installation

What is this thing? I bought this cable for these two U.2 drives I can connect the 2 big black things to the U.2 drives the white one looks familiar (Sata) but this other one at the forefront (picture above) what is it meant for? Is one Sata (white) enough to power the two U.2? what...

Internet not working with SFP28 25Gb/s (Broadcom BCM57414B1KFSBG), Asus K14PA-U12 I have a server motherboard Asus K14PA-U12, for networking it has: 2 x SFP28 25Gb/s (Broadcom BCM57414B1KFSBG) +1 x Mgmt LAN I run Ubuntu 24.04.3 I don't see the ethernet connection I'm used to for internet, so I...

Motherboard Asrock Rack TURIN2D16-2T seems to require a PSU that supports SMBus. I have set up all components (dual CPUs, 16 DIMMs, GPU 5090) and when I turn it on I get a brief sound then nothing. After a bit of chatgpt and search the root cause is the fact that ATX PSUs like the one used...

H13SSL-N, all connected as per the manual: FIRST BOOT after a while After a few minutes, turned off. BOOT 2 -> no video at all BOOT 3 -> no video till after 3 minutes I got the last image, then after a while the fans accelerate, but no video at all. First reseated the ram dimms, BOOT...

The H13SSL powered off after a while, so I'm going through some steps including clear CMOS. but when I look at the manual it the steps are counter-intuitive: short the CMOS pads AFTER removing the CMOS battery! If there is no power, and no battery, how is anything going to happen between the two...

I'm trying to connect the F-Panel of the Silverstone Alta D1 case to JF1 on the Supermicro H13SSL-N motherboard, I bought these cables but they have 4 male pins. I can use the first 2 for the case F-Panel, but I'm left with 2 male pins for each. Did I buy the wrong cables, or are the 2 male pins...

For Asrock Rack TURIN2D16-2T, the only fans on the motherboard are six gathered in one place called system fans. Two CPUs -> 2 fans cables and 2 radiator/pump control cables. Should I use 4 of these system fans just for the CPU cooling and the only two left are supposed to take care of the...

I'm trying to use a workstation PSUs (ZEUS 1650R Titanium) with a server motherboard Asrock Rack TURIN2D16-2T. There are 2 types of cables I have that look similar: The EPS ones that appear to be for the CPU and the PCIe ones that look like the CPUs ones. My problem is with the connectors on...

From the Asrock Rack TURIN2D16-2T Quick installation guide I see I need to unscrew and remove standoffs from the chassis, under the motherboard, but ... I can't see any standoffs above or under all the Asrock Rack TURIN2D16-2T motherboards I have: I did however notice that I wasn't able...

Hi everyone, I'm setting up a small home server to self-host services like Jellyfin, Nextcloud, Docker, etc. The problem: my server has no GPU and no usable video output, so I can't interact with it through any monitor. --- Hardware: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (no iGPU) Motherboard: AsRock...

I’m pretty new to the home networking game and am working on getting my setup running with a pfsense box, Mikrotik Poe switch and a TP Link 620 HD. I was installing the WAP today and after I looked at it I realized I wasn’t really sure what the best method for a clean looking install would be...

Windows Clients running on After reading many sites, forums, and comment sections throughout the internet I can see there is quite a bit of confusion regarding the AMD EPYC platform with Windows installations. I wrote this guide as an effort to provide the resources and information for anybody...

I have approx 7 racks of mostly Supermicro gear which has grown out of hand. Most cables are unlabeled, they block airflow, and it's just not professional. Most of the racks are from APC. Looking for a contractor to clean all this up. Must love making labels. Location is San Francisco...

Hello Everybody, I just bought all my compnents for my FreeNAS DIY-Server and the last item should arrive tomorrow. But now i tried to learn how to install my OS on the device. Neither my CPU nor my Motherboard has a GPU so my question is, does the System install itself on another USB Stick...

Hello from Geneva Switzerland, while preparing for a new Linux training session I thought I could share the videos I’m preparing for the participants. In that one you can review /learn the installation steps for Linux Debian 8. I use Virtual Box like that you can also learn Linux if you have a...

How could you use a low footprint server like the Windows 2016 nano server from Microsoft? Windows 2016: One of the innovation on that system is the possibility to create a nano server with a realy small footprint. The idea is to generate a server with the minimum requirements. With this you...