins, I find it very unlikely he will reply and I've accepted that I may have just taken a R4000 L. So yeah...