thanks drabadue, also the c8220 v1.0 board has all pcie gen3 slots? if yes I assume you are right!
fantastic project! well done for your diy case!!!
fantastic project! well done for your diy case!!!
thanks drabadue, also the c8220 v1.0 board has all pcie gen3 slots? if yes I assume you are right!
fantastic project! well done for your diy case!!!![]()
@Silvio - Initially, I was worried about that as well. I do not yet have the Corsair H60 coolers installed, however I was worried about the standoffs deflecting under the weight of the board being so high up. But when I started to put it all together, it is actually very sturdy. The motherboard itself is bout 2.7mm thick, which is rather strong compared to a regular motherboard. When I add the coolers, I may find that the board needs more support. If that is the case, I plan to 3d print supports to hold the board under the cpu sockets on the back side. I need the room under the motherboard for a place to mount my hard drives. That is why I decided to make it so tall.Nice job drabadue! My only concerns on raising the board by the mounting holes alone is warping it under the coolers' weight. Maybe putting cross-beams could give it support with the added benefit that you can bolt it straight into the beam, since the mounting holes are aligned. Perhaps you will need some insulation in case the beams are conductive.
The one that you have, and the one that works. Lol. If you're using the x16 slots near the power button, use whatever you have that will fit. I've tested a GTX 780, GTX 970 and GTX 980Ti in those slots and they all worked. When it came to the rear slot with the riser cable is when I had issues. Thomasz made a table a few pages back of the graphics cards he tested. Some worked, some did not. If you find out your graphics card is not working, update BIOS. Keep in mind the board does not have any on board audio, so I'd suggest using a graphics card that has onboard audio that will transmit sound through HDMI or DVI.Which are the recommended gpu for these mobos?
I tested a small GT610 I had around, worked fine. Anyone tried passthrough to a VM, mine seems to crash the system on Linux.The one that you have, and the one that works. Lol. If you're using the x16 slots near the power button, use whatever you have that will fit. I've tested a GTX 780, GTX 970 and GTX 980Ti in those slots and they all worked. When it came to the rear slot with the riser cable is when I had issues. Thomasz made a table a few pages back of the graphics cards he tested. Some worked, some did not. If you find out your graphics card is not working, update BIOS. Keep in mind the board does not have any on board audio, so I'd suggest using a graphics card that has onboard audio that will transmit sound through HDMI or DVI.
I have not tried, and honestly don't know how. But would like to learn and would love to give it a shot. Is there something I can Google to figure out how to do it?I tested a small GT610 I had around, worked fine. Anyone tried passthrough to a VM, mine seems to crash the system on Linux.
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The most common way is using VMWare ESXi, the C8220 is certified for ESXi 6.0 but seems to work fine on 6.5. I could not get the passthrough to work yet but it is the first time I use ESXi to be honest. If you want to give it a try, go to Free VMware vSphere Hypervisor, Free Virtualization (ESXi), click on Download Now, you will need to register an account and download the ISO. Use Rufus on Windows to build a bootable USB and install from there. The installation will wipe out the disk, be carefulI have not tried, and honestly don't know how. But would like to learn and would love to give it a shot. Is there something I can Google to figure out how to do it?
Thank you! I will look into this and give it a shot.The most common way is using VMWare ESXi, the C8220 is certified for ESXi 6.0 but seems to work fine on 6.5. I could not get the passthrough to work yet but it is the first time I use ESXi to be honest. If you want to give it a try, go to Free VMware vSphere Hypervisor, Free Virtualization (ESXi), click on Download Now, you will need to register an account and download the ISO. Use Rufus on Windows to build a bootable USB and install from there. The installation will wipe out the disk, be carefulAfter the install you can use the webconsole or the VSphere client on Windows.
I tried using Linux with libvirt but the machine freezes when I do the passthrought. I tried on Centos, Arch, Fedora, etc. Not sure it is a bug with my hardware or just me not using it correctly.
After a *lot* of late nights doing troubleshooting, I got the passthrough to work but not very reliable. ESXi wouldn't work for GPU passthrough, getting a panic and freezing the machine on both 6.0 and 6.5. I tried CentOS 7 but even upgrading to the latest kernel and qemu it wouldn't work. Finally I got it working with Arch Linux that has the cutting edge combo of kernel, qemu and libvirt. The only problem is that shutting down the VM doesn't properly reset the card (damn NVidia doesn't support it) so trying to start it again just freezes the machine. Rebooting the VM seems to work fine, just shutdown and reboot that fails. I'll make a write-up later with all the details. I just need a Radeon card that is supposed to properly support resetting the card...Thank you! I will look into this and give it a shot.
Hi there,
just a quick update from my side:
- I have connected the c8220 MOBO to the atx power supply as indicated in this thread, for the moment without the 12 Vsb
- ok the boot, with cpu and ram well recognised (the boot says poweredge c6220 system bios 1.1.19)
- as drabadue no sata connections work
- using a pci-e sata card asmedia 106x ver 0.89 ahci mode in pci-e slot 1 or 2 the sata disks are recognised at boot, but it is not possible install the OS or boot from them with following error: "this is a nas drive you cannot boot from it" (or something similar...)
- also the sata jumper in the I/O connector does not work for me..
I think the best way to use sata disks is to use the Dell Poweredge C8220X Blade Backplane Hdd Sas/Sata 2X2.5 3W8K4
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I bought a SAS2008 mezzanine for C6220/C8220, it got recognized fine, I cross-flashed to 9211-8i but didn't test yet.@thomasz : I have just put normal 12V in the 12Vsb pin power connector (waiting for the step-up dc-dc board)
I have not yet understood if my board (DP/N 0W6W6G) is a c8220 or a c6220 one, the bios/boot says "poweredge C6220"...
does anyone tested additional sata/sas pci-e card working?
thanks