You don’t need an IO shield, I run almost all of my builds without it.
I cut mine off the server chassis and glued it onto the new. Pointless, monster ghetto, but i like it.
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So I got all the parts. Of course, idiot that I am, I didn’t plug the server build in and check it before taking it apart and transplanting into the tower. . .
Double unfortunately, my monitor doesn’t have a VGA port, so now I can’t plug it in and check what’s going on. When I switch it on, the motherboard powers up, gives me two short beeps, and then after a few seconds, a continuous, lower tone beep that doesn’t stop. Without display, I have no idea what’s going on. The internet suggests the beep might just be a warning for any number of things that can be configured in the BIOS.
I’ve bought a VGA adapter now. Coming in two days. So, so annoyed at myself for not checking the server before ripping apart. Here’s hoping it’s just a warning and nothing’s actually busted or shorted.
I’ve double and triple checked the cables and connections, so don’t think it’s any of that. Either I shorted something or it’s just a warning tone. Sigh.
I don’t believe the vga adapter is going to work. I didn’t test it, but read you need a true vga monitor. I was lucky enough to have a monitor with all 3.
speaking of shields, I also couldn’t mount the back plate for the arctic 34 on the motherboard because there isn’t enough space in the N400 case to stick it on. Guessing it’s not a huge deal, since I was able to mount the cooler anyway. Anything to be aware of as a potential consequence of not having the back plate?
Edit: Turns out, there’s already a backplate mounted on the board. Phew! RELIEF.
The adapter worked! I have video and I didn’t fuck anything up! The annoying beep went away when I turned off the BMC alert, which I gather is because it’s not running in a rack with 8 fans.
Time to do things that this forum doesn’t approve of and install Ubuntu to manage data with ZFS and mergerfs so that I can stream stuff to watch over WiFi (pls don’t kick me out)!
I got combo 1 and the groupbuy array deal from bitdeals - I left everything in the big chassis for now and cannot seem to get either additional lsi card(9211-4i/8i) to work. Are they not compatible? They aren’t even recognized in the bios. Had no problem flashing the onboard controller though.
I tried multiple slots, tried disabling the onboard controller, and even tried on my desktop and got nothing. I can see the cr12 led is green when I boot, but I’m out of ideas. I doubt I received two bad cards.
Hey guys!
I do have a combo 4.1 units and I was able to get my hands on a Hp290 when it was cheap!
Wondering if it makes sense to add a GPU to my Unraid and move Plex on there as well?
I never get more than 8 simultaneous transcoder so I can get away with a used GPU for $150ish!
- Will I be saving any power consumption?
- Will I see upgrade in performance or that doesn’t matter?
Thanks guys
My combo:
I bought one of the 1U combos and got flashed IT mode, then got UnRAID up and running, but getting the motherboard to consistently boot from the USB stick was impossible. I futzed around in the BIOS extensively but never could make it happen. I eventually accidentally bricked the BIOS by trying to ‘restore default settings’.
I am considering getting another Tyan motherboard, because I want to keep using the 1U case.
The 1st motherboard consistently displayed the error:
BMC is no responding !! Please press ESC key to skip!!
Is that typical? If I order another Tyan motherboard are the same problems likely to occur? I asked the Ebay seller these questions and they wouldn’t provide a clear answer.
I had no problems with the Tyan Mobo at all. I’m booting from USB regularly and it works every time. You’re using the internal USB ports right?
any help here!?
Yes. It worked fine for IT mode flashing, then worked intermittently for UnRAID.
Do you get the BMC error at boot?
What are you looking for help on?
I do have a combo 4.1 units and I was able to get my hands on a Hp290 when it was cheap!
Wondering if it makes sense to add a GPU to my Unraid and move Plex on there as well?
I never get more than 8 simultaneous transcoder so I can get away with a used GPU for $150ish!
- Will I be saving any power consumption?
- Will I see upgrade in performance or that doesn’t matter?
If you already have an HP290 there is zero reason to get a GPU and move Plex onto your unraid server. Hardware transcoding using QuickSync on the HP will give you better results than using a GPU, and it’s going to be more a little more power efficient as well. The only reason to add a GPU to your unraid box now is if you’re going to add a gaming VM.
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Whatever happened to this? Do you ever figure out what was going on?
Yes! See: [Guide] NAS Killer 4.1 supplemental + deals - #195 by RohitK
It was a warning that went away after changing the setting in the BIOS.
Hi everyone,
I started this build after receiving the Chenbro NR12000 1U 1x 8m QUAD CORE E3-1240 3.3GHz 16GB RAM NO HDD and the disks from 3TB SAS disks that were in group buy.
I thought those 10 disks would perfectly fit into this server, But, I figured out that I cannot connect those SAS2 disk directly to the Chenbro server. So, as mentioned above in the post, I went ahead and bought 3 of these. They arrived today and now I see that I still cannot connect the disks because the motherboard doesn’t take the Mini SAS 36 SFF-8087. So, what would be a better move going forward?
- Should I just buy regular SATA disks and buy a server that takes these SAS2 disks later?
- Or should I buy a SAS2 to SATA connectors like these
I would really appreciate any suggestions/help. I’m a software person dipping my toes in the hardware land so really don’t have much idea about the connectors.
Thanks.
The motherboard inside the Chenbro case is a Tyan S5512 which doesn’t use SAS SFF-8087 ports to connect the SAS hard drives to the motherboard but instead uses SATA ports. So I believe that the cables that you have already bought should be what you need.
Since all the drive connector ports on the motherboard are SATA you should make sure that you are connecting your drives to the correct ports for the type of drive it is. There are 2 groups of drive ports on the motherboard.
- The first group has 6 SATA ports (4 black & 2 blue) which are used for connecting SATA drives.
- The second group has 8 SATA ports (all black) which are used for connecting SAS drives (but can be used for SATA drives also).
I hope that helps.