When you say "engineers" do you mean Wywinn engineers? What's type of incompatibility is causing the system not boot? Is Wywinn's firmware whitelisting or blacklisting PCIe devices?
Potential Deal: 2 x Dual 2011 nodes @$199, Quanta Openrack
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@voxadam The wywinn sv7210 would not complete the bios boot without throwing an error and failing. The quanta booted just fine with the sas3 card. Wywinn engineer i got in touch with from wywinn direct contact said it was not compatible with newer sas chipset. So quanta boards are the better boards
Interesting, did you happen to try booting the machine in pure UEFI mode as well as legacy/CSM/BIOS mode?
I should really get off my butt, clear off some bench space and order myself one Wiwynn and one Quanta board so I can poke and prod them myself. Actually, they'd make great testbeds for me to finally get my hands dirty tweaking the vendor firmware.
I should really get off my butt, clear off some bench space and order myself one Wiwynn and one Quanta board so I can poke and prod them myself. Actually, they'd make great testbeds for me to finally get my hands dirty tweaking the vendor firmware.
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Did you get this working yourself? I'm having an extremely frustrating time even getting BMC to play nice on a Wiwynn Windmill.
Hi!
Today I decided to check BIOS version on my recently bought 2-node Quanta Windmill. The result was surprising.
Bios version is F03_3B11 and platform name not Windmill but Winterfell. How could it be?
Today I decided to check BIOS version on my recently bought 2-node Quanta Windmill. The result was surprising.
Code:
# dmidecode 3.0
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
57 structures occupying 3445 bytes.
Table at 0x000EC0C0.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: AMI
Version: F03_3B11
Release Date: 03/09/2015
Code:
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Quanta
Product Name: Winterfell
Version: To be filled by O.E.M.
Serial Number: To be filled by O.E.M.
Asset Tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
Features:
Board is a hosting board
Board is replaceable
Location In Chassis: Right
Chassis Handle: 0x0003
Type: Motherboard
Contained Object Handles: 0
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Hello, I also became a happy owner of this platform. QUANTA Computer DA0F03mbCE0 Rev: E
I bought it in china. 游戏多开 安卓模拟器 渲染 32核 双路X79 2011主板 C602 E5-2670
My BIOS is F03_3B11.
In the kit there was a cable for ATX
I plan to use it as a Desktop computer. Windows 7 (MBR mode) works correctly.
I bought it in china. 游戏多开 安卓模拟器 渲染 32核 双路X79 2011主板 C602 E5-2670
My BIOS is F03_3B11.
In the kit there was a cable for ATX
I plan to use it as a Desktop computer. Windows 7 (MBR mode) works correctly.
So, I figured out what my problem was... Active PFC on a UPS that does a modified sine wave. Whoops! Ended up getting a UPS that provides a pure sine wave and problem solved.
The last time I had a server/hardware connected to a UPS at home was in 2009 and active PFC was just becoming a thing, lol... Not something I had run into. That's what I get for trying to re-purpose old UPSs
Pretty sure it was determined that it does not have a storage controller connected to it. So no extra drives other than the 2 onboard SATA connectors.Hey all, I'm trying to figure out what the mini SAS port looks like on the board and which adapter I should buy for it to run some extra HDD's. any help would be greatly appreciated
It's really unfortunate that the Windmill systems available on eBay don't have the SAS controllers populated. If those ports were functional they'd make great home storage arrays.
I love mine. It really depends what you are using it for though. It makes a great workstation. No so greatfor video processing or storage.Are these worth it today as well? looking at the pricing for kits off taobao i really get into a shopping mood
I have a Wiwynn although if I could go back in time I would have gotten a Quanta. The ancient BIOS has been a major PITA.
I want to ask about two things I haven't seen mentioned a lot:
1 - Noise Level. How loud are these when idling / full load? I've read some posts complaining about the fans working at 100% but those were generally when having some kind of problem. Want to know if these are mostly silent or if they get very loud under some load.
2 - Chassis weight. How heavy will one of these servers with both boards weight? They dont look very massive so I'm guessing they weight around 25-30lb?
Thinking of getting one node just for a homelab, but I live in a small apartment and cant really have a very loud server.
1 - Noise Level. How loud are these when idling / full load? I've read some posts complaining about the fans working at 100% but those were generally when having some kind of problem. Want to know if these are mostly silent or if they get very loud under some load.
2 - Chassis weight. How heavy will one of these servers with both boards weight? They dont look very massive so I'm guessing they weight around 25-30lb?
Thinking of getting one node just for a homelab, but I live in a small apartment and cant really have a very loud server.
1. These are probably the quietest dual 2011 server you will find at idle they are almost silent and under load they still aren't loud and it helps that they are a lower pitch so the sound they do make is not as annoying.
2. These are thinner metal than the average server and don't have a top or back so they are fairly light I don't have an exact number though.
Just remember these won't run on 120v power so if you don't have 208v-240v power you will need a transformer or a modded power supply.
2. These are thinner metal than the average server and don't have a top or back so they are fairly light I don't have an exact number though.
Just remember these won't run on 120v power so if you don't have 208v-240v power you will need a transformer or a modded power supply.