dell r710

Don't know where to post this so... I have an R710 and I put a third party riser in it for a graphics card, it now won't boot. I get an error message saying I have to put it back in. Is there any way around this as I would like to have a graphics card in here. The riser is: Thermaltake PCI-e...

Hi all, Found this deal on eBay, was hoping someone can give some advice on it, mainly, is hardware like this still worth it etc. Dell Poweredge R710 2x Intel Xeon X5690 6C 12T 3.47GHz 16GB DDR3 RAM 6x 3.5" SATA/SAS bays Included with 5x300GB 10k SAS drives 2x870W Gold rated PSU Perc6/I RAID...

Hi, first post, hope this is the right forum. So I bought a couple of HGST s840 drives mentioned in this thread. The drives need a firmware update and I managed to obtain the upgrade files from the HGST website. I stupidly installed the OS on these drives when I got them, so updating the...

Great Virtualization Server or Home Lab - Dell R710: Dual X5660's (3.2 Ghz, 12 Cores, 24 Threads! ), 48 GB Ram, 2 x 500 GB Dell Enterprise Class HD's, Dual 870 Watt Power Supplies.... I would say the Dell R710 is the most compatible / supported Server available. i.e. it is supported by just...