EU AIC ARA Motherboard (FCLGA1150, RTX, C226) - Less than 10EUR/piece!

[malloot]

So, got the 5 in, 4/5 were broken, bent pins, bent boards.. maybe 1 works... got my money back though

 

[Petas3]

Damn ... i got 4 working, 1 bent pins - of those 4 I have already killed 1

 

[Guillem]

Just got some Xeon V3 processors, so i'll be testing mines soon! I'll report results here

 

[Marton]

Still available for £30 in the UK. Just ordered but confused about the fan connectors. Manual shows "power for fan 12v 1.5a" and at the pinout are only pwm, tach and some gnd pins. Should I connect the +12v directly from the power supply to the 4 pin fan?

 

[hmartin]

UK link: AIC ARA iNTEL C226 Socket H3 FCLGA1150 IPMI RTX form factor Server Board | eBay

 

[Nimesh Bhundia]

Just grabbed one and one of the the Lenovo adapters for some winter break fun!

Thanks

 

[Marton]

Unfortunately one of the LAN port is missing. Asked the seller all the boards are the same.
Good news - quite easy to hack a power connector. Just need to cut a standard 24 pin connector.

 

[Nimesh Bhundia]

Board arrived, no obvious signs of damage to the socket.

 

[bob_dvb]

Found the PCIE 16x F-F extenders down to £16:
US $20.89 24% OFF|BTBcoin Computer Cables Riser PCI E 16X PCI Express Extension Cable PCIE 16X Female to 16X Female Slots Extender Flexible Cable-in Computer Cables & Connectors from Computer & Office on AliExpress

Tempted by one of these myself.

 

[Marton]

Anyone of you had any issues?
Just one of my LAN port(of course the ipmi) stopped working.
LED-s are off not showing up in lspci.