Hi
I would like to collect inside this thread list of complatible consumer boards with SM PSU/PDU. If someone successfully built such configuration please post.
There are tons of topics over the internet about weird incompatibility issue between SM power supply PSU/power distributor board PDB and consumer motherboards (like Asus P9D, Asus P9D, Asus X99, Biostar etc):
example ones:
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/exv54g/requesting_help_with_new_server_build/
Motherboards simply refuse to boot with SM stuff. I think reason for that is still unknown. Even SM support claim 3rd party motherboards should work inside SM chassis. Also there are some users eg @kapone that claim they successfully run consumer motherboards inside SM chassis.
I would like to run consumer motherboard in supermicro chassis due to two main reasons:
1. Consumer motherboard (even professional Asus P9B/P9D WS) posts quicker than supermicro ones. I boot my fileserver from time to time with WoL and I would like it to be quick.
2. Consumer PSU inside SM chassis is not an option. Even Corsair rm1000x 1000W cannot handle 24 SAS disks. Backplane reports power shortage with red leds. Supermicro PSU is more reliable when it comes to such big amount of disks. Consumer PSUs push most of their power to GPU 6/8 connectors. While I need most of power over 6 molex connectors to the backplane.
Thanks
/Paweł
I would like to collect inside this thread list of complatible consumer boards with SM PSU/PDU. If someone successfully built such configuration please post.
There are tons of topics over the internet about weird incompatibility issue between SM power supply PSU/power distributor board PDB and consumer motherboards (like Asus P9D, Asus P9D, Asus X99, Biostar etc):
example ones:
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/exv54g/requesting_help_with_new_server_build/
Motherboards simply refuse to boot with SM stuff. I think reason for that is still unknown. Even SM support claim 3rd party motherboards should work inside SM chassis. Also there are some users eg @kapone that claim they successfully run consumer motherboards inside SM chassis.
I would like to run consumer motherboard in supermicro chassis due to two main reasons:
1. Consumer motherboard (even professional Asus P9B/P9D WS) posts quicker than supermicro ones. I boot my fileserver from time to time with WoL and I would like it to be quick.
2. Consumer PSU inside SM chassis is not an option. Even Corsair rm1000x 1000W cannot handle 24 SAS disks. Backplane reports power shortage with red leds. Supermicro PSU is more reliable when it comes to such big amount of disks. Consumer PSUs push most of their power to GPU 6/8 connectors. While I need most of power over 6 molex connectors to the backplane.
Thanks
/Paweł