Recent content by OrdinanceB

Do you mind posting which seller you purchased from? I checked sold listings and didn't see any that close to your price point or that show were sold less than list or had offers. Did the seller accept a Best Offer?

There is a SUM command switch listed in this thread: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/how-to-fix-bmc-cant-force-me-to-recovery-mode-when-updating-bios.14380/ that you may give a shot with. It will try to force it through the IPMI.

Have you attempted the BIOS Recovery as referenced in the Manual? Either the BIOS Resilience mode via IPMI, or the SUPER.ROM method with or without the Bios Recovery jumper? https://www.supermicro.com/manuals/motherboard/C612/MNL-1577.pdf

I'd be interested in if you have an extra. I'm US based. What are you wanting for one?

I've been watching both and the SFF was also a no-go for me as well but wanted the board. I've got a ton of LFF 1U Supermicro cases and didn't need another, especially an atx only case, but may be able to find a use for an LFF case. Canadian seller accepted $100 CAD, which is about $75 USD...

Purchased a Supermicro A1SAi-2750F + 16GB (4x4) EP3L-12800E ECC SODIMMs & standard I/O shield and 4x32Gb of DDR4 2400 RDIMM. Both are working great, arrived fast, and were well packaged!

@epicurean Yep, just on a dos boot disk. This board's CSM implementation is slightly broken. I had to use UNetBootin and a freedos image since it installs syslinux bootloader. Any Rufus made disk wouldn't work for me. Also has to be on a flash drive smaller than 4gb. I couldn't get the board to...

@epicurean to reset the BMC on your B800 board, you can use the generic Megarac tools. This one is supposedly from Asrock for an itx board, but it worked properly on one of my B800 boards that the BMC had not been reset to factory on. Once you issue the command, give it a moment to reset and...