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Symptom-first index for CMP 170HX problems (what you see, what it usually is, what to do), warnings at a glance, buying and seller warnings, and what to collect before asking for help; from the cmpunlocker Discord (2026-10-04 to 10-28) and community repos; credits inline and on the linked pages; sources: @c133, @mountains1605, @ob88594, @forte9000, @domrockt2, @ybryany, @galygious, @matstatman, @djpandaman, @sojun80, @zaknafar, @fnerdman (+15 more); GitHub Consensus-Protocol/

ImportBot: Symptom-first index for CMP 170HX problems (what you see, what it usually is, what to do), warnings at a glance, buying and seller warnings, and what to collect before asking for help; from the cmpunlocker Discord (2026-10-04 to 10-28) and community repos; credits inline and on the linked pages; sources: @c133, @mountains1605, @ob88594, @domrockt2, @galygious, @matstatman, @djpandaman, @sojun80, @zaknafar, @adusts, @fnerdman, @con3po7016 (+9 more); GitHub Consensus-Protocol/c

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Symptom-first index for CMP 170HX problems (what you see, what it usually is, what to do), warnings at a glance, buying and seller warnings, and what to collect before asking for help; from the cmpunlocker Discord (2026-10-04 to 10-28) and community repos; credits inline and on the linked pages; sources: @c133, @mountains1605, @ob88594, @domrockt2, @galygious, @matstatman, @djpandaman, @sojun80, @zaknafar, @adusts, @fnerdman, @con3po7016 (+9 more); GitHub Consensus-Protocol/c

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''This section is being written from the Discord history.'' It will cover Xids, instability, memory errors and what fixed them.

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	== Buying and seller warnings ==		== Buying and seller warnings ==
	More on [[Buying]]. ~~Seller names are not listed here; members~~ flag ~~specific~~ sellers in the Discord's supplier channel, so search there before you pay.		More on [[Buying]]. Members flag sellers in the Discord's supplier channel, so search there before you pay. Sellers are named below as the posts named them.
	* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Crypto-only or wire-only payment.''' A listing that asks you to message the seller elsewhere and pay only in crypto is a scam; nobody sells these cards at 70% off. A USD ~~850~~ "~~legit deal~~" ~~listing accepted~~ only wire transfer and blocked the buyer after some discussion. Cheap 170HX listings in shopping search results are pay-by-crypto scams. A large share of requests to deal off-platform on Xianyu come from scammers.<br />{{Source\|handle=ob88594\|date=2026-10-06\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1557027411596419183}}<br />{{Source\|handle=domrockt2\|date=2026-10-07\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1557250230636904449}}<br />{{Source\|handle=galygious\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1560001781314887710}}<br />{{Source\|handle=matstatman\|date=2026-10-27\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1564745580272423026}}		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Crypto-only or wire-only payment.''' A listing that asks you to message the seller elsewhere and pay only in crypto is a scam; nobody sells these cards at 70% off. An AliExpress listing (item 3256812785475872) at USD 700 asked for crypto payment only. The Alibaba listing "LEGIT DEAL For New CMP 170HX" at USD 850 offered no Secure Pay, only wire transfer; the seller swore it was legit, called itself a bulk business partner and blocked the buyer after some discussion. Cheap 170HX listings in shopping search results are pay-by-crypto scams. A large share of requests to deal off-platform on Xianyu come from scammers.<br />{{Source\|handle=ob88594\|date=2026-10-06\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1557027411596419183}}<br />{{Source\|handle=forte9000\|date=2026-10-07\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1557187047746310185}}<br />{{Source\|handle=domrockt2\|date=2026-10-07\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1557250230636904449}}<br />{{Source\|handle=ybryany\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1560001492008566946}}<br />{{Source\|handle=galygious\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1560001781314887710}}<br />{{Source\|handle=matstatman\|date=2026-10-27\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1564745580272423026}}
	* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Marketplace search results.''' Asked whether AliExpress results for the 170HX are all scams: "always has been, always will be"; buy where you have buyer protection.<br />{{Source\|handle=djpandaman\|date=2026-10-12\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1559055093196787753}}		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Marketplace search results.''' Asked whether AliExpress results for the 170HX are all scams: "always has been, always will be"; buy where you have buyer protection.<br />{{Source\|handle=djpandaman\|date=2026-10-12\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1559055093196787753}}
	* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Fake tracking.''' A seller built a fake tracking website and tracking number and dragged out the marketplace dispute twice; the buyer got his money back only through a credit-card chargeback. Pay with a method your bank can reverse.<br />{{Source\|handle=djpandaman\|date=2026-10-07\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1557447533096214549}}		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Fake tracking.''' An Alibaba seller built a fake tracking website and tracking number and dragged out the marketplace dispute twice; the buyer got his money back only through a credit-card chargeback. Pay with a method your bank can reverse.<br />{{Source\|handle=djpandaman\|date=2026-10-07\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1557447533096214549}}
	* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Cancellations and price changes.''' eBay sellers cancelled orders as "out of stock" when prices rose. A seller raised the price twice in the middle of an order.<br />{{Source\|handle=sojun80\|date=2026-10-07\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1557446894240792667}}<br />{{Source\|handle=zaknafar\|date=2026-10-10\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1558485097324355665}}		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Cancellations and price changes.''' eBay sellers cancelled orders as "out of stock" when prices rose. A seller raised the price twice in the middle of an order.<br />{{Source\|handle=sojun80\|date=2026-10-07\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1557446894240792667}}<br />{{Source\|handle=zaknafar\|date=2026-10-10\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1558485097324355665}}
	* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Payment limbo.''' ~~After~~ a bank transfer~~, an order sat~~ in "supplier needs to confirm payment" for two weeks although the money ~~had~~ arrived; the same seller appears to run several accounts.<br />{{Source\|handle=~~adusts~~\|date=2026-10-18\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/~~1561260328405434449~~}}<br />{{Source\|handle=~~fnerdman~~\|date=2026-10-18\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/~~1561262045083467788~~}}		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Payment limbo.''' The seller behind the Alibaba listing "170HX-B300-Turbo-GDDR6X-384Bit" shipped one card, then sat on an 8-card second order: after a T/T bank transfer it stayed in "supplier needs to confirm payment" for two weeks although the money arrived the next day. The buyer knows how to get a refund for an order that never ships, not for one stuck in that state; he also says 48 cards he had locked in earlier never shipped. Another member found the same seller appears to run several accounts.<br />{{Source\|handle=fnerdman\|date=2026-10-18\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1561259096844279809}}<br />{{Source\|handle=adusts\|date=2026-10-18\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1561260328405434449}}
	* {{Status\|Warning}} '''AI-generated product photos''' on a listing from a seller with nine years on the platform; ask for real photos.<br />{{Source\|handle=con3po7016\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559963922285727826}}<br />{{Source\|handle=endsjeremy\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559965235316654212}}		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''AI-generated product photos''' on a listing from a seller with nine years on the platform; ask for real photos.<br />{{Source\|handle=con3po7016\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559963922285727826}}<br />{{Source\|handle=endsjeremy\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1559965235316654212}}
	* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Impossible unlock claims.''' A listing claimed the card unlocks ECC, PCIe 4.0, NVLink and 80 GB. Only ECC is in the public unlock.<br />{{Source\|handle=lia_oc\|date=2026-10-13\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1559708664175263932}}<br />{{Source\|handle=tugoubxs\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1559792760477712456}}		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Impossible unlock claims.''' A listing claimed the card unlocks ECC, PCIe 4.0, NVLink and 80 GB. Only ECC is in the public unlock.<br />{{Source\|handle=lia_oc\|date=2026-10-13\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1559708664175263932}}<br />{{Source\|handle=tugoubxs\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1518692084729511967/1559792760477712456}}
	* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Cards that cannot be tested before shipping.''' ~~Purchasing agents cannot~~ test GPUs~~, and~~ cards bought ~~that way~~ arrived dead.<br />{{Source\|handle=kellertreppe123\|date=2026-10-25\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/~~1563880995692740689~~}}		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Cards that cannot be tested before shipping.''' The Superbuy purchasing agent has no test bench for GPUs; CMP cards one member bought through Superbuy and Goofish arrived dead ("dont buy cmps using superbuy u get bricks shipped"). For hardware that can be checked by switching it on, the agent seemed reliable.<br />{{Source\|handle=kellertreppe123\|date=2026-10-25\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563880584269398077}}
	* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Accessories.''' Every E1.S drive cage listing on several Chinese marketplaces asked for more money after purchase or claimed the item was broken.<br />{{Source\|handle=cute_sc2\|date=2026-10-26\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1564388866360869066}}		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Accessories.''' Every E1.S drive cage listing on several Chinese marketplaces asked for more money after purchase or claimed the item was broken.<br />{{Source\|handle=cute_sc2\|date=2026-10-26\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1534370835220004885/1564388866360869066}}
	* A ~~longer write~~-~~up by @mfj4 on~~ a ~~fake~~-delivery ~~scam around~~ "x16 unlocked" cards ~~exists~~; ~~see~~ [https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1559755491905896563 Discord].		* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Alibaba sellers reported by name.''' A buyer of 10 cards on Alibaba listed the sellers that failed him: Phat Trading Company / CONG TY TNHH DUC ("blatant scammers", profile since removed from Alibaba); Shenzhen Yige Gangbeng Technology Co., Ltd. (sat on the money for a couple of weeks, then said it could not get stock and refunded); Xi'an Qujiang New District Reicha Microelectronics Product Sales Department (tried to sell him 32 GB stock, delays, every excuse to cancel); Shenzhen Qianbao Technology Co., Ltd. ("waiting on stock", "stock was defective", delays, then a refund). Alifond was the one that delivered, and it refunded a card with bad HBM. Another member had already posted "do not buy from them" about the Xi'an Qujiang Reicha seller, with the reasons in screenshots.<br />{{Source\|handle=kellertreppe123\|date=2026-10-11\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1558876886279655549}}<br />{{Source\|handle=boz._.\|date=2026-10-23\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1563148969498910773}}
			* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Sellers named only in screenshots.''' A seller shown in a screenshot in the supplier channel was called a scammer; he told another member he would not use trade assurance, and that member did not buy. A member says a seller trading under two accounts (also only in screenshots) still owes him about USD 2,000. Search the channel before paying a seller you have not used.<br />{{Source\|handle=djpandaman\|date=2026-10-04\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1556258294006284351}}<br />{{Source\|handle=artistosu\|date=2026-10-04\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1556258881489870850}}<br />{{Source\|handle=spectakkular\|date=2026-10-04\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1556272932655992873}}
			* {{Status\|Warning}} '''Fake delivery on "x16 unlocked" cards.''' A Facebook Marketplace listing, "CMP 170HX 8Gb 16x PCIe 64GB Unlock", offered cards at USD 1,200 each with a falling "left" count, and the seller talked shop convincingly and said the cards were modded locally. After three weeks of delay excuses the chat moved to email; the carrier's delivery photos showed someone else's door, and the seller would not send a photo of the label. After a PayPal "item not received" claim the seller produced a second tracking number, "delivered" to another door in the same zip code. PayPal Goods and Services on a credit card refunded the USD 3,000 the same day. A friend of another member hit the same pattern (fake UPS tracking, a seller-supplied Alibaba checkout link) and was still waiting for his card refund. Lessons from the write-up: Goods and Services on a credit card, never Friends and Family; a seller who will not show the label has answered you; save the carrier's photos the day they post; file the claim before the fake delivery scan; keep the chat with your address in writing. Full write-up on [https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1559755491905896563 Discord].<br />{{Source\|handle=mfj4\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1559755491905896563}}<br />{{Source\|handle=adusts\|date=2026-10-14\|link=https://discord.com/channels/1518634379604136178/1528513735575081070/1559758229251301499}}
	* Before buying: dump the card's InfoROM history and test it; see [[Memory errors and ECC#Testing a card\|Testing a card]] and [[Which card do I have]].		* Before buying: dump the card's InfoROM history and test it; see [[Memory errors and ECC#Testing a card\|Testing a card]] and [[Which card do I have]].

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