EU Supermicro SC846 Dual 1366 Gold PSU 6 x Mini SAS Backplane

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SIlviu

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If you look at the pictures posted on ebay, the raid card has Y cables, so maybe its not all of them with EL1
 

fossxplorer

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Whooha, he replied to my request. I asked him to check the backplane and take a picture of it.
He replied with "We check it and let you know."
A bit less stressed now;)
 

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Yeah, i'm a bit more calm now since it's probably not shipped. I've used quite some money so i was a bit stressed :rolleyes:
But looking at https://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/wikiDE/images/5/58/Backplane-BPN-SAS-846EL1-back.jpg, and the http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/RcoAAOSw4DJYl-Dh/s-l1600.jpg, you can slightly see they are different. The latter one seems to have have 2 SFF-ports vertically aligned (top right corner on that image), while the former has 3 of them horizontally aligned. So @SIlviu might be right?
 
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Rand__

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Possibly.
Remember I ordered my case without board & everything. Considered that its here already I assume he had a few of those empty one ones sitting there as well. Yours with board & co might very well be exactly as described;)
He sold 5 in the first batch and has 10 in the second, so he has quite a few of those.

I was looking to find the specifications of the cables, that would tell you whether it had Mini Sas connectors or individual drive ones.
 

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Some good news folks: :D
The servers have different backplanes as suspected by @Rand__ (you're probably better off just sending just the backplane for replacement i guess).
Image at OwnDrive
So it's confirmed he has servers with SAS846A backplane and he assured me i will get those servers (or rather chassis since i also ordered without MB/CPU/RAM/RAID controller!)
 
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Rand__

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Yes that's what I heard as well.

Means that some of folks looking for this later need to make sure to ask what they get (since the seller does not specifically advertise the -A backplane).
 

SIlviu

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Mine just arrived today, all ok.
Can someone recommend a newer raid controller to replace the old 9650, I cant seem to find anything without changing cables or a 24i raid card at a good price.
 

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Raid controler with 24ports are rare:
Adaptec 72405 (I think somebody in the fs/wtb forum sells one)
Areca ARC-1883ix-24
 

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Mine isnt shipped and seller isnt responding for a couple of days... last message from Fri is that DHL couldnt ship those to Sweden and he would come back with tracking to me...
 

Rand__

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It's kinda slow communicating with them at the moment ... Had my last contact on monday and received my replacement -A backplane on tuesday.
 

fossxplorer

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That's what i experience too. Still, after buying and paying for 4pcs of them, i'd expect some feedback on shipping status update since it's now over 1 weeks since i paid :)
 

SIlviu

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Updated the bios from 1.0b to latest 2.0c, the board is dead....the update was succesful but after reboot, no post... I`l try tomorrow a recovery
 

SIlviu

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The board is ok now with 2.0c firmware, removed memory and I wrote it with external programmer.

Recovery method from supermicro did not work...
 

fossxplorer

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@Rand__ still no reply/status update from seller after 5-7 days. I sent a last request for update today.
I don't like it, but it might be time to start a dispute? I paid directly with my CC, so no PP dispute but directly with eBay i guess?
 

Rand__

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@Rand__ still no reply/status update from seller after 5-7 days. I sent a last request for update today.
I don't like it, but it might be time to start a dispute? I paid directly with my CC, so no PP dispute but directly with eBay i guess?
Sure, this should speed things up.
I in your stead would be calling the seller, but I assume your german is a little rusty;) Dunno whether they speak english.
 

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I am in the same position, having ordered and paid for 4 units.

After some emails without reply, I finally got a response from the seller yesterday. Seller states that my order was shipped by a carrier that have no tracking, but that the seller would reach out to the carrier on Monday to ask for delivery status...
 

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So I have now swapped my wrong backplane to the -A. The box is working fine, but I have to say the old backplane (EL1) and most of the trays definetly have been exposed to moisture - ie they are rusty and the bottom ones a more difficult to extract then I am used to.
Not complaining, for the price its still a bargain, but thought I should mention it.