The SM 2011 board NEED updating... the original/old BIOS is many many years old and some new hardware will not work, and they've also updated the fan/temp thresholds a # of times which greatly affect sound and even power usage as well as much more
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Ahh good to know. From just reviewing everything before I updated... It just seemed it needed fixes comparing to consumer boards over the years (although I know consumer vs enterprise is a totally different level)
The fan sounds were killing me using the CSE 825 chassis, now its chill and I can properly set the fan profile and PWM is much more generous.
Hi guys, great find on these CPU's and might be exactly what I'm after for a new build. I've read back 10 or 15 pages and I can't see it mentioned, but whats the consensus on the ASRockRack EPC602D8A board?
ASRock Rack > EPC602D8A
It's readily available in Europe, ATX, looks good with a couple of PCIe 3.0 x16's for dual GPUs or more using the x8 slots. I can't really see much bad with it apart from the CPU slot being boxed in tightly by the RAM so a cooler might be an issue. Not many SATA3's but I have an old Dell PERC 200 that might do that job for me.
Thinking of pairing this board with 64GB used RAM off eBay
64GB (8 x 8GB) PC3L-10600R DDR3 1333 ECC Reg - Dell PowerEdge R410 Memory RAM
The machine won't have a hard life - unRAID as the underlying OS for NAS duties with a Win7Pro VM for various tasks, perhaps an Emby docker, another Win7Pro VM for HTPC duties and so on.
ASRock Rack > EPC602D8A
It's readily available in Europe, ATX, looks good with a couple of PCIe 3.0 x16's for dual GPUs or more using the x8 slots. I can't really see much bad with it apart from the CPU slot being boxed in tightly by the RAM so a cooler might be an issue. Not many SATA3's but I have an old Dell PERC 200 that might do that job for me.
Thinking of pairing this board with 64GB used RAM off eBay
64GB (8 x 8GB) PC3L-10600R DDR3 1333 ECC Reg - Dell PowerEdge R410 Memory RAM
The machine won't have a hard life - unRAID as the underlying OS for NAS duties with a Win7Pro VM for various tasks, perhaps an Emby docker, another Win7Pro VM for HTPC duties and so on.
Very much so, enjoying it more now. Will so more once I get it all together.Awesome! The fan/sensor thresholds alone are worth it to update
So I know this may not be a big issue... but what's with the POWER SW pins on these motherboards? I've tried contacting them to turn on the system, or reset it... but nothing happens.
I have checked and I do get a FP PWRLED on the front so I know that works at-least. IMPI works so I can do resets, power off/on via that... but that one rare day I gotta press a button then technically I can't power it on without using IMPI.
Only connections which aren't connected
* Front Serial Port
* All SATA cables (Not there yet)
Jumpers are all in default position
X9DRD-7LN4F, I'm quite puzzled at this point. Everything else works... besides POWER SW and RESET SW
And another tip is that if you do have a SM chassis, you should ensure that you have the right orientation for the front panel header (found on most "newer" SM chassis). I have seen people with non-working power/ reset switches and they had the cable on backwards.
Thank you two. Arkuatic on here sent me a PM today telling me Supermicro had opposite day in the office with the photo of the front panel connector. I was reading it how normally say my consumer Gigabyte, Asus boards would draw them out.
TIL Pin 20 is POWER SW, not Pin 1. Another face palm for the weekend! The reason I asked because I didn't wanna keep jumping all these pins.
And yes, i'm using a SM Chassis. I did check that wiring and it's wired in correctly. The wiring harness can actually only connect 1 way oddly enough. Feels like I'm working on a engine harness.
TIL Pin 20 is POWER SW, not Pin 1. Another face palm for the weekend! The reason I asked because I didn't wanna keep jumping all these pins.
And yes, i'm using a SM Chassis. I did check that wiring and it's wired in correctly. The wiring harness can actually only connect 1 way oddly enough. Feels like I'm working on a engine harness.
Okay, I must be an idiot, but there are no .nsh scripts in the .zip file (E5_v2_UEFI.zip). The readme in the .zip file tells me to run startup.nsh. But there isn't one.
I have a bunch of directories with .efi files, but no way to do anything with them.
Edit: I think you meant to link to this: Download Intel® Server Board S2600CP Firmware Update Package for EFI
It matches your and jwegman's descriptions.
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Three of the D8A's or the 4L/D16's?
Which Kingston RAM are you using. Hardly this stuff from Natex is it?
64GB (8x8GB) PC3L-10600R 2RX4 DDR3-1333MHz ECC REG Server Memory Kingston AM472D3LD4P13C9EC
So I got mine all together today. I'm sure it's pretty quiet for a server type chassis. However, it's not quiet. I would not want to use it as a desktop. The 120mm fans have a definite pitchy whine to them even when they're spun way down. They definitely don't have a reasonably pleasant broadband whoosh sound that good fans make.
I'm pretty sure my neighbors will know when I fire it up when the fans go full throttle for a few seconds before spinning down.
I don't know how loud it is under load. I haven't gotten that far. Right now I'm doing "bare metal" testing with it to make sure the RAM is all good and working before I install an OS.However, the Intel chassis, ducting, passive heatsinks, and all that stuff went together very nicely. You can tell Intel did a nice job engineering it all.
Thanks again for pointing out the OEM XS stuff on eBay to complete the system!
The 4L/D16. I have some Kingston Value RAM 1600 and some KTH (OEM version) 1333. The KTH is Hynix chipset. I can't recall what chipset is on the KVR.
Bios & BMC updates were smooth. But FRUSDR update wasn't successful.So I got mine all together today. I'm sure it's pretty quiet for a server type chassis. However, it's not quiet. I would not want to use it as a desktop. The 120mm fans have a definite pitchy whine to them even when they're spun way down. They definitely don't have a reasonably pleasant broadband whoosh sound that good fans make.
I'm pretty sure my neighbors will know when I fire it up when the fans go full throttle for a few seconds before spinning down.
However, the Intel chassis, ducting, passive heatsinks, and all that stuff went together very nicely. You can tell Intel did a nice job engineering it all.
Thanks again for pointing out the OEM XS stuff on eBay to complete the system!
It is fairly quiet especially after my experience with C6100 (with updated fans)
Idling @1200 & 970 rpm. Still using the heat sinks that came with the MB. I need to go get a longer Phillips screwdriver.
I ran into issue with ESXi 6.0 install. Didn't recognize the NIC. Looking into customizing the ISO.
Ordered a S1200CP2 and 128GB RAM from natex, and just placed an order on ebay for the following:
Intel P4216XXMHGR Server Chassis 4U
Offered $100 + 30 shipping for 1, seller countered with $150, I countered with $120 and was accepted
Intel FCPUPMAD Air Duct
Offered $10, was accepted (combined shipping with above)
Intel AUPSRCBTP Single Passive Heat Sink
Offered $8 each for 2, was accepted (combined shipping with above)
All in all, $176 shipped for the chassis & accessories, $485 for the internals (board + CPUs + memory + I/O shield). Now I just need to figure out what drives to use...
Intel P4216XXMHGR Server Chassis 4U
Offered $100 + 30 shipping for 1, seller countered with $150, I countered with $120 and was accepted
Intel FCPUPMAD Air Duct
Offered $10, was accepted (combined shipping with above)
Intel AUPSRCBTP Single Passive Heat Sink
Offered $8 each for 2, was accepted (combined shipping with above)
All in all, $176 shipped for the chassis & accessories, $485 for the internals (board + CPUs + memory + I/O shield). Now I just need to figure out what drives to use...
Sounds good. My Natex parts arrived this morning. Even though I ordered the CPU, MEM, and motherboard separately they all came installed with the low profile heatsinks. I was a little disappointed in how they bubble wrapped everything because of static electricity concerns. I'll have to try installing stuff tonight.
Mine was wrapped with the pink antistatic bubble wrap as the inner layers. The outer layers were standard clear bubble wrap. I also got the low profile heatsinks. I pulled them, wiped off the thermal compound from the CPUs and eventually put on the Intel passive tower heatsinks.
Yes in fairness I had a layer of the pink bubble wrap around the board also but I wasn't sure if it was antistatic or not. I'll be taking it all apart tonight to clean off the included thermal compound. Did you use the included thermal compound on the new Intel heatsinks or did you use your own? I was planning on using the arctic silver I have from other builds.