Lenovo Thinkcentre/ThinkStation Tiny (Project TinyMiniMicro) Reference Thread
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I can't see anything.
Any recommendations to start looking? Like card, DAS and things that will be necessary here?
I wouldn't like to do DIY on the Lenovo, since I want to keep it original.
I was even considering moving to a Jonbso N3 box or similar where I could integrate everything inside (I would need another motherboard)
I don't see much there, other than a box of 4 discs, a heatsink mod cutting the box and a Lenovo.
I have exactly the same configuration now (Lenovo + disk box the same as yours but with 5 disks instead of 4) and what I don't want is to have a box with USB disks that are a headache.
I´ve connected 4-bay disk-bay per usb with the tiny and manage the disks per VM (passthrough). In my primary VM (ubuntuserver) is samba as fileserver installed, which can access with any device in lan. Also is a nextcloudserver on ubuntuserver installed, which give me access from internet. Nextcloud has mounted sharefiles (from samba), so I can access overall to my nas.
Yes, that's really what I have now, real garbage when it comes to reliability and data integrity.
If you read at the beginning when I said, that's what I currently have and looking for options to increase the reliability of that headache.
Yes, but no, I don't want to have to pull 5 cables out plus power.
The option that the External PCIE HBA colleague said (with rear exit) seems like a good option plus a DAS box, but I'm looking and I don't see anyone who has done it before nor do I see options to value the cost
Not complete yet but I’m building a M920Q which has the badger707 bifurcation and extra nvme mods done, a riser from j4cbo installed which gives me a total of 4 nvme plus a pcie x4 slot. Just waiting on a m.2 to PCIe adapter which will allow me to use one of the m.2 slots to feed my LSI HBA which will be attached to my EMC KTN-stl3 disk shelf. Once complete this should be a noticeable drop in power usage compared to my R720XD unRaid server.
I feel like the m710/m910 series was in this thread at some point.
Those are the ones I have, so I'm not sure why else I'd have this thread saved.
Anyway...
I'm in the middle of a long term project to do some very out of spec things to mine.
I'll eventually make a new thread on the project as a whole with all the changes.
The passives are like $3 at most, a donor slot would be free(your time or course), or a simple PCB would be <$10.
It will likely be a while before I get stuff working, and even more before the thread gets posted.
But it is in the works...
Those are the ones I have, so I'm not sure why else I'd have this thread saved.
Anyway...
I'm in the middle of a long term project to do some very out of spec things to mine.
I'll eventually make a new thread on the project as a whole with all the changes.
- CoffeeTime BIOS mod to use 6t/12c QQJ2 9th gen refresh CPU instead of the 6th/7th it comes with.
- "On the cheap" PCIe slot. The m710 PCIe slot isn't populated. The passives are missing. The proprietary slot is dumb and expensive. The riser is dumb and expensive. The goal is to add the passives, and then add a slot in 2 phases.
- Phase 1 will be a salvaged PCIe x16(or x8) wired directly to the correct thru holes on the board with jumper wire.
- Phase 2 will be a PCIe slot carrier board that routes the signals to pins that can be soldered into the thru holes, once Phase 1 is proven to work.
The passives are like $3 at most, a donor slot would be free(your time or course), or a simple PCB would be <$10.
It will likely be a while before I get stuff working, and even more before the thread gets posted.
But it is in the works...
I have looked for projects on the M90Q to stop using my current 5-disk USB box and install something more reliable (HBA controller as you recommended) and an external HBA box with power, but I can't find anything compatible to do it, I don't want to do DIY in the box and I want it to be as original as possible.
Does anyone know the standard length of the wifi cable (u.fl from m.2 wifi card to RP SMA type connector) on m920q and m75q?
I offered to replace a few of the weird tiny SMA connectors as they can’t find an antenna and it seems cheapest to just buy a couple of cable + antenna kits but don’t want too long or short of cable
I offered to replace a few of the weird tiny SMA connectors as they can’t find an antenna and it seems cheapest to just buy a couple of cable + antenna kits but don’t want too long or short of cable
I bought this kit for my m90q gen 3. Length should be the same since the chassis is same size. Cheaper than buying in pieces.Does anyone know the standard length of the wifi cable (u.fl from m.2 wifi card to RP SMA type connector) on m920q and m75q?
I offered to replace a few of the weird tiny SMA connectors as they can’t find an antenna and it seems cheapest to just buy a couple of cable + antenna kits but don’t want too long or short of cable
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Thanks - unfortunately no measurements listed. I’m ordering just the external cable and antenna to replace the odd fittings so need to choose by size (Aliexpress generic). From my screen it appears somewhere from 20-25cm
I was thinking of possibly getting an M920Q / P330 and adding a GPU to it.
However I've read here - "using 9th gen Intel and below you have to have a T model CPU to get access to the pcie slot"
Does anyone know if that is that correct?
Edit - that is correct, its mentioned in the review here @ 12:20:
However I've read here - "using 9th gen Intel and below you have to have a T model CPU to get access to the pcie slot"
Does anyone know if that is that correct?
Edit - that is correct, its mentioned in the review here @ 12:20:
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