Today our server arrived at the data center, but not with out some problems.
The dam CPU fan broke off!!!! Our server is a mid size tower, we built a mid size tower for better cooling. Our processor is a LGA 775 processor. In case you have never seen one its held on by four snap in pins. My question to you is how high do you have to drop a server before the CPU fan breaks off? Did the UPS driver say hell with it and gave it a 10ft drop?
Was the UPS driver having a bad day and wanted to get back at his boss. So he slammed our server against the ground?
The guy at the data center told me it is uncommon, but he has seen CPU fans break off before during shipping. I am going to chalk this one up as lesson learned. If you value your equipment don't ship it UPS. This isn't the only ups horror story I have heard/seen. I think for our next server I will be shipping it FEDEX.
Soulwatcher
