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I have searched this thread and I am still confused but where can I download the files for h310 firmware and instructions so i can see its post to enter the utility if needed

In this image see how there is the download button with the 9mb click on that download button and I think you should be able to use Windows 8 drivers

http://www.driverscape.com/download/lsi-megaraid-sas-9220-8i After 5 seconds of using google, try those out it says works with Windows 10 http://www.driverscape.com/files/raid/LSI_MegaSAS_6.506.xx.zip thats the direct file link

I would go with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101792 the Supermicro AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 its twice as fast as the original one and $28 cheaper

Why yes I am. Lol *sigh* I have a 400CX installed and my spare is a CX430 Odd Model numbering, but thats what I have. Do you have a link to what Gary Said? http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=39486.msg368476#msg368476 http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=42583.msg406073#msg406073 http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=44980.msg429429#msg429429 http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=44472.msg424973#msg424973 That's just from a 2 second search

Are you using one of the corsair CX series power supplies ? Garycase has reported that some people have issues with that model PSU's

Msg sent about CPU and motherboard

Yeah sorry I forgot about the price point.

I would aim for a ITX c224 chipset based asrock board and a xeon e3 cpu for the grunt

I believe this may help you http://lime-technology.com/policies/#keyreplacements

How much for the RAM and are you prepared to ship Int'l to Australia

Yep one reason why I am getting a brand new PSU. I think that my current one is possibly the cause of the system giving up on me. However regardless it's time for me to upgrade and later on I have a use to re use the motherboard and cpu to a relative if it still works I was going to comment on that as well ... but you've clearly already decided to replace it. I would NOT buy a CX series Corsair ... they are not as reliable as the higher-end Corsair units, and I've seen some systems that simply won't boot with them. Corsair PSU's are fine -- I've used a lot of their TX, HX, and AX units -- but their bottom-of-the-line CX series are simply nowhere near the quality of their other units. Yep I am looking at the Corsair ax-760/i. Will that be enough for me to power what I quoted in terms of CPU/ RAM etc and it will be enough to power 20 drives ? As with the new case I am looking at I am hoping to fit that many in there or should I be looking at higher wattage

Yep one reason why I am getting a brand new PSU. I think that my current one is possibly the cause of the system giving up on me. However regardless it's time for me to upgrade and later on I have a use to re use the motherboard and cpu to a relative if it still works

Ok thanks for the answer, after doing some reading it looks like I might go for a full overhaul on this and get a new case and psu. For Ssd I am thinking a 240gb samsung

Ok guys so this morning old faithful decided not to boot properly, I tried different video cards, ram, etc and still no luck. It was an old e6600 cpu, 2gb ram and abit motherboard setup and I have had it running for 4 years nearly and the motherboard was a bit flakely towards the end and I was planning to upgrade after xmas anyway. So now what I have got I listed below is what I am hoping to keep Case - Antec 300 Power supply - Corsair CX-600W HDD Parity - 2TB Segate HDD Storage - 1x 1TB Hitachi, 1x 1TB Seagate, 1x 750GB Seagate, 1x 500GB Western digital and 1x 2TB Seagate NAS drive Flash Drive - ASTONE 512MB USB 2.0 and I am intending to buy the following Motherboard - ASRock C226-WS $283AUD CPU - Xeon E3-1246 v3 $388.11AUD RAM - Kingston KVR13E9/8I Unbuffered ECC (and is on the motherboard Memory QVL) $139AUD x 2 Cooler - Coolermaster Hyper T4 - $35AUD Now that makes the total to $984.11AUD + postage Will KVR16E11/8I the newer modules of the above RAM still work fine in the motherboard ? They go for $91.81AUD each so that makes it $94.38AUD saving. I am wanting to upgrade to the latest version of unRAID with this setup and have containers for the following: - Sickbeard - Couchpotato - SABNZD - VPN of some sort and possibly 2 or 3 others down the line. I am wanting this to be bullet proof and last me for the next 5 years. Also what size SSD should I look at to get for a cache drive ?

Sorry to bump this but KidCastro did you end up being able to work something out with shipito.com or another freight forwarder ?

Hi all. At the moment I have a unRAID server running 4.7 (unregistered upgrading to pro within a month) with the following hardware. Abit AB9-QuadGT 2x 1GB DDR2 667 1 x 2TB Segate (Parity) 1 x 1TB Seagate and 1x 1TB Hitachi (Storage) onboard lan, sata etc Now onto the questions. - If my motherboard fails can I still maintain my unRAID installation if I have my config backed up ? - What part of my flash drive should I be backing up to make sure my config is safe in case of question 1 ? - Does 4.7 support 3TB drives ? - If my parity hard drive dies can I swap it over for another 2TB drive and rebuild the parity from my storage drives ? Thankyou in advance

Ok guys so I managed to get a few parts and am gonna build it up this weekend. This is the final list: CPU - E6600 with stock cooling. Motherboard - Abit AB9 QuadGT. Case - Antec 300. Power supply - Corsair CX-600W HDD cages - Will add a 4 in 3 cage when needed. Video Card - An old S3 Verge PCI thing. RAM - 2x 2GB DDR2 800 HDD Parity - 2TB Seagate HDD Storage - 1x 1TB Hitachi, 1x 1TB Seagate, 1x 750GB Seagate, 1x 500GB Seagate. HDD Controllers - To be decided when needed Flash Drive - ASTONE 512MB USB 2.0 cheers

tried memtest86+ ? Also make sure to try one module at a time in each slot to make sure its not the slots mucking up or one module making the whole thing to crash. Also how many slots have you got populated and what cpu ?

Ok so what card would you recommend for the replacement of the BR10i ? Is the supermicro AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 any good Also what cables are required to connect sata drives to the AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 ?

According to here though http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12767.msg121129#msg121129 as of 5.0beta7 it supports 3TB drives But at the moment and in the future I don't think it will arise as an issue as I will be using 2TB drives or less for storage and a 3TB probably as the parity from the abits sata controller. Does the size of the cache drive matter as I have a few WD 40gigabyte sata's lying around.

Ok guys I am looking at building my first unRAID Server after the new years in Jan or Feb. Now I have some parts already and know what I wanna grab for the rest of it. So please let me know what you think. CPU - E6600 with stock cooling. Motherboard - Abit AB9 QuadGT. Case - Sharkoon T9. Power supply - Corsair TX-650W HDD cages - 3x 4in3 coolermaster things. Video Card - An old S3 Verge PCI thing. RAM - 2x 2GB DDR2 800 HDD Parity - 2TB or 3TB Samsung / Seagate/ Hitachi (Do not like Western Digital drives espcially their greens) HDD Cache - This is where I need help HDD Storage - 1x 1TB Hitachi, 1x 1TB Seagate, 1x 750GB Seagate, 1x 500GB Seagate. HDD Controllers - 2x IBM BR10i Flash Drive - ASTONE 512MB USB 2.0 Ok now items highlighted in green I have already and the ones in orange are the ones I intend to get unless someone can suggest otherwise. My objective for this server is to have it as a media storage for any device in my home network. It will mostly have dvd, bluray, hddvd rips etc, I doubt there will be any large bluray iso rips and the front will be xbmc for most of the devices. And to help me out I am from Australia so any suggestions about newegg etc isn't really that good to me as they refuse to ship to Australia.

I am not 100% sure but it looks like both of them are multy-Rail PSU based on everything I read so far you are better off with a single-Rail PSU. I do see many posters here with multi-rail PSU however and most of them seams to work, so good luck. if you are not set on modular PSU check this one out "http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0358411" it is made by OCZ , my rebate came from them. maybe you can find a good deal on this one as well. Microcenter is currently running a special on this one for 89.99 and the rebate is still good untill 12/4/2011 like I said $70.00 for 760W 80 Silver Plus certified is not bad. a heads up though: #1 it is NOT modular #2 have lots of cables, and cables are very stiff. all cables are sleeved in black mesh and very very stiff. other then that I love this PSU. Since I can't locate that in Australia I might go for the Corsair TX-650

1) In the UK (and maybe to a degree, with deals, the U.S.), the HP Microserver is so cheap that you could buy another one rather than replace any major parts. The whole server doesn't cost much more than a good motherboard and CPU. 2) There's no special RAM required. You can use ECC if you wish, or cheapo generic non-ECC. It's very cheap to upgrade to 5GB or 8GB RAM. 3) Why would you want to upgrade parts? unRAID runs well on ten year old hardware. For most server tasks, the Microserver is fine. I think it's only transcoding is where you need more grunt. 4) How many drives can you fit in the Lian Li case? It's pretty easy to put 6 in the Microserver. Ok with the specials in the UK and the US yes, its cheaper but that is based on a supply basis... you have to rely on knowing that some place has stock and that they have it on special at the time and in Australia thats not the case. But personally I am person who prefers to not rely on specialty power supplies etc. Second I have seen on sites with the N36L in particular that it does require ECC ram, but maybe I might be wrong I am happy to acknowledge that if I am wrong I am wrong. Third point you might want to upgrade to a motherboard that has more sata ports or expansion wise. Fourth point you can fight 6 drives natively (3.5inch) then you can fit whatever will go into the cd rom bay and there is room for a laptop size hdd under the cdrom as well, I am not sure how much further you can modify it as I don't own one myself or know anybody personally that owns one. All aside at the end of the day I want something where I can go out and build it and replace anything and everything in the system that isn't soldered onto the board (onboard sata lan etc).

My opinion is go the DIY route for the following reasons: - It's more expensive to replace parts in a branded system whether it's a laptop or server or desktop. - You don't require ecc or registered ram for the Lian-Li route, where as I believe you do need it for the HP. - You can easily upgrade any parts in the Lian-Li system. - You can fit more HDD's in the lian li with out modifying the case. However I think the one plus of the HP is that it has swappable HDD cages.