Hello everyone. What do you think about this device paired with the MS-01? Is it worth buying? Does anyone have experience with this or a similar device?
Minisforum MS-01 PCIe Card and RAM Compatibility Thread
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Confirming for anyone else searching. I got the above Glotrends card along with this m.2 adapter working with the DEG1:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807419018300.html
I have printed this bottom panel replacement Minisforum MS-01 - 140mm Fan Cover by meteyou | Download free STL model | Printables.com
I plan on totally removing the bottom fan and just using the new printed cover with a Noctua NF-A14 5V PWM, Premium Quiet Fan with USB Power Adaptor Cable, 4-Pin, 5V Version (140mm, Brown)
I would like to avoid having to use the USB adapter for power and keep it internal but am having trouble figuring what kind of connection the original fan used? I know its a 4pin but the picture on amazon does not look like it would connect.
Does anyone know if I need to get any kind of adapter or if I can plug the Noctua straight into the existing wire and/or remove the adapter from the motherboard? Is the listed Noctua above appropriate?
Has anyone found a schematic of the motherboard to know if that pin is 15v or 5v?
It looks like the original fan uses some kind of adapter that goes between the original fan and the motherboard, but its very hard to access I have found.
Here are some terrible pics I tried to take
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End of adapter from motherboard to fan
4 pin fan connector
Motherboard connection
Model BF07506H05FP DC 5V 0.50A
And I believe this is the same product here: Laptop CPU Fan BF07506H05FP DC5V 0.45A 4 Lines Fan New
Update
Went ahead and just purchased the aforementioned Noctua 140mm fan for the 3d printed back plate.
I took a gamble on a 200mm fan. If my calculations of the dimensions are correct, I may be able to completely replace the bottom plate just with this fan.
I also grabbed some 6mm tall copper heatsinks for the M.2's since I will have much more clearance and copper is a better conductor than aluminum.
I do not think either of these 4 pin connectors are going to work with the motherboard headers after a little more digging last night. They seems to be some type of custom thing called a "Molex PicoBlade" 1,25mm 4pin. It would require me to rewire the fan which I dont want to do so will probably just stick with the USB adapter. More info here.
Will keep you guys posted.
I plan on totally removing the bottom fan and just using the new printed cover with a Noctua NF-A14 5V PWM, Premium Quiet Fan with USB Power Adaptor Cable, 4-Pin, 5V Version (140mm, Brown)
I would like to avoid having to use the USB adapter for power and keep it internal but am having trouble figuring what kind of connection the original fan used? I know its a 4pin but the picture on amazon does not look like it would connect.
Does anyone know if I need to get any kind of adapter or if I can plug the Noctua straight into the existing wire and/or remove the adapter from the motherboard? Is the listed Noctua above appropriate?
Has anyone found a schematic of the motherboard to know if that pin is 15v or 5v?
It looks like the original fan uses some kind of adapter that goes between the original fan and the motherboard, but its very hard to access I have found.
Here are some terrible pics I tried to take
(click to zoom)End of adapter from motherboard to fan
4 pin fan connector
Motherboard connection
Model BF07506H05FP DC 5V 0.50A
And I believe this is the same product here: Laptop CPU Fan BF07506H05FP DC5V 0.45A 4 Lines Fan New
Update
Went ahead and just purchased the aforementioned Noctua 140mm fan for the 3d printed back plate.
I took a gamble on a 200mm fan. If my calculations of the dimensions are correct, I may be able to completely replace the bottom plate just with this fan.
I also grabbed some 6mm tall copper heatsinks for the M.2's since I will have much more clearance and copper is a better conductor than aluminum.
I do not think either of these 4 pin connectors are going to work with the motherboard headers after a little more digging last night. They seems to be some type of custom thing called a "Molex PicoBlade" 1,25mm 4pin. It would require me to rewire the fan which I dont want to do so will probably just stick with the USB adapter. More info here.
Will keep you guys posted.
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@anewsome
I am slightly confused by this picture, especially because I also saw your rack photos with the 5x MS-01.
Could you still close the case with the heatsink in place, or did you remove them again?
I bought the same exact heatsink based on his post and it fits (barely). Had no issues closing the case.
I have two MS-01s with I9-13900H CPUs and 96GB Crucial RAM. I had one of them drop out of the vCenter cluster and checking it found it was powered off. I powered it on and it wouldn't boot. I pulled the power cord and tried again without luck. Checking Hardware Information in AMT shows the two DIMMs but Event Log shows "No system memory is physically installed in the system."
Has this happened to anyone else before and if so what was the cause? I can't see both memory modules dying at the same time. I'm going to tear into it tomorrow and run more tests but wanted to check here as well.
Has this happened to anyone else before and if so what was the cause? I can't see both memory modules dying at the same time. I'm going to tear into it tomorrow and run more tests but wanted to check here as well.
There was an issue with early MS-01 units. I bought 2 units a few month after product launch. One was a barebone unit and the other came with RAM and SSD already installed. I repasted the CPU, put 96GB Crucial RAM and Samsung 990 Pro SSDs in the barebone unit, and it has beed working fine ever since. In the 2nd unit I just swapped the OEM RAM with 96GB Crucial, installed Proxmox, tested a few VMs, and left it running. When I came back the next day MS-01 was powered off. I pushed the power button and the blue LED flashlight came on, but MS-01 wouldn't POST no matter what. Swapping back to OEM RAM didn't help either, so I contacted Minisforum. They said that DDR training can take a long time, and I should let MS-01 boot for 2 hours
Eventually I replaced the defective unit. The replacement they sent me is working fine so far.At the time, I Googled around to see if other MS-01 owners experienced the same issue, and came across similar posts titled "MS-01 wouldn't boot". Unfortunately, I don't think there is much you can do to resolve this.
The same happened to me and i had to do an RMA.
Later i read somewhere, perhaps in forums, that possibly the cmos battery gets depleted and it is a case of buying one and replace it.
I think they are pretty cheap and its worth a try rather then waiting weeks for a replacement
Later i read somewhere, perhaps in forums, that possibly the cmos battery gets depleted and it is a case of buying one and replace it.
I think they are pretty cheap and its worth a try rather then waiting weeks for a replacement
My new MS-01 arrived along with more RAM. The first thing I tried was the old RAM and it wouldn't POST so that RAM is bad. Thinking it might have been the RAM that was the issue I put the new RAM in the new MS-01 and it worked. I think tried the new RAM in the non-working MS-01 and it still wouldn't POST, so something happened to cause the RAM and MS-01 to both fail. Time to RMA both.
The CMOS battery on one of mine failed, it's a royal pain to replace due to the location of the 2 pin connector.
Sorry if this was posted or not before but I find it hard to search for infos across this single ms-01 thread. I was thinking of removing the insulation around the heatsink of the cpu. I've already bought PTM7950 but wanted you advice before doing so with the insulation
Building six MS-01 cluster with ultimate cooling system.
More info later.
More info later.
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Which CPU do you have? Bios shows it's running 4800 or whatnot, even though I set the max speed upward. Latest bios here. Maybe I am missing something? Here is my TrueNAS Scale output from using sudo dmidecode -t memory
Speed: 5600 MT/s
Manufacturer: Kingston
Part Number: KF556S40-32
Rank: 2
Configured Memory Speed: 4800 MT/s
Minimum Voltage: 1.1 V
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not sure if this is the right place to post this but i thought i'd share the(free) stl files for the ms-01 wallmount i made:
MS-01 wallmount by gompa oneal | Download free STL model | Printables.com
MS-01 wallmount by gompa oneal | Download free STL model | Printables.com
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Repasted with PTM7950 last weekend, after a week of thermal cycling can confirm there's about a 3-4 degree drop at idle, and a massive 7-10 degree drop at load. Definitely worth doing a repaste. Stock was some silicone grease of sorts. At least on mine, they applied a good amount.
After replacing PSU, I now have PL1 at 65 and PL2 at 85 and still have lower than original temps.
Going to put a a 160mm fan on bottom, and something (probably 2x 80) on the top, then see if I can push power a tad more.
After replacing PSU, I now have PL1 at 65 and PL2 at 85 and still have lower than original temps.
Going to put a a 160mm fan on bottom, and something (probably 2x 80) on the top, then see if I can push power a tad more.
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