Thanks for sharing, thats awsome. I want to do it so bad but it is to much trouble. 8 lanes are enough for my needs.
Gigabyte MJ11-EC1 EPYC 3151 Mystery
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Hi guys, im new here! Im planning on building a home server using this board. Even though i am slowly reading through this thread, and am reading up on this board in general, i just want to ask a stupid question. Is it possible to connect an m2 drive in the relevant slot, 6 hdds (meaning i would occupy the sas connector), a 10gbps ethernet card and a gpu to this board without soldering?
Short answer: Not with a stock MB and BIOS.
What you are trying to do is connect the following: 1) a m.2 drive, 2) a 10gbps nic and 3) a gpu. This would require a BIOS that supports bifrucation of the x8 connector and a miniSAS 8i to PCIe breakout board the also supports bifrucation. To my understanding it *should* technically be possible, but there are several unknowns in this equation. Also, be advised: it may be beyond what is economical when all is tallied up.
I have got the board and today while testing I noticed some strange problems. I don't know if that is the supposed behavior.
When I hit Save & Exit in the bios settings the board just hangs in a black screen but doesn't reboot. In the BMC the board is reported as offline (shutdown) but the FAN just spins in a blackscreen. Doing a power on from BMC doesn't help. I have to switch off the PSU every time. It is also the same when I just do Ctrl+Alt+Del in the bios or anywhere in the boot process. It doesn't restart but hangs in black screen.
Another problem: When entering BIOS setting on the top right corner in BMC it just tells me "no available pages", there is just an empty page with the AMI logo and no config entries.
Should I send the board back?
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Firmware
When I hit Save & Exit in the bios settings the board just hangs in a black screen but doesn't reboot. In the BMC the board is reported as offline (shutdown) but the FAN just spins in a blackscreen. Doing a power on from BMC doesn't help. I have to switch off the PSU every time. It is also the same when I just do Ctrl+Alt+Del in the bios or anywhere in the boot process. It doesn't restart but hangs in black screen.
Another problem: When entering BIOS setting on the top right corner in BMC it just tells me "no available pages", there is just an empty page with the AMI logo and no config entries.
Should I send the board back?
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Firmware
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BMCFirmware Information
Active Image ID
1
Build Date
Dec 24 2020
Build Time
16:51:53 CST
Firmware version
12.49.06
BIOSFirmware Information
Product Manufacturer
GIGABYTE
Product Name
G431-MM0-OT
Build Date
09/14/2021
Firmware version
F09
CPLDFirmware Information
Firmware version
MB: NAOK, I "fixed" that problem by replacing the PSU. The first PSU was a very ancient Enermax EG651P-VE (ATX 1.3).
But the empty BIOS options still remains.
EDIT: Updated BMC to 12.61.21 now, but didn't fixed the empty BIOS page. I hope someone has any idea.
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Sorry for the repeated pushes here. Accessing BIOS from BMC is working under the Chromium Browser. It seems Firefox isn't supported.
iam interesting in this to build a nas using my 32 gb sticks rdiims that i have laying around.
My only concern is how can i get a gpu working? in order to install all the OS/ tools needed?
My only concern is how can i get a gpu working? in order to install all the OS/ tools needed?
You do not need a gpu! There is already one in the BMC, it has a VGA out put. You need a display that can handle VGA.
Alternatively and easier is to use the remote control in the BMC and start the H5Viewer. You get the display output in a browser window on your desktop computer. The keyboard layouts are a bit limited but it will work. When the OS is installed I use to ssh to a console and manage it that way.
Best Regards
Peter
I just bought two mobo's.
And 4 x Samsung 32GB 2Rx4 PC4-2666V DDR4 RAM M393A4K40BB2-CTD7Q sticks.
Inserted 2 sticks in each (Blue slots)
One worked fine with both BMC & EPYC, and the Samsung Ram.
The other worked w. the BMC , but never finished POST when starting the EPYC.
So i could ie. not enter the "real bios" or boot up anythng, before it would reset it self.
It never detected the Samsung Ram (BMC). Kept saying it had a 16GB Hynix (last detected on a succesfull POST).
"Reset to default settings" via BMC BIOS did nothing, kept looping.
An "Enable Clear Bios" via the jumper to the right of the VGA plug, did the trick.
My steps:
Remove bios battery plug.
"Enable Clear Bios" via the jumper
Wait 2 min.
Restore "Enable Clear Bios" jumper to "Default"
Plug in Bios battery plug.
Power on system.
Now the EPYC fan immediately began to spin (didn't before)
The system detected the two Samsung sticks, and now it completed the POST.
Running a full memtest86 right now.
Morale:
If you have issues (detecting your memory sticks.)
Try to force a "Clear Bios" via the jumper.
Cause ... Guess ...
I always had two sticks inserted in (Blue) , the original server just had one (seen by BMC).
With just one stick the system can run memspeed 2666.
With two it can run max 2400.
If the system started up with two sticks, but was using memspeed 2666 (last known config), my guess is that would have made the system unhappy.
If i had just put in one stick, i might have had a working system from the beginning.
But who knows if i would have gotten in trouble, when inserting the 2'nd stick.
And 4 x Samsung 32GB 2Rx4 PC4-2666V DDR4 RAM M393A4K40BB2-CTD7Q sticks.
Inserted 2 sticks in each (Blue slots)
One worked fine with both BMC & EPYC, and the Samsung Ram.
The other worked w. the BMC , but never finished POST when starting the EPYC.
So i could ie. not enter the "real bios" or boot up anythng, before it would reset it self.
It never detected the Samsung Ram (BMC). Kept saying it had a 16GB Hynix (last detected on a succesfull POST).
"Reset to default settings" via BMC BIOS did nothing, kept looping.
An "Enable Clear Bios" via the jumper to the right of the VGA plug, did the trick.
My steps:
Remove bios battery plug.
"Enable Clear Bios" via the jumper
Wait 2 min.
Restore "Enable Clear Bios" jumper to "Default"
Plug in Bios battery plug.
Power on system.
Now the EPYC fan immediately began to spin (didn't before)
The system detected the two Samsung sticks, and now it completed the POST.
Running a full memtest86 right now.
Morale:
If you have issues (detecting your memory sticks.)
Try to force a "Clear Bios" via the jumper.
Cause ... Guess ...
I always had two sticks inserted in (Blue) , the original server just had one (seen by BMC).
With just one stick the system can run memspeed 2666.
With two it can run max 2400.
If the system started up with two sticks, but was using memspeed 2666 (last known config), my guess is that would have made the system unhappy.
If i had just put in one stick, i might have had a working system from the beginning.
But who knows if i would have gotten in trouble, when inserting the 2'nd stick.
WRT Backplate/IO-Plate
I need to chose a design, and "beg" a friend (he just got a 3D-printer) to make two
1:
github.com
2:
Seems like #1 already have a vote here.
Has anyone tried #2 ?
Which one is easiest to make/setup for a 3D-Printer newbie , running linux ??
I have never owned a 3D-printer ...
I need to chose a design, and "beg" a friend (he just got a 3D-printer) to make two
1:
mainboard-io-shields/designs/gigabyte-mj11-ec1 at main · rvbg/mainboard-io-shields
Printable ATX I/O shields. Contribute to rvbg/mainboard-io-shields development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
2:
I/O Shield for Gigabyte MJ11-EC0 / MJ11-EC1 by miyconst | Download free STL model | Printables.com
Input Output (I/O) Shield for Gigabyte MJ11-EC0 / MJ11-EC1 motherboards. | Download free 3D printable STL models
www.printables.com
Seems like #1 already have a vote here.
Has anyone tried #2 ?
Which one is easiest to make/setup for a 3D-Printer newbie , running linux ??
I have never owned a 3D-printer ...
I am very glad to find you good and curious people!
I am currently playing around with this interesting and cheap board. I have a few things on my test/fun to do:
1.) Can rebar work? Would be great if getting an Intel Arc gpu.
2.) Design a fan adapter for 120 mm fan - I have a Noctua slim 120 mm that could cover a bit more of the board than the 92 mm fan adapter solution
3.) I am waiting on a 3.8 litres case (this), build a tiny tiny server
4.) Wondering how to power the PCIE adapter that you can buy, need to look into the connector
I am currently playing around with this interesting and cheap board. I have a few things on my test/fun to do:
1.) Can rebar work? Would be great if getting an Intel Arc gpu.
2.) Design a fan adapter for 120 mm fan - I have a Noctua slim 120 mm that could cover a bit more of the board than the 92 mm fan adapter solution
3.) I am waiting on a 3.8 litres case (this), build a tiny tiny server
4.) Wondering how to power the PCIE adapter that you can buy, need to look into the connector
2/ A 60 mm fan on the heatsink is more than enough. If you want to cool the whole system with a 120 mm, I would fix it directly to the case, blowing on everything. (Noctua rubber standoffs in the ventilation holes?)
4/ The adapter is to a standard 24-pin ATX.
4/ The adapter is to a standard 24-pin ATX.
1.) Sure, but pretty nice to have one fan that cools cpu, ram, nvme and vrm - while spinning very slow. I think it will look neater to fix it to the heatsink.
2.) Ah, the adapter is so big. Hum. Might be tight in the case or I can turn it upside down. Is it CEACENT CNS41CX16W that people use?
Hello, sorry for the bad English, it is translated with Google. 
I'm also in the process of setting up a NAS with this board.
My hardware:
- MJ11-EC1
- RAM 4x HP Hynix 32GB 2Rx4 PC4-2400T Server RAM ECC DDR4 HMA84GR7AFR4N-UH 809083-091
- 2x 12TB Seagate, 1x 4TB WD, 1x M2 WD 1TB, 1x Samsung SSD
- Older 400W ATX power supply (new one is on the way)
The RAM is recognized as 32 GB but at 2133 MT/s. The RAM is in the list, but without UH...
When booting from Unraid I get the following errors.
Sometimes I get kernel panic, sometimes it boots but then crashes again with the following errors.
I also saw ECC errors, but I can't do anything with them.
I've already read this post up to page 13 and the last 3 pages, but haven't found a solution.
Can someone help me with that?
Thank you very much in advance.
Greetings Marco
I'm also in the process of setting up a NAS with this board.
My hardware:
- MJ11-EC1
- RAM 4x HP Hynix 32GB 2Rx4 PC4-2400T Server RAM ECC DDR4 HMA84GR7AFR4N-UH 809083-091
- 2x 12TB Seagate, 1x 4TB WD, 1x M2 WD 1TB, 1x Samsung SSD
- Older 400W ATX power supply (new one is on the way)
The RAM is recognized as 32 GB but at 2133 MT/s. The RAM is in the list, but without UH...
When booting from Unraid I get the following errors.
Sometimes I get kernel panic, sometimes it boots but then crashes again with the following errors.
I also saw ECC errors, but I can't do anything with them.
I've already read this post up to page 13 and the last 3 pages, but haven't found a solution.
Can someone help me with that?
Thank you very much in advance.
Greetings Marco
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