Fujitsu TX1320 M3 - Cheap low power server (barebone)

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3333

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Has anyone ever transplanted one of those to a SM chassis?

I run one of these as TNC box (very nice low power) but need some more drives so was considering transplanting to a 216 or 836/846.
2x8 and one x4 slot are perfect for a HBA, 10 (40G) card and single nvme

In the end I assume Id only use the board and the psu (and maybe a fan so it won't complain), right? I dont mind If i cant use screws, its not as if I move those boxes all day long...
I was thinking about the same thing some time ago and I was doing the research. I haven't done it, but I've seen several posts stating that the PSU can be replaced with anything else, but you'll need and adapter, as Fujitsu has different pinout and longer or shorter plug. But what you also need is this little front panel thing with power button as the server won't boot up if it's not detected.
 

yoggi

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@yoggi, I'm pretty sure my machine is acting similarly, when it's started after the power break. However, when the server was powered off, but still plugged in, then it's not rebooting during startup and doesn't have the 2 minutes lag.
@3333, It is like the machine is waiting at the boot screen, I have looked through the bios settings many times but I can't find anything that affects the waiting. The machine is set to boot from disk, silent booting etc.

Do anybody have any idea why my machine is waiting at boot when there is no error?

yoggi
 

yoggi

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I was thinking about the same thing some time ago and I was doing the research. I haven't done it, but I've seen several posts stating that the PSU can be replaced with anything else, but you'll need and adapter, as Fujitsu has different pinout and longer or shorter plug. But what you also need is this little front panel thing with power button as the server won't boot up if it's not detected.
@3333 and @Rand__
This page might be helpful inorder to determine what needs to be transfered with the motherboard when moving to a new chassi

Fujitsu TX140 S2 | «WatchMySys» Blog

From same website, good information about the TX1320 M3
Fujitsu TX1320 M3 | «WatchMySys» Blog
 
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