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Heads up, Homelabbers and Proxmox fans — the Minisforum MS-A2 is a mini monster! ️


Specs that matter:
  • Ryzen 9 9955HX (16C/32T, Zen 5, 5.4GHz boost) + Radeon 610M
  • Supports up to 96GB DDR5-5600 (ECC unconfirmed for now)
  • 2 PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots for blazing fast NVMe storage (4 To)
  • 1 PCIe 4.0 M.2 /U.2 slots ( 15 To U.2)
  • Dual 10Gb SFP+ ports for real high-speed networking (perfect for NAS / vSAN setups)
  • PCIe x16 slot with bifurcation support (x8/x8 or x4/x4/x4/x4) — ideal for multi-NICs, HBAs, or funky expansion cards
  • 2.5G LAN, USB3, HDMI 2.1, WiFi 6E onboard, Bluetooth® 5.2, USB 3.2 Gen1 (5 Gbit/s) x2, USB 2.0 x 1, USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbit/s, DP 2.0 alternatif) x2

Thermals are handled by a vapor chamber cooling system — runs cool even under full virtualized load.

Proxmox, TrueNAS, pfSense, Kubernetes lab? — the MS-A2 eats those for breakfast.
Ultra-compact (about 1.78L chassis), silent, energy-efficient, and fast AF.
Honestly, it's like they built this thing for serious homelab action in tiny spaces.

If you're planning a microserver upgrade in 2025, this box should be on your shortlist. ✨


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The guy just made 2 threads with 2 posts and disappeared without answering a single question.

Looks pathetic, I guess as their product
 
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What's your problem? I've answered every question I have. If I don't have the answer, I can't answer. I'm not minisforum member. I'm not privy to the gods' secrets. o_O
 
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Against all expectations, the first cases are expected to be available quickly. The devices are available for pre-order starting today for €689 (Ryzen 9 7945 HX), from the brand's French website (I'm French), and delivery is expected to begin in mid-May.

I am interested, but, the only problem is, I don't want to put up with the initial problems. :eek:
Who places an order and gives us feedback? :rolleyes:
 
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Can you put real video cards in here, or stuck with custom mod ones like the MS-01? And or double sided drive cards, or is this single side only?
 
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Possible negative: The MS-01 only fit 7mm U.2 drives, not full height ones (more expensive per GB, less performance). Does the MS-A2 have a similar space issue for the U.2?
 
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Does the MS-A2 have any form of remote management? The MS-01 has vPro since it's Intel, but do the AMD versions have an alternative?
 
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I just got the MS-A2 and running Proxmox on it. So far so good and it’s working with 128GB RAM and I’m testing ceph on it. However, I’m not getting the 610M iGPU exposed. I have IOMMU on and this is what I see when I output lspci -nn:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Root Complex [1022:14d8]
00:00.2 IOMMU [0806]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge IOMMU [1022:14d9]
00:01.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:01.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:01.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:01.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:01.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:02.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:03.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:03.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:04.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:08.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:08.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A] [1022:14dd]
00:08.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A] [1022:14dd]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:790b] (rev 71)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:790e] (rev 51)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 0 [1022:14e0]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 1 [1022:14e1]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 2 [1022:14e2]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 3 [1022:14e3]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 4 [1022:14e4]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 5 [1022:14e5]
00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 6 [1022:14e6]
00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 7 [1022:14e7]
01:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge PCIe Dummy Function [1022:14de] (rev d8)
01:00.2 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] VanGogh PSP/CCP [1022:1649]
01:00.3 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge USB 3.1 xHCI [1022:15b6]
01:00.4 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge USB 3.1 xHCI [1022:15b7]
01:00.6 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller [1022:15e3]
02:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:15b8]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller [10ec:8125] (rev 05)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I226-V [8086:125c] (rev 04)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ [8086:1572] (rev 02)
05:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ [8086:1572] (rev 02)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx] [15b3:1015]
07:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx] [15b3:1015]
08:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller PM173X [144d:a824]
09:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Intel Corporation Optane SSD 900P Series [8086:2700]
0a:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Intel Corporation Optane NVME SSD P1600X Series [8086:2525]

There’s no VGA or display controller shown. And nothing is shown in /dev/dri

Does anyone have any way to enable it? I’m running PVE 8.4 with 6.14 kernel running. Many thanks
 
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My MS-A2.
Do you plug in monitor and is it show anyting?
Kernel Version: 6.8.4-3-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.8.4-3 (2024-05-02T11:55Z) x86_64 GNU/Linux
 
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ipreferpie said:
I just got the MS-A2 and running Proxmox on it. So far so good and it’s working with 128GB RAM and I’m testing ceph on it. However, I’m not getting the 610M iGPU exposed. I have IOMMU on and this is what I see when I output lspci -nn:

00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Root Complex [1022:14d8]
00:00.2 IOMMU [0806]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge IOMMU [1022:14d9]
00:01.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:01.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:01.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:01.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:01.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:02.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:02.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:03.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:03.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:03.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge GPP Bridge [1022:14db]
00:04.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:08.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Dummy Host Bridge [1022:14da]
00:08.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A] [1022:14dd]
00:08.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Internal GPP Bridge to Bus [C:A] [1022:14dd]
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:790b] (rev 71)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:790e] (rev 51)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 0 [1022:14e0]
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 1 [1022:14e1]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 2 [1022:14e2]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 3 [1022:14e3]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 4 [1022:14e4]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 5 [1022:14e5]
00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 6 [1022:14e6]
00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge Data Fabric; Function 7 [1022:14e7]
01:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge PCIe Dummy Function [1022:14de] (rev d8)
01:00.2 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] VanGogh PSP/CCP [1022:1649]
01:00.3 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge USB 3.1 xHCI [1022:15b6]
01:00.4 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raphael/Granite Ridge USB 3.1 xHCI [1022:15b7]
01:00.6 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller [1022:15e3]
02:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:15b8]
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller [10ec:8125] (rev 05)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller I226-V [8086:125c] (rev 04)
05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ [8086:1572] (rev 02)
05:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GbE SFP+ [8086:1572] (rev 02)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx] [15b3:1015]
07:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Mellanox Technologies MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx] [15b3:1015]
08:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller PM173X [144d:a824]
09:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Intel Corporation Optane SSD 900P Series [8086:2700]
0a:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Intel Corporation Optane NVME SSD P1600X Series [8086:2525]

There’s no VGA or display controller shown. And nothing is shown in /dev/dri

Does anyone have any way to enable it? I’m running PVE 8.4 with 6.14 kernel running. Many thanks
Click to expand...
There have a menu in BIOS can disable iGPU. Do you change any BIOS setting before?
CBS->NBIO->GFX Configuration->iGPU Configuration: iGPU Disabled.
If you change it to Disable. And iGPU disappeared.
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omg, I think you’re right. I tried plugging in the HDMI cable and it won’t even show the BIOS. I may have disabled it. I removed the battery the trying the reset the CMOS right now. But after 30mins, the CMOS isn’t reset. I’ll try to install a dGPU to see if I can change the settings. Thank you
 
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ipreferpie said:
omg, I think you’re right. I tried plugging in the HDMI cable and it won’t even show the BIOS. I may have disabled it. I removed the battery the trying the reset the CMOS right now. But after 30mins, the CMOS isn’t reset. I’ll try to install a dGPU to see if I can change the settings. Thank you
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Read user manual to RESET BIOS.

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