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I just added 2 to my cart and updated the promo code. The updated discounted price was then correctly reflected. I then hit submit and the egg told me that the promo code had been closed and was no longer active. This was all in a 1 min time span. Looks like the deal was not intended by them to take place

The crossed wire one is a manufacturing defect according to silverstone. So... I decided to test continuity across the lines per gary's spec link. on the good one ... and ... one of the grounds did not complete it's path through the molded connector all confidence shaken, both returned.

I have an email out to their tech support... I would really doubt they would correct an internal layout issue with the line out. AND.... Another way to go about this... Just build our own from the PSU outwards... cheap and Exact Lengths Needed! Wire: Local Hardware Store Molex Feed Through Cover $0.20 http://www.newark.com/molex/67926-0041/feed-through-cover-sata-idt-receptacle/dp/74M7659 Molex Sata Power Inline 67926-0011 $0.52 http://www.newark.com/molex/67926-0011/sata-connector-receptacle-5pos/dp/63K9266 Or Molex Sata Power Inline Locking 67926-0001 $1.70 http://www.newark.com/molex/67926-0001/receptacle-idt-sata-3-81mm/dp/74M7656 http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/5252.pdf

How many hard drives? 10K, 7K, or 5K platters? Are all the HDs directly connected to the motherboard? If not, PCI or PCIe cards? Do you use the server for anything besides basic file storage? Are you CERTAIN all your other parts are still OK? Budget?

MMMMmm One of these things is not like the other

I used a Scythe Shuriken Rev.B SCSK-110 on a 250 X2 in a very tight HTPC. It was much more quite than the stock cooler

VampyreGTX, I have been parting out my full size chassis HTPC (as a Raspbmc box works great). Given that the unlock trick did not work... If you want to up your CPU speed and double the core count Cheaply... -AMD Athlon II X2 250 Processor AM3 -Scythe Shuriken Rev.B SCSK-110 low profile cooler & fan -Two Samsung MV-2V1G4 1GB DDR2 SDRAM Desktop Memory Module (800MHz PC2-6400) If you want the CPU&Cooler you can have them for $20+shipping. If they do not work (though they should), Ill give you the $20 back. If you want the ram too... just add $10. The only reason I could see wanting the ram too is if you want spare ddr2 set ...sorry... not trying to sidetrack or hijack.... but the parts either find a home (cheaply) or they go in the bin... and these may help you.

A requirement of Eames Lounge Photography is that 1 of 2 body parts must be included. Either the aforementioned unmentionable ... or ... feet. Just be glad I retook the picture after dressing

Joe - First, my many thanks! Second, if a preclear writes all zeroes - why do we do additional preclears without first writing all ones? I understand it can find sectors that are going bad or kick off a failing smart param - but can this not hide write issues? Thanks

To me, it appears that Kira100 is a KVM chip that is used in a number of products, including Supermicro labeled chips: http://www.raritan.de/downloads/datasheets/de/KIRA-100 Worst case - you can pull the Raritan Kira-100 out for a AOC-SIM1U+ ($90 new, $50 used ebay)

I guess Ill need to drink 2 glasses of water to break even. Boy I want some starbucks... BRB.... Water drunk... Now back to starbucks.

Oh No! $7.30/year of wasted electricity due to my beefy psu.

looks nice JumperAlex

The 650 was destined for a build that did not happen - so I had a brand new PSU sitting at home unused. It was either this PSU or an older Enermax Revolution! Originally I had planned on building the server out all recycled equipment. During the first preclear the thrice recyled biostar video died and hence the low power draw build was born... I wanted it to be cool running (or able to take heat), quite, and highly reliable. 3-5 watts waste is something I can certainly live with

I would never place a PC directly on carpet At 100% load, the server will cost ~$45/year to run At idle, the server will cost ~$18/year to run The case is overkill (size wise) - but it matches my main machine. Plus the 140mm fans run silent and both PCs stay cool enough even with the closet doors closed (3/4" gap along the bottom + a large vent on top of the closet). Cheers

Last Update 2017 April 03 Version 6.2 Original Build Spring 2013 System "Name" - tower Case Fractal Design Define R4 CPU Atom D525 - 1.8 Ghz Dual Core with Hyperthreading. 13 Watt. Motherboard- SuperMicro X7SPA-HF-D525 RAM Micron Memory - MEM-DR320L-CL02-SO13 - 2GB DDR3-1333 1Rx8 1.35v (4GB Total) PSU SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold HDD Array 3x 4 TB Seagate ST4000DM (5400rpm) HDD Parity 1 1x 4 TB Seagate ST4000DM (5400rpm) HDD Parity 2 1x 4 TB Seagate ST4000DM (5400rpm) HDD Cache Samsung 850 Pro 250 GB HDD Boot Lexar Firefly 2Gb via Onboard Internal Port UPS APC SMC1500 Smart-UPS FANs 3x 140mm Noctua NF-A14 ULN 2017 April 03 Update SAS Dell Perc H310 flashed to LSI IT mode. HDD Array 1x 4 TB HGST_HDN724040ALE640 (7200rpm) Plugins Powerdown Package Dynamix Cache Dirs Dynamix Active Streams Dynamix System Info Dynamix File Integrity IPMI Support Open Files Recycle Bin Preclear Disks Shell In a Box / Command Line Tool Nerd Tools (for Screen) Notes Sata set to AHCI – Sata Mobile Rack with power button used for Hot Swap Pre-Clears. IPMI / iKVM for Headless Terminal and Remote Management 6.2 Parity testing D525 X7SPA-HF-D525 Reminder that the Atom D525 is a 1.8 Ghz Dual Core with Hyperthreading and a max of 13 Watt with a measly 700 passmark. Write Speed Test Write speed to the Cached Share, all other hardware and test file the same (4 GB ISO File) V5 near 100 MB/s V6.1.9 max of 40 MB/s V2.0 57 MB/s v6.2 Write speeds are still not as fast as v5, however it is nearly 40% quicker than v 6.1.9! The low Cache write speeds have been my biggest complaint with v6, however the benefits far outweigh this obstacle. Parity Check and Build Times Single Disk Parity Check: 10 hours, 4 minutes @ 110 MB/s Dual Disk Parity Build: 17 hours, 46 minutes. CPU at 22-48% use Dual Disk Parity Check: 15 hours, 33 minutes @ 71 MB/s. CPU 2 threads at 100%, 2 threads at 40% ...... Down to 13 hours, 38 minutes with Squid's Modified Tunables tool 2017 April 03 Update Moved all Cache and Data drives to SAS controller. Parity up 14 hours, 45 minutes Added a 4th 4 TB data drive at 7200 rpm... Parity up to 19 hours, 28 minutes Dual Parity check takes nearly 50% longer than single Parity File Read during parity Check One use case of this server is to store Children’s movies as unconverted ISO for playback in the home (mix of DVD and Bluray, all purchased and stored in the crawl). v 6.2 Single Parity – DVDs play with no problem. 1080p files stutter for a few frames every 8 minutes v 6.2 Dual Parity– All movies fail playback after 3-5 seconds. MP3s fail to playback after a few songs. Unable to open RAW image files for editing ... able to play movies with minimal stuttering after running Squid's modified Tunables script 2017 April 03 Update .... after moving all data and cache to SAS controller, all DVDs fail playback within 30 seconds. File Copy during parity Check Note that I do NOT copy files (to the Cache) during parity checks normally, however mover is suspended during parity checks so in theory this should be OK (edit, turns out this is not true) v 6.2 Single Parity – 42 MB/S v 6.2 Dual Parity– 34 MB/s My choices with 6.2 are to choose single parity for read access during parity checks and forgo read access for single parity use, or know the server cannot be used during the monthly check. I think I can live with the kids not having movies and my having to work with a local copy until 4pm on the first day of each month. Write speed performance Boost Cache Drive: Samsung 850 Pro, 256 GB Max copy speed (pre-tweak) is 57 MB/s during idle & 42 MB/s during a parity check AFTER running the Disk Tuneables script The following was all done on my Windows 10 machine Regedit / (DWORD value) systemCurrentControlSet/Services/lanmanworkstation/parameters/ Create the DWORD DisableBandwidthThrottling and set to 1 gpedit.msc / Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Network/QoS Packet Scheduler/Limit reservable bandwidth. Edit, Enable, change 80 to 0 Settings/Updates&Security/Advanced Options/Choose how updates are delivered/Turn OFF deliveries of updates to other computers CMD as administrator (default is 'normal')/ Netsh interface tcp set global autotuning=disabled CMD as administrator (default is 'enabled')/ Netsh interface tcp set global rss=disabled Programs&Features/ uncheck Remote Differential Compression Ethernet Adapter / uncheck IPV6 Ethernet Adapter Properties / Set Speed & Duplex from Autonegotiate to 1.0 GBps Full Duplex (note that I have a managed switch) Disable Unused Network Adapters And the results after rebooting the Windows 10 machine? File copies DURING a dual parity check using TeraCopy are now at 45, and 64 otherwise. File copies DURING a dual parity check using Windows Explorer are now at 78, and 98 otherwise. Speakeasy jumped from 22 down to 37 down.

I am running a Preclear on 4 disks right now (4 TB Seagate STCA4000100) on a X7SPA-HF-D525 mobo. This is pulling 45w on my APC SMC1500. This places my SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold in a very inefficient mode. While a little bit of noise filtration would be nice, I am more interested in the wire management these offer. The SeaSonic comes with 2 Sata cable sets -0 1 with 2 ports and 1 with 4 ports. However, I JUST discovered taht SeaSonic DOES sell the 4 port cables separately and this PSU has room for a bunch of em. At this point, I would be most workied about S80_UK's points: "What I do not like about this product would be the way that the input power connector appears not to have any means of retention, thus introducing a significant measure of unreliability into the system. I would also question whether the SATA power connector (as used for the power input) was ever designed to carry the current for four drives. That's a further reason for possible problems arising after installation."

Thanks again, solution found. I either need a ps2 keyboard and monitor hooked up to the unraid server OR I need to enable headless operation in bios with a ps2 keyboard and monitor hooked up before removing the keyboard and monitor. Also, the web browser / java version is a little flaky. Anyways, despite this one taking way more time to solve than I had hoped, it now works GREAT!!

Thanks Bob - I will try that too

My comment was based on the IPMI Viewer App. When using the Web Gui, clicking the console redirect opens the same Java app as the IPMI Viewer App. Still no Joy. It sounds like my setup has an issue - I will reach out to supermicro tech support and come back if we find the solution. Thanks again

Thanks for the quick response - the IPMI works great using either their tool or a browser - the KVM does not. All I get is a blank/black Terminal with a non responsive cursor when I launch it from the far right IPMI menu tab - no post screens - no unraid terminal - nada. From goggling I found out about the bios changes and needing to add some lines to linux config/ini files... I had hoped that you've already walked down this path.

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...Yes, it does...you can disconnect and reconnect any time. Ford, Given that you have the iKVM working, care to share the steps needed to do so over here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=27927.0 I would greatly appreciate it!

A number of Supermicro boards support IPMI View and iKVM over Lan. I recently acquired just such a board - X7SPA-HF-D525 - this will be a guide on what & how to enable the function. IPMI View allows one to monitor sensors, reboot, power down, etc remotely. • IPMI View may be downloaded from ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/utility/IPMIView/ • Versions are available for Windows, Linux, Java Runtime Environment • Once installed you can use the View in the applet • This works out of the box with no additional configuration • You can instead just point your web browser to your supermicro board's ip address and the system will download a java applet directly! iKVM provides a virtual terminal • you need not have any keyboard or mouse hooked up to the local machine. It even supports up to 6 terminals (ALT+F1-F6) just like the native Unraid terminal. • This allows a user to disconnect their KVM session (via windows, linux, etc) and shut down the windows machine while a process, such as a PreClear, finishes just as if they had access the terminal directly. • iKVM also allows someone to access bios, mount virtual optical disks, etc! • This is a subset/function of the IPMI Viewer - accessible from both the Viewer or Web browser. (Remote Control / Console Redirection / Launch Console) • iKVM, I have found, requires some additional setup to get working. You either need to have a PS2 Keyboard and monitor hooked up to the unraid machine, or you need to go into bios, enable headless operation using a local keyboard and mouse. Once enabled you may shut down the machine, remove the keyboard and monitor, then restart the machine. This works GREAT! **** If you Google IPMI KVM screen blank with non responsive cursor (or some variation of this) you will find 2 things THAT DO NOT apply and 1 that does. 1 **** 2 bios options need to be made (not headless) enable serial console redirection enable "console redirection (C.R.) after BIOS POST" This function is to allow the console to be passed through the serial port. This may be useful in some datacenter, but we are interested in IPMI with iKVM (over Lan1) 2**** scripting must be made somewhere in linux **In /etc/grub.conf, add this to the end of one of the kernel lines: serial console=ttyS1,19200n8 **Add this to the end of /etc/inittab: s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty ttyS1 19200 **And add "ttyS1" to the end of /etc/securetty Guess what, none of these are needed! 3**** Java version issues. Ok, this one is a problem. With IPMI 2.66 and java 7.21 (both 64 and 32 bit under windows 7), the 32 bit version of chrome and internet explorer KVM work fine. Firefox does not. Only the 64 bit version of chrome works. the IPMI Viewer still works fine on all of these, just not KVM (Remote Control / Console Redirection / Launch Console). I am really not certain why this is, as the KVM is launched in an independent applet / window. Oh well, when it works, it works GREAT!

Silverstone Tek Four-in-One SATA Power Connectors with Power Stabilizing Capacitors (CP06) $11 http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-Connectors-Stabilizing-CP06/dp/B005DD28XG/ref=pd_ys_sf_s_172282_a1_2_p Includes two 2200?F capacitors for stabilizing +12V and +5V voltages Compatible with most cases with 43mm gap between each SATA connectors My Understanding is that one should only use a single power cable for up to 4 Hard Drives (I believe I read this on a Norco Site at one point). However, most PSU cables that I have used have far too much slack between cables. Some of the cords have 4 connectors, others have a lesser amount. This looks like a cheap way to manage the power connectors for those of us not using backplates. Anyone have any experience using these? Are the line stabilizing caps just a gimmick? Cheers