Topton 'NAS' motherboard.
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There is no SAS->SATA translation, so regardless of what connector they tout you can only use SATA drives as there is only a SATA controller.
I'm going through exactly this situation right now with a black Topton N5105.
The only thing I haven't tried is different RAM as I don't have any spare on hand. I went with a pair of Crucial 16GB 3200 SODIMM and I've tried single, dual, switching slots, etc. I guess I should pick up a pair of 8s to test but I'm not optimistic. I wish there was a list of compatible RAM to reference!
I'm 2 days past the 15 day protection period so I'm really hoping I'm not out ~$170 for a dead board.. I stupidly ordered the mobo first and had to wait for other pieces to arrive before I could test it out. I've messaged Topton but so far they've only said that I should power the 4pin CPU, which I had done from the start. No response yet to my reply. Did you have any luck with getting a refund and/or replacement offer?
Any update on this?
Hi,
To help I have 2 Kingston KCP432sd8/16(16GB DDR4 3200MT/s Non-ECC Unbuffered SODIMM) in my motherboard n5105
To help I have 2 Kingston KCP432sd8/16(16GB DDR4 3200MT/s Non-ECC Unbuffered SODIMM) in my motherboard n5105
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Well, I tossed this together, for anyone who might find it useful. I could have probably found more with a bit more searching but ufortunately for me it looks like more than a couple people are having success with the exact same set of RAM I've got in mine, so my hope that I could solve my problem with different RAM seems dashed.
N6005 Working
2x16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR4-3200 (@LaunderedShirt)
2x32GB Crucial DDR4-3200 (@zyghom)
2x32GB Samsung DDR4-3200 (@black88mx6)
2x32GB Crucial DDR4-3200 (@sambaum)
N5105 Working
2x8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws (@jack64)
1x16GB Crucial DDR4-2666 + 1x4GB unnamed stick (@sagarbehere)
2x16GB Crucial DDR4-3200 (@tmoll_ @ghiglie at UNRAID forums, Brian Moses, Wolfgang)
2x32GB Kingston FURY DDR4-3200 (@bouni)
2x16GB HP-branded Hynix DDR4-3200 (@elvis_saya)
N5105 Not Working
2x16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws (@jack64)
Unknown Board - Working
2x16GB Kingston DDR4-3200 (@vvkvvk)
N6005 Working
2x16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR4-3200 (@LaunderedShirt)
2x32GB Crucial DDR4-3200 (@zyghom)
2x32GB Samsung DDR4-3200 (@black88mx6)
2x32GB Crucial DDR4-3200 (@sambaum)
N5105 Working
2x8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws (@jack64)
1x16GB Crucial DDR4-2666 + 1x4GB unnamed stick (@sagarbehere)
2x16GB Crucial DDR4-3200 (@tmoll_ @ghiglie at UNRAID forums, Brian Moses, Wolfgang)
2x32GB Kingston FURY DDR4-3200 (@bouni)
2x16GB HP-branded Hynix DDR4-3200 (@elvis_saya)
N5105 Not Working
2x16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws (@jack64)
Unknown Board - Working
2x16GB Kingston DDR4-3200 (@vvkvvk)
I sent it back and got a refund for the purchase price. I thought that they were also supposed to refund the cost of shipping it back, but they stopped replying to me so I gave up. I purchased a replacement from CWWK.net that has been working flawlessly.
Jeezzz.... I have a modular corsair PSU... the CPU cable has 8 pins... how I should plug /find this 4 pin EPS 12v? Thank you.
Apologize guys... haven't noticed the the 8pin CPU could be splitted in two 4+4. Its solved...
Could someone suggest me a good modular PSU to use for a NAS build based on the 6005 board?
Preferably one that could support up to 10 HDD drives.
I'm thinking about Corsair RM750x (Shift). I know 750W is going to be an overkill, but found one on sale, so the price isn't more than something similar with 550W or less.
Preferably one that could support up to 10 HDD drives.
I'm thinking about Corsair RM750x (Shift). I know 750W is going to be an overkill, but found one on sale, so the price isn't more than something similar with 550W or less.
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After about one year of 24/7 operation, the CPU fan started make weird/loud noises, like it's about to fail within the next months. So here is my take on the "Noctua fan mod".
Required Equipment:
It's easy to do, it took me about 2h from shutdown to boot, including removing the necessary parts from the chassis, cleaning, etc.
The fan is held in place very firmly. The zip ties on the side are held in place by the outer fins, because they are in the shape of a hook.
As a side-effect, average temperature has also improved. This could be because of the new fan, or because of cooling paste replacement (however, temps were good already before the replacement).
Avg temp before: 38
Avg temp after: 31
(this is regular operation with very light usage, I didn't compare heavy-load temps)
Required Equipment:
- Noctua NF-A6x25
- Zip ties
- Thermal paste
- Screw driver
- Pliers (to cut the zip ties)
It's easy to do, it took me about 2h from shutdown to boot, including removing the necessary parts from the chassis, cleaning, etc.
The fan is held in place very firmly. The zip ties on the side are held in place by the outer fins, because they are in the shape of a hook.
As a side-effect, average temperature has also improved. This could be because of the new fan, or because of cooling paste replacement (however, temps were good already before the replacement).
Avg temp before: 38
Avg temp after: 31
(this is regular operation with very light usage, I didn't compare heavy-load temps)
I'm thinking about expandig my NAS - did anyone tried one of these two?
https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005005995906461.html (M.2 SATA Controller, 5 ports)
https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005005007315119.html (M.3 USB controller)
https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005005995906461.html (M.2 SATA Controller, 5 ports)
https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005005007315119.html (M.3 USB controller)
This is the one have running in my system: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004060508487.html
Interesting that these boards support staggered spin up. This could mean that their JMB585 firmware/optionROM implements the parts needed to properly integrate the configuration options in a way that's compatible with UEFI HII. Manufacturers rarely bother to do this.
Could anyone here with a MB like this dump the flash chip that's attached to the JMB585 with one of those CH341A programmers? (most likely the one above the heatsink, U29) Make sure to select the correct voltage.
Would be interesting to see if flashing the contents onto another JMB585 board would also make the configuration options show up on other motherboards.
....also interesting: The JMB585 datasheet says:
That sounds like ASPM to me. Could it be that the manufacturers just forgot to properly configure it in the flash image? Are there any proper datasheets of this controller that document the flash map or controller registers?
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Hi All,
I have the N6005 version of this board with quad 2.5Gb using the Intel 226i with UNRaid, no issues, also using 64GB of RAM.
For all intensive purposes it works, but I now have a 8Gb Fibre and I installed 10Gb Fibre but speeds are somewhat slow.
I see that the
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT26448 [ConnectX EN 10GigE, PCIe 2.0 5GT/s] (rev b0)
That tells me that the max I can get due to the limitations of the shared PCI-e bus is 625 MB/s. (I know, new world problems).
But i'd really like to use the full speed of my ISP with this board. Does anyone have any thoughts/ recommendations on how to achieve this?
Many thanks!
I have the N6005 version of this board with quad 2.5Gb using the Intel 226i with UNRaid, no issues, also using 64GB of RAM.
For all intensive purposes it works, but I now have a 8Gb Fibre and I installed 10Gb Fibre but speeds are somewhat slow.
I see that the
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Mellanox Technologies MT26448 [ConnectX EN 10GigE, PCIe 2.0 5GT/s] (rev b0)
That tells me that the max I can get due to the limitations of the shared PCI-e bus is 625 MB/s. (I know, new world problems).
But i'd really like to use the full speed of my ISP with this board. Does anyone have any thoughts/ recommendations on how to achieve this?
Many thanks!
Thanks for the advice.
Do you know if this work?
MCX311A-XCAT - NVIDIA Mellanox
From what I understand even tho this card can perform at X8, so around 7.877GB/s in each direction, however the PCIe slot on the motherboard is 3.0 x1, so only ~1Gbyte/sec, which is fine as I only need a Max of 800MB/s, so in theory it should be ok?