You need to contact support and push them to ship your units ASAP. I demanded cancellation of my order and full refund. They offered $30 refund (which I haven't yet seen credited to my account) and shipped 2 of my 3 units out immediately. My pre-order date was on Jan 30th. So they're not prioritizing by order date. It's weird as you should have yours before me. Those screams the loudest will get their shipment out. Seems like those who order multi units like you and me are being pushed.
Minisforum MS-01 PCIe Card and RAM Compatibility Thread
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I've read the whole thread, all 49 pages and I don't recall anyone showing screenshots of all the UEFI/BIOS setup screens. I'm interested to know if the power settings can be set to always power the unit on if power is applied.
I have some systems, when power is plugged in:
* Last State
* Power On Automatically
* Do Nothing
I'm curious if the MS-01 can be set to always power on when power is applied. If anyone knows of a screenshot gallery from the setup menus, please post a link.
I have some systems, when power is plugged in:
* Last State
* Power On Automatically
* Do Nothing
I'm curious if the MS-01 can be set to always power on when power is applied. If anyone knows of a screenshot gallery from the setup menus, please post a link.
I cannot reboot myne atm but i am 99.999999 certain that the setting exist and i have myne in Last State
So has anyone found a better power supply for the ms-01? I'm having some weird issues and at this point the power supply is the only thing I haven't been able to test. When talking to minisforum support they seemed very interested to know if my PSU was acting up..
Slimq 240 or 330 is nice because you can use some USB PD triggers to power another mini or wifi ap or whatever else in addition to the MS-01.
The BIOS is very limited compared to full AMI BIOS menus, but you can definitely set it to power up when power is applied.
If you want to mount a MS-01 vertically on your rack, the screws on the bottom of the MS-01 fit almost perfectly on the Tec Mojo 5U vented rack panel.
FYI, to those planning to use NVME PCI switch card on the PCI slot.
96GB RAM will drop to 48GB due to SMBUS sharing bug causing conflict with DRAM module, something Minisforum has confirmed. You must put insulation tape to cover SMBUS pin on this card.
Other than that card seems to working, running at ~55C (measured over heatsink) with open case when idling.
I think I am running into this now, which pin(s) need to be taped? is it 'B5' and 'B6' as I've read about other hba cards needing this treatment? would that be the 5th and 6th pins on the side with the m.2 drives, counting from left? (as in the picture)
*edit - it appears me taping the 5th and 6th pins did get me past my issue, thanks
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Hi Everyone,
Just ordered my MS-01. My plan is to put Unraid on it and have it as a little home server running Plex and some other containers.
I was tempte to dabble with Proxmox, but I don't think I need to get that deep in to it! So, just a quick question... I have an old NAS sitting on my network which this will read and write to and my media library is in excess of 20tb. What NVME drives would you recommend, in what size and what configuration?
Would 2 x 2tb NVME mirrored be overkill? I can get a good deal on some WD 2TB SN770.
Thank you!
Just ordered my MS-01. My plan is to put Unraid on it and have it as a little home server running Plex and some other containers.
I was tempte to dabble with Proxmox, but I don't think I need to get that deep in to it! So, just a quick question... I have an old NAS sitting on my network which this will read and write to and my media library is in excess of 20tb. What NVME drives would you recommend, in what size and what configuration?
Would 2 x 2tb NVME mirrored be overkill? I can get a good deal on some WD 2TB SN770.
Thank you!
Mirrored drives are fine, just remember that you'll be getting the slower of the two speeds from the existing PCIe slots.
(PCIe 4.0 x4) x1
(PCIe 3.0 x4) x1
While the WD 2TB SN770 is PCIe 4.0 x4 - if mirrored, it'll be running are PCIe 3.0 x4 speeds. Not a big deal really. You may be able to save money however, getting two PCIe 3.0 x4 drives ;-)
If it's just accessing an old NAS on the LAN and running a couple of containers in Unraid.. it needs a single 128GB NVME. You can have two drives to ensure data protection with a parity disk, but you don't "need" it. Your OS and containers will hardly use any space. You'll get better longevity out of your NVME drives, if you get bigger drives. So the short of it is.. your real needs are small, you can get bigger drives to gain better TBW specs.
The old NAS is doing the heavy lifting for you. You "may" want to replace the old NAS with the MS-01 and a JBOD enclosure. You can then use the old NAS as a backup target. Check This Out where servethehome goes over how perfect that option is for you..
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Curious did nobody ask MS if future version MS01 of BIOS will unlock PCI bifurcation?
My understanding is i9 CPU is not the limiting factor here. Only if they enable 4x4 bifurcation for that PCI slot.
My understanding is i9 CPU is not the limiting factor here. Only if they enable 4x4 bifurcation for that PCI slot.
This question was asked before and someone replied that if the CPU don't support it, it will never happened and from what i had read on internet this is correct. Only if minisforum add a plx chip in their next hardware this will happen but with ms-01 is not doable.
For this reason i bought the 2 x nvme plx card that some people bought here with the plan to take out of the box 2 x nvme to pci adapters for pcie4 cards.
Haven't got the time to test this even though i got all the parts.
I just got a support message back about mine
I ordered to Canada on Jan 21 and they're now telling me they are out of stock and will ship mine at the end of May.
Anyone else getting this run around?
I ordered to Canada on Jan 21 and they're now telling me they are out of stock and will ship mine at the end of May.
Anyone else getting this run around?
Wow that's absolutely BS. They keep pushing my ship date as well (pre-order Jan 30th). I complaint profusely and demanded refund. Then somehow they magically found 2 units to ship to me. On DHL truck right now out for delivery. Super fast as it was shipped just couple days ago from Hong Kong. They under-estimated how popular this machine would be. My advice, cancel order or just sit and wait if you really want it. I still have a 3rd unit waiting for shipment between April-May.
Received an email that my order has been pushed out until the end of April. Original ship was end of March.
Can confirm this directly looking into the datasheet. PCI bifurcation is not supported on H series of processor. Look like only lane reversal is supported on x8 lanes:
Page 140.
Intel® Core™ Processors Technical Resources
Intel® Core™ processors technical resources list includes applications notes, datasheets, packing information, product briefs, and more.
www.intel.com
I would avoid populating all three M.2 slots for this reason alone -- heat. While the fan is there to help, heatsink can't be mounted on two of those M.2 slots due to low clearance. Instead I'd use these slot for low power TPU like Google's Coral or something that comes out in future.
And I believe that's is the reason why so many people are using the PCI slot on the other side of extra NVMEs.