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post #1111 of 1476
12/17/12 at 8:18pm
Hey, if anybody is buying this case and tossing the mobo, please consider selling it to me biggrin.gif

Specifically, I'm looking for the Supermicro H8DME-2 (Rev 2.0.1A). Sadly I got an earlier rev board that can't support the 6-core CPUs...

Thanks!
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post #1112 of 1476
12/18/12 at 9:49pm
I'll check my board when I get home, I've got an AMD board out of the supermicro system.
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post #1113 of 1476
1/2/13 at 9:17pm
Thanks OP for the mods! I think they are going to do well. Everything seems much more streamlined, more open for airflow. I got the fan wall and the backplate, and purchased some arctic cooling fans- 2 X 80mm and 3 X 120mm. Hopefully this will cut the noise down considerably. It cant do any worse than what it was for sure. I have had this server since 2011, and didnt realize there was an entire thread devoted to my find. I posted this find in another forum and just about got run out because of all the "legacy" hardware. I found it while searching for the 3tb drivers for the SATA cards. Glad to know there is a thread devoted to it. Here are some pics of my mod. I have the one with the PCI-X slots and the Xeon board. Bought a matched pair of low power xeons, and added 8gb of RAM. Just waiting for the 3 120mm fans and a Seasonic X750 psu to arrive. It's been running great for over a year now. Couldnt be happier!

BTW if anybody with one of these is getting rid of the MB and happen to have a LGA 771 heatsink and cooler they would like to part with hit me up on pm....would like to take it off your hands. Thanks again.
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post #1114 of 1476
1/2/13 at 9:23pm
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Looks good Astrohed... I think we may have chatted on the phone prior my purchase from TAMSolutions. Glad you are finally getting your server modded out!
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post #1115 of 1476
1/3/13 at 4:02pm
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Originally Posted by astrohed View Post

Thanks OP for the mods! I think they are going to do well. Everything seems much more streamlined, more open for airflow. I got the fan wall and the backplate, and purchased some arctic cooling fans- 2 X 80mm and 3 X 120mm. Hopefully this will cut the noise down considerably. It cant do any worse than what it was for sure. I have had this server since 2011, and didnt realize there was an entire thread devoted to my find. I posted this find in another forum and just about got run out because of all the "legacy" hardware. I found it while searching for the 3tb drivers for the SATA cards. Glad to know there is a thread devoted to it. Here are some pics of my mod. I have the one with the PCI-X slots and the Xeon board. Bought a matched pair of low power xeons, and added 8gb of RAM. Just waiting for the 3 120mm fans and a Seasonic X750 psu to arrive. It's been running great for over a year now. Couldnt be happier!
BTW if anybody with one of these is getting rid of the MB and happen to have a LGA 771 heatsink and cooler they would like to part with hit me up on pm....would like to take it off your hands. Thanks again.

great cable management.
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post #1116 of 1476
1/4/13 at 12:07pm
ahhh I remember now. What a great thread. Itching to get my psu and fans so i can fire her back up.
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post #1117 of 1476
1/13/13 at 8:00am
I bought one of the 2u units. Had tested it to confirm it was working but hand't installed an OS until a few days ago. I got unRaid up and running fairly easily. I remember reading something in the thread here about how to enable the ability to run with only 1 power supply and turn off the loud beeeeeeep! that sounds if one of them is unplugged. I don't really need redundant power supplies and if I could save one of them for if the other fails that would be nice. I did a search of the thread but couldn't come up with the post that mentioned how it was done. I couldn't find anything in bios that looked like what was needed.

Anyone know?

Thanks!
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post #1118 of 1476
1/13/13 at 8:14am
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Pull the power supply out of the case or at least enough that the contacts don't touch inside. The beep should stop... If not, rebooting should fix it.
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post #1119 of 1476
1/13/13 at 9:15am
Thanks! I will give that a try after my 2TB of data transfer finishes up.
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post #1120 of 1476
1/16/13 at 9:35am
Wow so emailed them to try to get some info sadly no response yet but ill wait patiently hoping to get my hands on one of those AIC setups. I had one main question about those of you who had this setup. Is anyone running WHS 2011 or WS 2012 with flexraid? I looking to use this type of hardware for a dynamically expanding raid NAS/Seedbox serving 2 pc's for holding videos music and tons of MAME backups. I dont need VM's i have no idea what i would do with them so i dont think i need massive hardware for it.
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post #1121 of 1476
1/16/13 at 10:35am
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Sorry... but I do believe that TAMSolutions sold out of the AIC machines a long time ago.

They are still waiting on the next batch of Supermicros.
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post #1122 of 1476
1/16/13 at 11:15am
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Originally Posted by Litlgi74 View Post

Sorry... but I do believe that TAMSolutions sold out of the AIC machines a long time ago.

They are still waiting on the next batch of Supermicros.


yea thats what i thought too but even the supermicros are a nice deal so im not to phased.
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post #1123 of 1476
1/24/13 at 11:55am
Anybody looking for an AIC 4U, I have one that I'm getting rid of. Choice of AMD or Intel boards. I bought and upgraded a SuperMicro 4U so no longer need the AIC. PM if interested.
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post #1124 of 1476
1/26/13 at 2:27pm
Almost finished with putting the server together. Lots of drilling and some parts of the case looks like Swiss cheese. I'm waiting for the molex to P4 adapter to come in the mail since my PSU did not come with one. So I have moved on to looking at putting the hard drives in the case. I noticed that the drive trays did not have any screws. So what screws would I use to hold the hard drives to the cage? Is there anything else I need to put the hard drive in the cage?

Also since I replaced the PSU will the beeping noise upon start-up not happen? I was a little confused about that aspect of switching out the PSU.

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Here's a website that I found screws, but not sure if any of these would work. http://discountechnology.com/Products/Screws-Bolts-Hard-Drive-Trays-Sleds-Caddies-Carrier
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post #1125 of 1476
1/27/13 at 6:18pm
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Originally Posted by TViewer2000 View Post

Almost finished with putting the server together. Lots of drilling and some parts of the case looks like Swiss cheese. I'm waiting for the molex to P4 adapter to come in the mail since my PSU did not come with one. So I have moved on to looking at putting the hard drives in the case. I noticed that the drive trays did not have any screws. So what screws would I use to hold the hard drives to the cage? Is there anything else I need to put the hard drive in the cage?

Also since I replaced the PSU will the beeping noise upon start-up not happen? I was a little confused about that aspect of switching out the PSU.

Thanks

Here's a website that I found screws, but not sure if any of these would work. http://discountechnology.com/Products/Screws-Bolts-Hard-Drive-Trays-Sleds-Caddies-Carrier

for screws, search on MCP-410-00005

http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-mcp-410-00005-0n~7SUP91J0.htm
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on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/supermicro-san-hot-swap-caddy-cs-screws-3-5-lff-hard-drive-qty-avail-lot-of-40-/121045567923?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c2ee0c9b3

replacing PSU to minimize the original PSU fan noise and lower power consumption (by replacing with current PSU)
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post #1126 of 1476
1/28/13 at 8:46am
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Originally Posted by Morph1c View Post

Hey, if anybody is buying this case and tossing the mobo, please consider selling it to me biggrin.gif

Specifically, I'm looking for the Supermicro H8DME-2 (Rev 2.0.1A). Sadly I got an earlier rev board that can't support the 6-core CPUs...

Thanks!

You can flash the bios and will be able to use the 6Cores.

Litlgi74 posted information on how to make a USB-Floppy boot disk earlier in the thread. You can use that to flash the board.
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post #1127 of 1476
1/28/13 at 10:23am
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Originally Posted by tenshou1 View Post

Litlgi74 posted information on how to make a USB-Floppy boot disk earlier in the thread. You can use that to flash the board.

I sure did.. tongue.gif the info can be found in post #121
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post #1128 of 1476
1/28/13 at 7:54pm
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Originally Posted by tenshou1 View Post

You can flash the bios and will be able to use the 6Cores.

Litlgi74 posted information on how to make a USB-Floppy boot disk earlier in the thread. You can use that to flash the board.

as I saw on motherboard PDF, ONLY V2.X supports 6 cores :P...
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post #1129 of 1476
1/29/13 at 8:24pm
The PDF was out before the new release of the firmware. I am running on a 2.0.1 board with dual 2419EE. There are also a few people on the Unraid forum who has the same setup after flashing.
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post #1130 of 1476
1/30/13 at 9:02am
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Originally Posted by tenshou1 View Post

The PDF was out before the new release of the firmware. I am running on a 2.0.1 board with dual 2419EE. There are also a few people on the Unraid forum who has the same setup after flashing.

Here are the two links to the threads
http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=18610.60

Look at Tragik's posts.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1138354/socket-f-overclocking/20
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post #1131 of 1476
1/30/13 at 6:25pm
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Originally Posted by tenshou1 View Post

The PDF was out before the new release of the firmware. I am running on a 2.0.1 board with dual 2419EE. There are also a few people on the Unraid forum who has the same setup after flashing.

aha,. you are on V 2.X :P

mine is V 2.X..

if anyone can confirm V1.X can do 6 cores... that would be good.

as I read. the manual stated V2.X to support 6 Cores.
SM had reasons to state the statement in the manual.
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post #1132 of 1476
1/31/13 at 9:19am
I hope TAMSolutions gets more of the SuperMicro servers in soon because this would be perfect for my new server room smile.gif
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post #1133 of 1476
2/1/13 at 10:31am
Dang, just went to fire up the computer and it started for less than a second then nothing. Tried starting it again and then I smelt burning electronics. It was coming from the hard drive that came with the system. So I think that hard drive is fried now. I also think the CPU is gone as well. Once I disconnected the hard drive from power then system turns on and stays on but no beeping and no video on the screen. The 4 pin adapter to the CPU was on the same line as the hard drive so I think it may have taken out the cpu as well. My mistake for using a different brand PSU cable on the new PSU I bought. So now I get to tear everything apart and start from scratch again. Does anyone know if the tray that came with the computer still work with newer motherboards?
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post #1134 of 1476
2/1/13 at 1:07pm
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So what do you think caused the problem... The 4pin cable?
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post #1135 of 1476
2/1/13 at 1:30pm
The PSU manufacture that I purchased from said don't use other PSU cables and that it could cause problems. This is how it was.

PSU --- Cable---molex --- molex--- molex--- Hard Drive
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4-pin adapter
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4 pin - adapter on motherboard that provides power to CPU

Hard drive electrical connection was smoking so I think that cable may have damaged the cpu, which is why it is not posting.


The 4-pin adapter actually connects to the first molex but it is not showing that when I posted this.
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post #1136 of 1476
2/1/13 at 4:51pm
[quote name="TViewer2000" url="/t/1412640/are-you-looking-for-a-less-expensive-norco-4220-4224-alternative/1110#post_22910405"...... using a different brand PSU cable on the new PSU I bought. So now I get to tear everything apart and start from scratch again. Does anyone know if the tray that came with the computer still work with newer motherboards?[/quote]

that is it .
I suspect pin configurations are not identical.

is this SM server? the case will fit atx, e-atx(regular not oversized) mother board... not sure on m-atx( it should...)
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post #1137 of 1476
2/1/13 at 4:58pm
I got the intel board. This is the first case that was part of the thread. I am using the tray that came with the case. So I don't know if other motherboards will line up with the same holes that this motherboard has. I was looking at getting a regular ATX board. The Z77 I think since I have a i7 2700K lying around.


What do you mean that the pin configuration is not identical?
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post #1138 of 1476
2/1/13 at 6:21pm
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TViewer....Can you post a photo of the 4pin cable you were using? I am curious on how the wiring was setup?
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post #1139 of 1476
2/1/13 at 9:17pm
Here is a photo of the connector. http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10245&cs_id=1024502&p_id=1321&seq=1&format=2

I don't think the connector caused the problem, I think it was the Thermaltake Modular cable that I plugged into the Cosaire Modular PSU that I bought for the new case. I think whatever shorted that took out the hard drive took out the CPU or motherboard since it was on the same line.

The cable is referred to as a molex to P4 adapter.
Edited by TViewer2000 - 2/1/13 at 9:22pm
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post #1140 of 1476
2/2/13 at 6:08am
Unless the pinout of the adapter cable mates the socket on your PSU you probably shorted a hot lead to ground and fried everything in the process. You should only use cables for modular PSUs that were designed specifically for that PSU as all manufacturers may not use the same connector pinouts. I'm surprised a modular PSU didn't come with the 4-pin cable for the CPU. You can usually get spare cables from the PSU manufacturer.
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