Intel QA92: is this a 2687W ES Chip??

[jonsax]

Hello everyone!

This is my first post on this forum. I have a relatively simple question. I recently sold a pair of Intel QA92 ES chips on ebay. The buyer is claiming that they are incompatible with his motherboard and thought he was buying OEM chips. The listing clearly described these as ES chips and that they are NOT OEM and that compatibility should be figured out before bidding. He's claiming that because I put Intel 2687W ES into my description that I incorrectly described the chips. I see the QA92 chips described on web forums as being 2687W ES chips but that stepping is not listed on CPU world for the 2687W:

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel-Xeon%20E5-2687W.html

So how can I get some sort of official "proof" that these are in fact 2687 W ES chips??? I can't seem to find any info on this! And the CPU world description doesn't list the QA92 stepping on their list of ES chips.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I want to do the right thing here, and if in fact these are NOT 2687 W ES chips, then I will return them and resell with more accurate descriptive info. But if I can find a way to verify them, it will save me some time and effort!!

Thanks all!!

 

[Karsten75]

Actually, in my opinion they are NOT 2687W ES processors.

They are Engineering/Qualification samples and I'm wondering why you're even selling them on eBay?

They are listed on their own separate specification sheet on cpu-world: http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/QA/QA92_1.html

If I was you, to avoid getting into a tussle with eBay and the buyer, I'd offer a refund and not relist those processors. THey're no good to man or beast now that those Xeons with proper stepping levels are in production.

 

[jonsax]

I purchased them on ebay a year and a half ago, they were shipped from Hong Kong, and performed perfectly well for me. I recently upgraded to 10-core chips (OEM) so I resold them on ebay. Everywhere I look on forums I see them described as 2687W ES chips, and they were described as that when I purchased them, so why are they all of a sudden NOT 2687W ES when people describe them that way on forums?

 

[Karsten75]

Who is the authoritative source in this instance? Intel, who doesn't list them as a valid 2687W ES stepping and CPU-world that lists them on a separate page that I linked you to above, or "people on forums?"

If you have an issue with that, then take it up with the "people on the forums" and don't come here looking for validation for something that in my mind is clearly not supported by the facts.

I will grant you that if you have adequately described the items in your listing on eBay (which I have not seen), then the buyer is partially at fault. Unfortunately, he is in a stronger position vis-a-vis an eBay complaint than you are. You can quote as many "people on forums" but you won't win that fight with eBay.

And I'm wondering why you bring your question here and not to the forums where these were accepted as valid 2687W ES processors.

 

[Karsten75]

Wow, you're not only asking here, you're almost word-for-word spamming this on other forums as well...

http://www.overclock.net/forums/posts/by_user/id/439288

Makes your position less defensible, IMHO.