So I built me a home server for running VM's and storage for backups.
I considered going for a Dell T440 but it got too expensive quickly once you start adding things. So I dicided to build my own (something I've done plenty before).
Asus Z11PA-U12-10G-2S
Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
6x Kingston KSM29RD8/16HDR (16GB, 96GB total ECC registered, 2 ranks)
PSU is an Antec CP-850
The server is running Arch Linux.
First problem is the memory won't work on 2933, the board supports it, the memory too but it won't go over 2400.
Second issue, board supports triple channel memory when installed in the correct slots. It won't work that way and throws DIMM errors at POST. After hours of fiddling I found a combination that actually has all six dimms working but I have no way of confirming whether triple channel is working or not.
Third issue, when running CPU stress test, the cpu frequency won't always go up, depending on the test. I wanted to test the cooling and test the cpu isnt making mistakes by running Prime95. The frequency of all cores drop to 1700 Mhz the moment the test starts. Another stress test (simply called 'stress' for Linux) I found that the cores do jump to 2900 Mhz and stay there.
I've been rebooting the whole day going into the BIOS to try different cpu and performance settings but nothing changes the behavior with Prime. I'm not sure but I don't think this is right, it should at least stick to its baseline 2.4 Ghz right? Why would it drop to 1.7?
I watched the current from the wall outlet its actually lower with Prime (~ 230 watts) than with the other test that does stick to 2900 (~ 255 watts). Cpu gets hotter too but I havent seen temps over 50C so thats not an issue.
Any ideas about these? I have logged a case with both Kingston for the memory and Asus for the memory and cpu issue.
Thanks!
I considered going for a Dell T440 but it got too expensive quickly once you start adding things. So I dicided to build my own (something I've done plenty before).
Asus Z11PA-U12-10G-2S
Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
6x Kingston KSM29RD8/16HDR (16GB, 96GB total ECC registered, 2 ranks)
PSU is an Antec CP-850
The server is running Arch Linux.
First problem is the memory won't work on 2933, the board supports it, the memory too but it won't go over 2400.
Second issue, board supports triple channel memory when installed in the correct slots. It won't work that way and throws DIMM errors at POST. After hours of fiddling I found a combination that actually has all six dimms working but I have no way of confirming whether triple channel is working or not.
Third issue, when running CPU stress test, the cpu frequency won't always go up, depending on the test. I wanted to test the cooling and test the cpu isnt making mistakes by running Prime95. The frequency of all cores drop to 1700 Mhz the moment the test starts. Another stress test (simply called 'stress' for Linux) I found that the cores do jump to 2900 Mhz and stay there.
I've been rebooting the whole day going into the BIOS to try different cpu and performance settings but nothing changes the behavior with Prime. I'm not sure but I don't think this is right, it should at least stick to its baseline 2.4 Ghz right? Why would it drop to 1.7?
I watched the current from the wall outlet its actually lower with Prime (~ 230 watts) than with the other test that does stick to 2900 (~ 255 watts). Cpu gets hotter too but I havent seen temps over 50C so thats not an issue.
Any ideas about these? I have logged a case with both Kingston for the memory and Asus for the memory and cpu issue.
Thanks!