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TurnipSalad

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Hi
I’m building an m920q, 01aj940, HP NV365t and am having a few problems.
- I’ve tried two different 01AJ940 adapters however my network card is not visible in the OS (Linux or windows), it powers up, one light illuminates when network cables connected but no sync. I don’t have anything else with pcie to test my card so ruling out other issues. Suggestions?
- the screw hole on both of my face plates (the bracket on rear that supports the ports) don’t align with the HP card. It fits the Lenovo perfect but the small screw that’s installed through the cards pcb into the bracket won’t fit as the hole in the pcb is too far forward. Theres not allot of room between the card and motherboard so I’m concerned about correct fit.

Thank you for your support.
 
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stegg said:
I don't have a spudger, maybe a toothpick can work? also, how do you cut such a small piece of (I suppose) kapton tape :D

and what is this mod doesn't work with my x710? how can I remove the tape safely?

@WifiCable my gen4 has an i5-13500; I just wonder what riser could work with my Tiny. I mean, is it ever possible Lenovo made risers that don't work??
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Toothpick is fine, basically anything not metal

And yeah it was pretty difficult but the idea is - the first cut of tape should just be a long strip of kapton - this is so you can actually hold it in your hand, then from that just cut a bunch of small pieces because:
  1. you're definitely gonna lose a few because they're soooooo tiny
  2. you hope to only have to cut once and just chose from a variety of pieces for the best one that fits

Some tips:
  1. if you have a blade/model knife - use that with a metal ruler
  2. if not, and you just have scissors -note that the piece you cut will likely still be stuck to the scissor blade
So now basically with the toothpick (i'd use two) you basically should be able to pick up the cut tape just by pressing the toothpick to the piece, it will definitely just stick, whether or not its the sticky side. Now, whatever it is, the way to really gett it onto the pad is just to set it down on the pad, and hopefully you have the sticky side down. If not, you'll have to flip over, and hopefully you manage that using both toothpicks

what i would try is getting it to stick on one toothpick, position it near the target pad, then using the other toothpick to slide it off onto the pad

finish off by nudging the tape into place, but very very carefully. Too much force you'll just flick the tape away and you'll have to start over after you wipe away the tears. If you want to secure it by pushing it down, still be careful, just tap the top of the tape

for your other question about risers - i would look up the psref of your gen 4 and the riser model number might be there, but you can also check on lenovo parts page, but i think a google will return the correct model just verify in mutliple places

@WifiCable can correct me if I'm wrong, but the general issue is because Lenovo applies lane reversal to the pcie slot, which seems to affect extension cards that use "x4" and smaller. Such was the case with my dGPU (RX 6400 = pcie 4.0 x4, i think)

in my case, my dGPU would receive power, but was not recognized. Covering that exact CPU pad with tape, disables lane reversal, and thus the card is recognized
 
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besseddrest said:
after you wipe away the tears
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you mean my tears? :D jokes apart, thank you very much for your detailed explanation! Unfortunately my eyesight is not good anymore and I decided not to risk my cpu, I can't even see individual pins.
I hope your post will be useful to someone in the future :)
BTW I tried an Nvidia 620 gpu, it didn't work, so I gave up and returned the riser to aliexpress, as it was still in the return window
 
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stegg said:
you mean my tears? :D jokes apart, thank you very much for your detailed explanation! Unfortunately my eyesight is not good anymore and I decided not to risk my cpu, I can't even see individual pins.
I hope your post will be useful to someone in the future :)
BTW I tried an Nvidia 620 gpu, it didn't work, so I gave up and returned the riser to aliexpress, as it was still in the return window
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sadly i was worried it would be an actual visual impairment, so i tried! I hope it will be useful too
 
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Hi,
I can confirm that the Supermicro AOC-STGF-i2S works on the M90Q gen 3 with x16 riser but couldn't get ASPM to work so the system is stuck in C2. It uses the Intel® X710-BM2 chipset. I couldn't get the Dell X710-DA2 work. It would get stuck on the Lenovo boot screen. I will try it with cpu pad mod in the future.
 
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quick update. I was just digging around in the lenovo F12 App menu. In the product Diagnostics tab i can see the 3 Ethernet Mac Addresses. One is for the onboard 1GB nic and other two are from the x710. So the card is being deteced. It just doesn't boot past the lenovo logo.
 
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Not sure if anyone has seen this particular Youtube video for adding video to a M720q, but looks like they were able to get noise & heat down with a Radeon card.

They 3D printed parts for a custom case with a 140mm fan for cooling the video & CPU. They did an excellent job wiring everything together as well.


I went and added the following quad port Realtek 2.5gb card from this vendor, I experienced no issues with fitting using the custom backplate.

 
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Third Update: I did the CPU pad mask mod today. I bought a TRENDnet 10 Gigabit adapter from Amazon, which I had read used the Marvell AQC chipset but it seems they updated it, so it now uses the RTL8127 chipset. Anyway, here are the results:

DevicePCIe RiserChipsetCPU Pad UnmaskedCPU Pad MaskedASPM
Dell X710-DA2 10GbE | Gen 3x8Gen 4x16X710-DA2Didn't workDidn't workN/A
Supermicro AOC-STGF-i2S | Gen 3x8Gen 4x16X710-BM2WorkedWorkedDisabled
TRENDnet 10 Gigabit | Gen 3x2Gen 4x16RTL8127Didn't workWorkedEnabled*

*lspci shows ASPM L1 is enabled for the RTL8127, but the system doesn't go lower than C2. Without the card, the system reaches C8. This is likely a driver issue.

Code: 
root@pve2:~# lspci -vv -s 02:00.0
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8127 10GbE Controller (rev 08)
        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 0123
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
        IOMMU group: 13
        Region 0: I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at 4fa00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Region 4: Memory at 4fa40000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [70] Express (v2) Endpoint, IntMsgNum 1
                DevCap: MaxPayload 512 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
                        ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- SlotPowerLimit 75W TEE-IO-
                DevCtl: CorrErr+ NonFatalErr+ FatalErr+ UnsupReq+
                        RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                        MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 4096 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend+
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 8GT/s, Width x2, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s unlimited, L1 <64us
                        ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+
                LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes, LnkDisable- CommClk+
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed 8GT/s, Width x2
                        TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
                DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABCD, TimeoutDis+ NROPrPrP- LTR+
                         10BitTagComp+ 10BitTagReq- OBFF Via message/WAKE#, ExtFmt- EETLPPrefix-
                         EmergencyPowerReduction Not Supported, EmergencyPowerReductionInit-
                         FRS- TPHComp+ ExtTPHComp-
                         AtomicOpsCap: 32bit- 64bit- 128bitCAS-
                DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-
                         AtomicOpsCtl: ReqEn-
                         IDOReq- IDOCompl- LTR+ EmergencyPowerReductionReq-
                         10BitTagReq- OBFF Disabled, EETLPPrefixBlk-
                LnkCap2: Supported Link Speeds: 2.5-8GT/s, Crosslink- Retimer+ 2Retimers+ DRS-
                LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 8GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
                         Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
                         Compliance Preset/De-emphasis: -6dB de-emphasis, 0dB preshoot
                LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, EqualizationComplete+ EqualizationPhase1+
                         EqualizationPhase2+ EqualizationPhase3+ LinkEqualizationRequest-
                         Retimer- 2Retimers- CrosslinkRes: Upstream Port
        Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=64 Masked-
                Vector table: BAR=4 offset=00000000
                PBA: BAR=4 offset=00000800
        Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
pcilib: sysfs_read_vpd: read failed: No such device
                Not readable
        Capabilities: [100 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP-
                        ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UncorrIntErr- BlockedTLP- AtomicOpBlocked- TLPBlockedErr-
                        PoisonTLPBlocked- DMWrReqBlocked- IDECheck- MisIDETLP- PCRC_CHECK- TLPXlatBlocked-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP-
                        ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UncorrIntErr+ BlockedTLP- AtomicOpBlocked- TLPBlockedErr-
                        PoisonTLPBlocked- DMWrReqBlocked- IDECheck- MisIDETLP- PCRC_CHECK- TLPXlatBlocked-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+
                        ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UncorrIntErr+ BlockedTLP- AtomicOpBlocked- TLPBlockedErr-
                        PoisonTLPBlocked- DMWrReqBlocked- IDECheck- MisIDETLP- PCRC_CHECK- TLPXlatBlocked-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr- CorrIntErr- HeaderOF-
                CEMsk:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+ CorrIntErr+ HeaderOF+
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, ECRCGenCap+ ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap+ ECRCChkEn-
                        MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap-
                HeaderLog: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
        Capabilities: [148 v1] Virtual Channel
                Caps:   LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
                Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
                Ctrl:   ArbSelect=Fixed
                Status: InProgress-
                VC0:    Caps:   PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
                        Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
                        Ctrl:   Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff
                        Status: NegoPending- InProgress-
        Capabilities: [164 v1] Device Serial Number f8-00-63-f8-8c-3c-00-00
        Capabilities: [174 v1] Secondary PCI Express
                LnkCtl3: LnkEquIntrruptEn- PerformEqu-
                LaneErrStat: 0
        Capabilities: [184 v1] Physical Layer 16.0 GT/s <?>
        Capabilities: [1a8 v1] Lane Margining at the Receiver
                PortCap: Uses Driver-
                PortSta: MargReady- MargSoftReady-
        Capabilities: [244 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting
                Max snoop latency: 15728640ns
                Max no snoop latency: 15728640ns
        Capabilities: [24c v1] L1 PM Substates
                L1SubCap: PCI-PM_L1.2+ PCI-PM_L1.1+ ASPM_L1.2+ ASPM_L1.1+ L1_PM_Substates+
                          PortCommonModeRestoreTime=150us PortTPowerOnTime=150us
                L1SubCtl1: PCI-PM_L1.2- PCI-PM_L1.1- ASPM_L1.2- ASPM_L1.1-
                           T_CommonMode=0us LTR1.2_Threshold=317440ns
                L1SubCtl2: T_PwrOn=150us
        Capabilities: [25c v1] Data Link Feature <?>
        Capabilities: [268 v1] Precision Time Measurement
                PTMCap: Requester+ Responder- Root-
                PTMClockGranularity: Unimplemented
                PTMControl: Enabled+ RootSelected-
                PTMEffectiveGranularity: 4ns
        Capabilities: [274 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0003 Rev=1 Len=054 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169
Code: 
root@pve2:~# iperf3 -c unas.home
Connecting to host unas.home, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.10.6 port 37728 connected to 192.168.10.148 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  1.05 GBytes  8.97 Gbits/sec  211   1.90 MBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.39 Gbits/sec    0   2.18 MBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  1.05 GBytes  8.99 Gbits/sec  144   1.96 MBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  1.02 GBytes  8.79 Gbits/sec   65   1.27 MBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.36 Gbits/sec    0   1.80 MBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.40 Gbits/sec    0   2.03 MBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  1022 MBytes  8.57 Gbits/sec  178   1.75 MBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  1.07 GBytes  9.18 Gbits/sec    0   1.99 MBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   874 MBytes  7.33 Gbits/sec   22   1.55 MBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   864 MBytes  7.25 Gbits/sec    0   1.56 MBytes       
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  10.2 GBytes  8.72 Gbits/sec  620            sender
[  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  10.1 GBytes  8.62 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
root@pve2:~# iperf3 -c unas.home -R
Connecting to host unas.home, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host unas.home is sending
[  5] local 192.168.10.6 port 42926 connected to 192.168.10.148 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.34 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  1.06 GBytes  9.13 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.40 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.33 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.40 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  1.06 GBytes  9.13 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.36 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.38 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  1.06 GBytes  9.08 Gbits/sec                 
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes  9.39 Gbits/sec                 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  10.8 GBytes  9.26 Gbits/sec  13121            sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  10.8 GBytes  9.29 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
 
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owl1 said:
Third Update: I did the CPU pad mask mod today. I bought a TRENDnet 10 Gigabit adapter from Amazon, which I had read used the Marvell AQC chipset but it seems they updated it, so it now uses the RTL8127 chipset. Anyway, here are the results:

DevicePCIe RiserChipsetCPU Pad UnmaskedCPU Pad MaskedASPM
Dell X710-DA2 10GbE | Gen 3x8Gen 4x16X710-DA2Didn't workDidn't workN/A
Supermicro AOC-STGF-i2S | Gen 3x8Gen 4x16X710-BM2WorkedWorkedDisabled
TRENDnet 10 Gigabit | Gen 3x2Gen 4x16RTL8127Didn't workWorkedEnabled*

*lspci shows ASPM L1 is enabled for the RTL8127, but the system doesn't go lower than C2. Without the card, the system reaches C8. This is likely a driver issue.

Code: 
root@pve2:~# lspci -vv -s 02:00.0
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8127 10GbE Controller (rev 08)
        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 0123
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
        IOMMU group: 13
        Region 0: I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
        Region 2: Memory at 4fa00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Region 4: Memory at 4fa40000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
        Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
                Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
        Capabilities: [70] Express (v2) Endpoint, IntMsgNum 1
                DevCap: MaxPayload 512 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, L1 <64us
                        ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset- SlotPowerLimit 75W TEE-IO-
                DevCtl: CorrErr+ NonFatalErr+ FatalErr+ UnsupReq+
                        RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                        MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 4096 bytes
                DevSta: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq- AuxPwr+ TransPend+
                LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 8GT/s, Width x2, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s unlimited, L1 <64us
                        ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+
                LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes, LnkDisable- CommClk+
                        ExtSynch- ClockPM+ AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
                LnkSta: Speed 8GT/s, Width x2
                        TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
                DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Range ABCD, TimeoutDis+ NROPrPrP- LTR+
                         10BitTagComp+ 10BitTagReq- OBFF Via message/WAKE#, ExtFmt- EETLPPrefix-
                         EmergencyPowerReduction Not Supported, EmergencyPowerReductionInit-
                         FRS- TPHComp+ ExtTPHComp-
                         AtomicOpsCap: 32bit- 64bit- 128bitCAS-
                DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-
                         AtomicOpsCtl: ReqEn-
                         IDOReq- IDOCompl- LTR+ EmergencyPowerReductionReq-
                         10BitTagReq- OBFF Disabled, EETLPPrefixBlk-
                LnkCap2: Supported Link Speeds: 2.5-8GT/s, Crosslink- Retimer+ 2Retimers+ DRS-
                LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 8GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
                         Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
                         Compliance Preset/De-emphasis: -6dB de-emphasis, 0dB preshoot
                LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -6dB, EqualizationComplete+ EqualizationPhase1+
                         EqualizationPhase2+ EqualizationPhase3+ LinkEqualizationRequest-
                         Retimer- 2Retimers- CrosslinkRes: Upstream Port
        Capabilities: [b0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=64 Masked-
                Vector table: BAR=4 offset=00000000
                PBA: BAR=4 offset=00000800
        Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
pcilib: sysfs_read_vpd: read failed: No such device
                Not readable
        Capabilities: [100 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
                UESta:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP-
                        ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UncorrIntErr- BlockedTLP- AtomicOpBlocked- TLPBlockedErr-
                        PoisonTLPBlocked- DMWrReqBlocked- IDECheck- MisIDETLP- PCRC_CHECK- TLPXlatBlocked-
                UEMsk:  DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP-
                        ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UncorrIntErr+ BlockedTLP- AtomicOpBlocked- TLPBlockedErr-
                        PoisonTLPBlocked- DMWrReqBlocked- IDECheck- MisIDETLP- PCRC_CHECK- TLPXlatBlocked-
                UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+
                        ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol- UncorrIntErr+ BlockedTLP- AtomicOpBlocked- TLPBlockedErr-
                        PoisonTLPBlocked- DMWrReqBlocked- IDECheck- MisIDETLP- PCRC_CHECK- TLPXlatBlocked-
                CESta:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr- CorrIntErr- HeaderOF-
                CEMsk:  RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+ CorrIntErr+ HeaderOF+
                AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, ECRCGenCap+ ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap+ ECRCChkEn-
                        MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap-
                HeaderLog: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
        Capabilities: [148 v1] Virtual Channel
                Caps:   LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
                Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
                Ctrl:   ArbSelect=Fixed
                Status: InProgress-
                VC0:    Caps:   PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
                        Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
                        Ctrl:   Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff
                        Status: NegoPending- InProgress-
        Capabilities: [164 v1] Device Serial Number f8-00-63-f8-8c-3c-00-00
        Capabilities: [174 v1] Secondary PCI Express
                LnkCtl3: LnkEquIntrruptEn- PerformEqu-
                LaneErrStat: 0
        Capabilities: [184 v1] Physical Layer 16.0 GT/s <?>
        Capabilities: [1a8 v1] Lane Margining at the Receiver
                PortCap: Uses Driver-
                PortSta: MargReady- MargSoftReady-
        Capabilities: [244 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting
                Max snoop latency: 15728640ns
                Max no snoop latency: 15728640ns
        Capabilities: [24c v1] L1 PM Substates
                L1SubCap: PCI-PM_L1.2+ PCI-PM_L1.1+ ASPM_L1.2+ ASPM_L1.1+ L1_PM_Substates+
                          PortCommonModeRestoreTime=150us PortTPowerOnTime=150us
                L1SubCtl1: PCI-PM_L1.2- PCI-PM_L1.1- ASPM_L1.2- ASPM_L1.1-
                           T_CommonMode=0us LTR1.2_Threshold=317440ns
                L1SubCtl2: T_PwrOn=150us
        Capabilities: [25c v1] Data Link Feature <?>
        Capabilities: [268 v1] Precision Time Measurement
                PTMCap: Requester+ Responder- Root-
                PTMClockGranularity: Unimplemented
                PTMControl: Enabled+ RootSelected-
                PTMEffectiveGranularity: 4ns
        Capabilities: [274 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0003 Rev=1 Len=054 <?>
        Kernel driver in use: r8169
        Kernel modules: r8169
Code: 
root@pve2:~# iperf3 -c unas.home
Connecting to host unas.home, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.10.6 port 37728 connected to 192.168.10.148 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  1.05 GBytes  8.97 Gbits/sec  211   1.90 MBytes     
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.39 Gbits/sec    0   2.18 MBytes     
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  1.05 GBytes  8.99 Gbits/sec  144   1.96 MBytes     
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  1.02 GBytes  8.79 Gbits/sec   65   1.27 MBytes     
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.36 Gbits/sec    0   1.80 MBytes     
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.40 Gbits/sec    0   2.03 MBytes     
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  1022 MBytes  8.57 Gbits/sec  178   1.75 MBytes     
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  1.07 GBytes  9.18 Gbits/sec    0   1.99 MBytes     
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   874 MBytes  7.33 Gbits/sec   22   1.55 MBytes     
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   864 MBytes  7.25 Gbits/sec    0   1.56 MBytes     
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  10.2 GBytes  8.72 Gbits/sec  620            sender
[  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  10.1 GBytes  8.62 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
root@pve2:~# iperf3 -c unas.home -R
Connecting to host unas.home, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host unas.home is sending
[  5] local 192.168.10.6 port 42926 connected to 192.168.10.148 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.34 Gbits/sec               
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  1.06 GBytes  9.13 Gbits/sec               
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.40 Gbits/sec               
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.33 Gbits/sec               
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.40 Gbits/sec               
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  1.06 GBytes  9.13 Gbits/sec               
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.36 Gbits/sec               
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.38 Gbits/sec               
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  1.06 GBytes  9.08 Gbits/sec               
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes  9.39 Gbits/sec               
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.04  sec  10.8 GBytes  9.26 Gbits/sec  13121            sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  10.8 GBytes  9.29 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
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seems like the results on the 3rd item working make sense - covering the pad disables lane reversal which was impacting anything less than x8
 
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Discally said:
Not sure if anyone has seen this particular Youtube video for adding video to a M720q, but looks like they were able to get noise & heat down with a Radeon card.

They 3D printed parts for a custom case with a 140mm fan for cooling the video & CPU. They did an excellent job wiring everything together as well.


I went and added the following quad port Realtek 2.5gb card from this vendor, I experienced no issues with fitting using the custom backplate.

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Gah i love ITG.

(edit) oohhhh i see - so the fan noise + heat is self-inflicted right - he's actually pushing the system to run those demanding games

though i kinda wanna do this to my p3 tiny now lol

LOL omg he just revealed the 300W power brick jesus christ
 
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norsemangrey

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Hi everyone,

I am looking to drop a dual-port 10GbE network card into a Lenovo Think Station P360 Tiny. I see some general PCIe networking covered here, but I am looking for specific, real-world experience regarding the P360 Tiny layout.

I would love to know the exact 2x10Gb NIC models (either SFP+ or RJ45) that you have actually used and verified to work, along with the specific Lenovo riser part number you paired them with to get them to fit and boot properly. If you have successfully pulled this off, could you share your insight on a few points?
  1. Riser Combo: Did you use the official x16 physical / x8 electrical riser (FRU 5C50W00933 / 5C50W00910), or did you manage on an x4 riser?
  2. The Rear Bracket: How did you handle the rear I/O layout? Did you run it bracketless, modify the stock punch-outs with a Dremel, or is there a 3D-printed rear baffle file floating around that actually aligns properly with the P360 chassis?
  3. Thermals: If you went with Copper RJ45, how are you keeping the temps in check inside the chassis?
Any photos, part numbers, or links to 3D print models of your working setups would be incredibly helpful :)

Thanks in advance!
 
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till

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Good evening guys,

after looking through most of this thread I haven't found a solution for my problem. I am trying to get a Lenovo X710-DA2, crossflashed to newest Intel firmware, to work in my M720q. After trying three 01AJ940 risers from different sources I got myself a PowerRiser by NandFarm thinking all the aftermarket risers could be faulty. I also tried another PCIe card, an old Radeon HD4350 i had laying around, which unfortunately also doesn't work. Both cards work flawlessly in my Dell OptiPlex and my main Desktop. I tried a bunch of different BIOS settings on the M720q, tried the masking hack, nothing works. The cards just aren't recognized entirely. I updated the M720qs BIOS and did a CMOS reset. Just to be safe I got the 135W powerbrick as some people mentioned power problems with theses NICs. Nothing seems to help.

Maybe someone has any idea and could point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance and best regards!
 
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CH0K_a_PiC

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Hello everyone,
I finally managed to get two m720q units with 10Gb NICs :

- One is running Windows 11 with two 10Gb RJ45 ports.
- The second is running OPNsense with two 10Gb SFP+ ports.

The first one (my everyday computer):

M720q with i5-9400T 16gb RAM (100euros, used, leboncoin.fr)
a homemade 3D-printed case (30 euros, new, leboncoin.fr) Merci pour ta patience IlBarbe ;)
a 3.5-inch Turing monitor integrated in the case (15 euros, new, AliExpress)
a Noctua NF-A12x25 5V PWM (10 euros, used, leboncoin.fr)
an X540-T2 NIC (25 euros, new, AliExpress)
a 01AJ940 SZWXZY riser (8.69 euros, new, AliExpress)
Original power 65Watts.

No extra settings, just update bios and install intel driver for the 10GB card.

WARNING: Do not under any circumstances use an Inspur X540-AT2; it did not work on the M720Q but works with old motherboard ie Sabertooth x58.
m720q_0.jpg
m720q_1.jpg

The second one (OPNsense):

M720q with i5-9400T 16gb RAM (120euros, used, leboncoin.fr)
A homemade 3D-printed case (15 euros, new, leboncoin.fr) Merci pour ta patience IlBarbe ;)
a Noctua NF-F12 5V (24 euros, new, Amazon)
an X520-DA2 NIC (24 euros, new, AliExpress)
a 01AJ940 SZWXZY riser (8.69 euros, new, AliExpress)
Original power 65Watts.
2* DAC H!Fiber 10G Twinax Passif (compatible with Freebox Delta)

No extra settings, just update bios

I run a third M710q as a NAS 2-BAYs (OpenMediaVault):

M710q with celeron + 12Gb RAM (49euros, used, leboncoin.fr)
i5-6500T (20euros, used, leboncoin.fr)
1* NVME 128Gb Samsung (10euros, used, leboncoin.fr)
Extension card M2 (A+E key) to 2*SATA in wifi's card slot (9euros, new, aliexpress)
2* SATA : Crucial 2.5'SSD 512GB + WD Black 2.5' HDD 500GB (i already have them)
2* Thin SATA cables (aliexpress)
1* customized SSD Pcie Slot Holder (aliexpress), it was really difficult to cut metal to fit the small space :(((
1* Sata power to 2 sata power 22cms (1.82euros, new, aliexpress)
Original lenovo power

m710q_0.jpg
m710q_1.jpg
m710q_2.jpg
I don't know if i can paste links of each material.
If u got any questions, u can message me.
No need to spend tons of euros to get local 10GB with m720q :D :D :D
 
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norsemangrey

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norsemangrey said:
Hi everyone,

I am looking to drop a dual-port 10GbE network card into a Lenovo Think Station P360 Tiny. I see some general PCIe networking covered here, but I am looking for specific, real-world experience regarding the P360 Tiny layout.

I would love to know the exact 2x10Gb NIC models (either SFP+ or RJ45) that you have actually used and verified to work, along with the specific Lenovo riser part number you paired them with to get them to fit and boot properly. If you have successfully pulled this off, could you share your insight on a few points?
  1. Riser Combo: Did you use the official x16 physical / x8 electrical riser (FRU 5C50W00933 / 5C50W00910), or did you manage on an x4 riser?
  2. The Rear Bracket: How did you handle the rear I/O layout? Did you run it bracketless, modify the stock punch-outs with a Dremel, or is there a 3D-printed rear baffle file floating around that actually aligns properly with the P360 chassis?
  3. Thermals: If you went with Copper RJ45, how are you keeping the temps in check inside the chassis?
Any photos, part numbers, or links to 3D print models of your working setups would be incredibly helpful :)

Thanks in advance!
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In worst case I could even go for a 2 x 2.5GbE card. Does anyone know any 2.5 or 10 GbE network card that has been confirmed to work in the P360
(without any fan modifications etc.).
 
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Go0oSeR

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Curious if anyone knows what module to load in linux for M70q gen 5 to get the full suite of temperature sensors. Ive tried the commands in the OP but they do not work. Thanks!
 
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MBastian

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Go0oSeR said:
Curious if anyone knows what module to load in linux for M70q gen 5 to get the full suite of temperature sensors. Ive tried the commands in the OP but they do not work. Thanks!
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Using modprobe ist not the best way to so this. Install lm-sensors and run sensors-detect.
 
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MBastian

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Go0oSeR said:
I get CPU and some other things like NVME disks, but I still dont pull in things like fans, voltages etc. Are you getting fans?
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At least on my m920x I do not get any fan or voltage information. I can't check the m90q as it is in storage until I can find the time to configure it further.
 
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MBastian said:
At least on my m920x I do not get any fan or voltage information. I can't check the m90q as it is in storage until I can find the time to configure it further.
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I have that on my M920x

Install: lm-sensors
Then run:
modprobe drivetemp
modprobe nct6683 force=on

modprobe is not persistent so you need to add it to a systemd that will run it on startup.

~# sensors
drivetemp-scsi-0-0
Adapter: SCSI adapter
temp1: +33.0°C

nvme-pci-0300
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite: +54.9°C (low = -0.1°C, high = +84.8°C)
(crit = +94.8°C)
Sensor 1: +54.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C)
Sensor 2: +55.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C)
Sensor 8: +54.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C)

acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1: +27.8°C

nct6686-isa-0a20
Adapter: ISA adapter
VIN0: 2.00 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V)
VIN1: 1.02 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V)
VIN3: 704.00 mV (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V)
VIN0: 1.74 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +0.00 V)
fan2: 1671 RPM (min = 0 RPM)
PECI 0.0: +56.0°C (low = +0.0°C)
(high = +0.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C)
(crit = +0.0°C) sensor = Intel PECI
PCH CHIP: +65.0°C (low = +0.0°C)
(high = +0.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C)
(crit = +0.0°C)
Diode 0 (curr): +53.0°C (low = +0.0°C)
(high = +0.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C)
(crit = +0.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
Diode 1 (curr): +27.5°C (low = +0.0°C)
(high = +0.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C)
(crit = +0.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
Thermistor 7: +127.5°C (low = +0.0°C)
(high = +0.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C)
(crit = +0.0°C) sensor = thermistor
Diode 2 (curr): +56.5°C (low = +0.0°C)
(high = +0.0°C, hyst = +0.0°C)
(crit = +0.0°C) sensor = thermal diode
pwm2: 45%
intrusion0: OK
beep_enable: disabled

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +57.0°C (high = +94.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 0: +56.0°C (high = +94.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 1: +55.0°C (high = +94.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 2: +53.0°C (high = +94.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 3: +56.0°C (high = +94.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 4: +54.0°C (high = +94.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
Core 5: +56.0°C (high = +94.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)

nvme-pci-0200
Adapter: PCI adapter
Composite: +54.9°C (low = -0.1°C, high = +84.8°C)
(crit = +94.8°C)
Sensor 1: +54.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C)
Sensor 2: +56.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C)
Sensor 8: +54.9°C (low = -273.1°C, high = +65261.8°C)
If using proxmox, you can modify the dashboard to display them too.
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