April 9, 201214 yr Howdy Folks, I’m looking at building my 2nd unRAID server and I was looking for a little advice please (ie will the below specs support the constraints WOL and 3+TB drives) My desired specs are detailed below, but I have three major constraints: • Wake on LAN (WOL) must work – as I can’t afford to keep the box running 24x7. • 3+TB drive support (I’m aware that is currently only in unRAID Beta) • lotsa drives (20+). All 3 or 4TB (low power if available). The other constraint is that it must be able to run Plex (transcoding) duties to my various iOS (iPad/iPhone/Apple TV) - hence the slightly stronger CPU than normal. CASE NORCO RPC-4224 4U http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/149123/CASINGS_SERVER_-_4U/Norco/RPC-4224.asp I have 3 other NASes already… including 1 x 12 drive Unraid 4.7 box. I’d like to retire some of those :-) Motherboard SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCM-F-O LGA 1155 Intel C204 Micro ATX Intel Xeon E3 Server Motherboard The only problem is that I can’t seem to source this anywhere in Australia. The only store that I could find was this http://www.techbuy.com.au/product.asp?prodId=183478&catId=MOTHERBOARD&parentId=MOTHERBOARD_INTEL_SOCKET_1155 and it’s no longer available. If anyone knows of somewhere within Australia please share :- ) I do like the IPMI … especially as the servers are located in a different room. CPU Intel Xeon E3-1230 Sandy Bridge 3.2GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/171737/CPU_INTEL_XEON_%28SOCKET_LGA_1155%29/Intel/BX80623E31230.asp I’d like to do some transcoding and running Plex so running a more powerful CPU is what I want. Drive Controller LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 RAID Controller Card, Single http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/172633/HARD_DISK_CONTROLLERS_SERIAL_ATTACHED_SCSI_%28SAS%29_C/LSI_Logic/HBA-9211-8i-SGL.asp This link http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12404.msg171546#msg171546 says that it should work. But I haven’t seen anything mentioned about it’s Wake On Lan (WOL) compatabilty. This http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/Host%20Bus%20Adapters/Host%20Bus%20Adapters%20Common%20Files/LSI_6Gb_SAS+SATA_HBA_Compatibility_List.pdf says that it supports 3TB drives (which *should* mean that 4TB drives are supported also). I was considering the SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS RAID Controller but that had issues coming out of sleep (ie prevented the system to awake fully from WOL) as described here http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=17762.msg159879#msg159879 RAM Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/184050/MEMORY_ECC_DDR-3_RAM/Kingston/KVR1333D3E9SK2_8GI.asp Power Supply Corsair 750W Enthusiast Series Modular TX750M - ATX 12V v2.31, EPS 2.92, 140mm Fan, Modular Cables, 80PLUS Bronze Certified http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/178860/Corsair/CP-9020003-AU/details.asp Cables NORCO C-SFF8087-4S Discrete to SFF-8087 (Reverse breakout) http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/125971/CABLES_DRIVE_-_SATA/Norco/C-SFF8087-4S.asp My only real concern appears to be will it support Wake on LAN (WOL)? Properly …no just going to sleep and not coming back out again??? The 3TB+ seems to be covered in the controller support compatibility document and the latest BETA of unRAID. I will be purchasing them slowly (at least until the price comes down to something more reasonable). Is there anything else that I should consider? Something I’ve forgotten or overlooked? Thanks for “listening” :- )
April 9, 201214 yr Hey, I'm a fellow Aussie and ended up getting the X9SCM-F-O and 16Gb of the same RAM from superbiiz.com - they ship internationally and as the parts themselves are much cheaper than anything locally (also save a few bucks as our dollar is stronger) it will work out about the same. They only accept direct debit though, unless you use some sort of mail forwarder. For controllers, perhaps look at the IBM Serveraid M1015's, though I can't comment on their WOL compatibility. In saying that, they feature in a stack of IBM servers that all market their WOL ability. There's a few on ebay (link below). The guy I used will ship them with the full height PCI bracket and one set of SAS to SATA breakout cables ($10 extra for a second set, just ask for an invoice rather than paying straight up.) He will also preflash them so you don't have to. Shipped for $20, and if you order 2 (like I did) it's still $20. Not a bad deal. He also has a long history of selling these. If you do look into other options for the M1015's, note that often they don't come with any extras, i.e. no PCI bracket and no breakout cables. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IBM-ServeRAID-M1015-LSI9220-8i-46M0861-Bracket-and-SFF8087-4SATA-cable-/200739872127?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ebd075d7f#ht_855wt_1396 Re: the case, I was interested in the Norco 4224 as well - Techbuy are indeed the only resellers down here (official reseller according to norcotek.com), however they don't really have a warehouse to speak of, so I'm guessing when you order, it's probably shipped from overseas anyway. My only real concern with the 4224's was the few mentions in these forums about faulty SATA backplanes - I'd take the gamble if I lived Stateside, but dealing with RMA'ing something like that from here in Aus could be quite painful! Lastly, if your intent is to stick with the 4224 and use a HBA, you'll need some SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables to hook it all up. If using the 1015's, the 0.5m standard ones are too short. Everything local seems to be ridiculously priced for these ($30 and up, and nowhere has stock 0_o), but there are Chinese ebay vendors that sell them for $10 with postage included. Otherwise, monoprice over in the US also ship here to Aus and a few forum users have used them. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1m-10Gbp-SFF-8087-Mini-SAS-36-Pin-Mini-SAS-36P-Cable-/280708846267?pt=AU_Components&hash=item415b8d12bb#ht_2239wt_1163 The reverse breakout cable you have listed above is typically used for connecting from multiple motherboard SATA ports to the Norco's backplane. Cheers BQ
April 9, 201214 yr I'd recommend a less powerful CPU (my twin core AMD CPU will transcode a 20Gb 1080p video no problem) instead of putting the server to sleep to save power. It's far more convenient to have the server on 24/7, and the CPU idle states plus hard drive spin-down mean really low power usage. I've also found Plex will not work well with sleep state. A custom script before/after sleep to shut-down and start-up Plex would fix that I guess.
April 10, 201214 yr Hey Fellow Aussies, I go to the States often, have a US mailing address so you could send stuff there and I can bring stuff back for beer money if you like, PM me and we can discuss, Cheers
April 10, 201214 yr Author Hey, I'm a fellow Aussie and ended up getting the X9SCM-F-O and 16Gb of the same RAM from superbiiz.com - they ship internationally and as the parts themselves are much cheaper than anything locally (also save a few bucks as our dollar is stronger) it will work out about the same. They only accept direct debit though, unless you use some sort of mail forwarder. For controllers, perhaps look at the IBM Serveraid M1015's, though I can't comment on their WOL compatibility. In saying that, they feature in a stack of IBM servers that all market their WOL ability. There's a few on ebay (link below). The guy I used will ship them with the full height PCI bracket and one set of SAS to SATA breakout cables ($10 extra for a second set, just ask for an invoice rather than paying straight up.) He will also preflash them so you don't have to. Shipped for $20, and if you order 2 (like I did) it's still $20. Not a bad deal. He also has a long history of selling these. If you do look into other options for the M1015's, note that often they don't come with any extras, i.e. no PCI bracket and no breakout cables. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IBM-ServeRAID-M1015-LSI9220-8i-46M0861-Bracket-and-SFF8087-4SATA-cable-/200739872127?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ebd075d7f#ht_855wt_1396 Lastly, if your intent is to stick with the 4224 and use a HBA, you'll need some SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables to hook it all up. If using the 1015's, the 0.5m standard ones are too short. Everything local seems to be ridiculously priced for these ($30 and up, and nowhere has stock 0_o), but there are Chinese ebay vendors that sell them for $10 with postage included. Otherwise, monoprice over in the US also ship here to Aus and a few forum users have used them. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1m-10Gbp-SFF-8087-Mini-SAS-36-Pin-Mini-SAS-36P-Cable-/280708846267?pt=AU_Components&hash=item415b8d12bb#ht_2239wt_1163 The reverse breakout cable you have listed above is typically used for connecting from multiple motherboard SATA ports to the Norco's backplane. Cheers BQ Thanks very much for all that :- ) I just checked superbiz here http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X9SCM-F and they are out of stock also :-( I haven't really used SAS before so I was largely basing my spec upon Goliath http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12822.0 and I obviously got the wrong bits from there. It was the only ones that I could find on techbuy from Norco (I had assumed they would sell all the bits required to assemble a server from Norco). I did read the article about forward and reverse SAS and SATA cables on the forum ...obviously not properly ;- ) It did feel wrong to me ... but as I said i was assuming techbuy would sell ALL the bits necessary to make it work. Oooops. Perhaps some more (purchasing) research is in order :- ) I'd recommend a less powerful CPU (my twin core AMD CPU will transcode a 20Gb 1080p video no problem) instead of putting the server to sleep to save power. It's far more convenient to have the server on 24/7, and the CPU idle states plus hard drive spin-down mean really low power usage. I've also found Plex will not work well with sleep state. A custom script before/after sleep to shut-down and start-up Plex would fix that I guess. I hadn't considered that plex would have issues sleeping and waking ... my current unRAID (4.7) box wakes from sleep to usable in seconds (at least for the ping ... and not much longer for the SMB content). Admittedly my current unRAID is nothing more than a fileserver (stock install only unMenu). Not certain about the weaker CPU option ... I have plenty of NASs with poor CPUs (QNAP 859, Thecus 7700+) and my existing unRAID server ... I'd use any of those for the transcoding if they were strong enough but they use rubbish Atom or ancient Celerons. I'd really like to not have the server running 24/7 as my power bills are already quite high ($400-$500) for two people in a small unit and I have everything on the power save switches (turn things off if "master" appliance is off ... or timeout) - I had a bit of "sticker" shock a year or so ago with my electric bill and that was before they put up the prices here in Aus - hence all the timers etc. I also have the need to spin up a VM and I'd prefer not to have to do that on my laptop ... this server would have been ideal for that. The alternative is a more powerful always on PC (currently an old Mac Mini C2D - which looks poor and stutters with 1080p content on my iPad) ... I've been itching for the server variant ... and I could transcode to my hearts content with that and serve all my content. Thanks again for all your feedback everyone Muchly appreciated belorion
April 10, 201214 yr https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X9SCMFB is the same board, just the bulk (OEM, not retail box) version.
April 10, 201214 yr Author https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X9SCMFB is the same board, just the bulk (OEM, not retail box) version. Ordered the motherboard, cables and LSI card :- ) https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-X9SCMFB https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=CBLSFF10M https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=LSI92118IS I also found this https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=LSI92118IK which was more expensive "kit" but I couldn't see any reason to buy it for an extra $60 USD Thanks muchly Just have to do the wire transfer.
April 11, 201214 yr Author I'd recommend a less powerful CPU (my twin core AMD CPU will transcode a 20Gb 1080p video no problem) instead of putting the server to sleep to save power. It's far more convenient to have the server on 24/7, and the CPU idle states plus hard drive spin-down mean really low power usage. I've also found Plex will not work well with sleep state. A custom script before/after sleep to shut-down and start-up Plex would fix that I guess. I just found this link http://blog.famzah.net/tag/intel-xeon-e3-1230/ on power consumption for the E3-1230 Xeon Seems quite nice to me :- ) Here is the server configuration: Case: Supermicro CSE-512L-260, 260W single PSU Motherboard: Supermicro X9SCM-F CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 @ 3.20GHz (4 cores, 8 threads) RAM: 16 GB DDR3-1333 ECC HDD: 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM SATA BIOS settings are set up for optimal power savings without compromising performance. FAN control is enabled too. Room temperature is 21 degrees Celsius. Power usage with different server utilization scenarios follows: 7W — power off; idle consumation, the IPMI is alive 39W — power on; Linux OS is idle IPMI sensor readings: cooling FAN works with 1755 RPM — relatively quiet; CPU temperature is Low 45W to 60W — power on; moderate Linux OS usage load average: 1.53; installing 200 new packets via “apt-get” IPMI sensor readings: cooling FAN works with 1755 RPM — relatively quiet; CPU temperature is Low 130W — power on; full stress by “stress –cpu 16 –io 8 –vm 8 –vm-bytes 1780M –hdd 4? load average: 36.00; I/O load: 100%, mostly write; CPUs busy @ 100%, 70% user, 30% system, all CPU cores are utilized RAM: about 95% used, 30% cached; network load: 22 Mbit/s constant SSH transfer IPMI sensor readings: cooling FAN works with 3100 RPM — much noisy; CPU temperature is Medium To put that into context ... My mac mini uses 11-13 watts idling, up to 30W when watching 1080p content. My QNAP uses about 85W idling and closer to 100W when copying files (8x 2TB hitachi drives). So I'm quite happy with that (I realise that if I have all bays filled - ie 20+ drives the power consumption will be much higher ... even when they are spun down) .. .but it's starting out at a reasonable level :- )
April 12, 201214 yr Yeah part of my goal with this little project was to achieve better power consumption, and I'll definitely be doing that! Getting rid of a Dell tower server (which was an electricity guzzler) and several different desktops/old gaming rigs that I used for my home lab. Also, have changed my tune re: the Norco cases and Techbuy. After reading this mammoth thread: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=897770 It seems that Techbuy's after sales support etc is pretty good (especially where faulty backplanes are concerned) - and as it turns out, since they are the sole distributor, they keep a fair amount of Norco stock on hand. In any case, long story short - the case I was going to do the build in (Xigmatek Elysium) won't be available until May 8. There's none in the country, I've looked everywhere! So... I managed to get the minister of finance to approve the extra expenditure, and ordered the Norco kit from Techbuy yesterday. It looks like it's going to be shipped out today, and the freight is fairly reasonable at $35 from their warehouse in Sydney to Melbourne CBD. (See attached image.) I ordered the following: 4224 Reverse breakout cable x1 in case I need to use the onboard SATA ports for one set of 4 drives Ball bearing rails for rack mounting (not the other friction ones!) 120mm fan bracket (will look at options here, I'm not sure the Noctua's are the right way to go with the ambient temps in my house getting pretty extreme over summer. Might try and find some fans that push more air but still remain fairly quiet.) We do get ripped off a bit with the cables/rails etc, but the case isn't too much more than from Norco direct, and definitely cheaper than shipping from them! It's good to have the relative peace of mind given from a local reseller if I do need to RMA anything too. Also ordered 6x 1m 8087 cables from monoprice, along with that PCIe x1 USB card that someone else mentioned somewhere on these boards, so I can pass that through to Unraid properly for my UPS. Time to change my build thread yet again lol.
April 17, 201214 yr Author I spoke too soon ... wasn't able to go through SuperBiiz as the payment details provided for their wire-transfer were insufficient for my bank to uniquely identify them :-( I contacted support a week ago and I still have not heard back from them. So they lost a sale. I ended up going through a USA remailer and newegg for the motherboard etc and techbuy.com.au for the rest of the stuff. Now the waiting game begins :-)
April 19, 201214 yr ...going through a USA remailer and newegg for the motherboard etc and techbuy.com.au for the rest of the stuff I tried buying from newegg before and they wouldn't accept foreign credit cards ( order went through and was later declined ). ComGateway did have a "buy for me" service but they charge a 10% fee.
April 19, 201214 yr I don't think the LSI controllers are supported by 5.0b14, but are supported by 5.0b12. Just something you'll need to be aware of when installing.
May 3, 201214 yr Author My parts are *finally* all here :- ) Only problem ... I didn't realise that I needed a different bracket for the larger fans. Ooops. So I've ordered this Norco 120mm Fan Wall Bracket http://www.techbuy.com.au/p/152644/CASINGS_SERVER_-_ACCESSORIES/Norco/120mmfanbracket.asp I also have the LSI 9211-8i cards which apparently have issues with the latest RC ... guess I have to wait a little longer for the kernel to get a little more *shiny* :- )
May 3, 201214 yr Author 12 or 12a are fine. also, RC2 seems to have fixed the LSI issues.. Thanks for that :- ) I thought that I was going to have to wait :-(
May 20, 201214 yr Author I actually spoke too soon ... I have the wrong direction for the SAS-SATA cables (ooops) and I have been waiting for weeks to get it from techbuy. Now I have all the parts ... and I have not even been able to get the system to post. Very frustrating. I assembled everything ... motherboard ...cpu .. cpu cooler ... RAM ... SAS card ... power supply. Connected it all up (minus the new fancy fans - as I wanted to see it all post before I got too excited). Plugged in MS USB keyboard and mouse to the rear of the case. The *only* thing that happens. CPU fans spins for a few seconds then stops. The green power LED is on (on the motherboard) and the one near the LAN port (IPMI I think) is flashing green. That's it. No beeps. Nothing showing up on the VGA display (just no signal). Ok ... my first thought is dodgy power-supply ... (it always is). So I disconnected everything except the CPU, RAM and fans ... same result. Hmmmm. Removed CPU Cooler, removed CPU. Reseated CPU. Replaced cooler. No change. I bought a new power-supply Corsair HX - 750. Removed old power supply. Installed new one. Plugged in the two motherboard power cables and the CPU Fan. That's it (well keyboard and mouse also). Power on ... CPU Fan spins for a few seconds .. then stops ... few seconds later ... starts ... then stops ... No VGA signal. No beeps. Nothing. Removed RAM ... Same above. All this time the only front case switches that I have connected are the POWER and RESET SW. There is (apparently) an internal speaker (haven't heard it make any noises yet). Can anyone suggest ideas that I can use to help me diagnose (or preferably) resolve this issue? This is my first Xeon board so I don't have anything else that I can test either the RAM, CPU or motherboard with. thanks belorion
May 20, 201214 yr Hard to say, but sounds like it could be a faulty mb Just to check, you have plugged in 8pin power on your motherboard as well as the primary 24 pin power? (or if your PS has 2x 4pins, then both).
May 20, 201214 yr I actually spoke too soon ... I have the wrong direction for the SAS-SATA cables (ooops) and I have been waiting for weeks to get it from techbuy. Now I have all the parts ... and I have not even been able to get the system to post. Very frustrating. I assembled everything ... motherboard ...cpu .. cpu cooler ... RAM ... SAS card ... power supply. Connected it all up (minus the new fancy fans - as I wanted to see it all post before I got too excited). Plugged in MS USB keyboard and mouse to the rear of the case. The *only* thing that happens. CPU fans spins for a few seconds then stops. The green power LED is on (on the motherboard) and the one near the LAN port (IPMI I think) is flashing green. That's it. No beeps. Nothing showing up on the VGA display (just no signal). Ok ... my first thought is dodgy power-supply ... (it always is). So I disconnected everything except the CPU, RAM and fans ... same result. Hmmmm. Removed CPU Cooler, removed CPU. Reseated CPU. Replaced cooler. No change. I bought a new power-supply Corsair HX - 750. Removed old power supply. Installed new one. Plugged in the two motherboard power cables and the CPU Fan. That's it (well keyboard and mouse also). Power on ... CPU Fan spins for a few seconds .. then stops ... few seconds later ... starts ... then stops ... No VGA signal. No beeps. Nothing. Removed RAM ... Same above. All this time the only front case switches that I have connected are the POWER and RESET SW. There is (apparently) an internal speaker (haven't heard it make any noises yet). Can anyone suggest ideas that I can use to help me diagnose (or preferably) resolve this issue? This is my first Xeon board so I don't have anything else that I can test either the RAM, CPU or motherboard with. thanks belorion Thats a real PITA. alost the same happened to me. My motherboard wouldn't post or boot too and had to RMA it. You can try this: Switch of power supply, disconnect power cord too. Remove all memory. First try to clear BIOS. Plug in power cord and switch on power supply. When green LED is on and other is flashing just wait a few minutes. Then switch it on with front panel switch. If all is ok then the fans start, if not then its 95% sure its RMA-time for motherboard. You can try other CPU, the Intel G440 is the cheapest that will work. But CPU is almost never the problem. If fans start then after about 15-30 seconds you should hear several beeps indicating memory error if you removed all sticks. Try to contact Supermicro RMA.
May 20, 201214 yr Author Hard to say, but sounds like it could be a faulty mb Just to check, you have plugged in 8pin power on your motherboard as well as the primary 24 pin power? (or if your PS has 2x 4pins, then both). Yes I had both of the power cables connected. No PEBKAC here (on that front at least).
May 20, 201214 yr I had the same problem with this MoBo - it was my PSU. I started with a dead system like you, then after a bunch of fiddling I got the fans to start up, but then shut down again really quickly. The board requires an SSI compliant PSU. I ended up getting a seasonic, and everything has been perfect since. Your original post said a TX series - and I believe they are SSI compliant, but I'm not 100% sure - same for the HX. Anyway - may be totally useless, but it may also be worth going to your local B&M store and getting a top of the line PSU (of a different brand), plugging it in and seeing if it solves the problem. If so, order a SeaSoinic and return the locally bought one, and if not, you can cross this off the list as potential problems. Good luck my friend - this was a very frustrating problem for me. My thread for reference: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=14872.0
May 20, 201214 yr Author Thats a real PITA. alost the same happened to me. My motherboard wouldn't post or boot too and had to RMA it. You can try this: Switch of power supply, disconnect power cord too. Remove all memory. First try to clear BIOS. Plug in power cord and switch on power supply. When green LED is on and other is flashing just wait a few minutes. Then switch it on with front panel switch. If all is ok then the fans start, if not then its 95% sure its RMA-time for motherboard. You can try other CPU, the Intel G440 is the cheapest that will work. But CPU is almost never the problem. If fans start then after about 15-30 seconds you should hear several beeps indicating memory error if you removed all sticks. Try to contact Supermicro RMA. Tried that ... same result as before :- ( Thanks for the suggestion though :- )
May 20, 201214 yr Those Corsair PSUs should be fine, both the TX and HX, they could well be Seasonic OEM's
May 20, 201214 yr make sure no CPU pins are bent in the socket. Boot it with no ram or cpu. see if you get any beep codes. if you leave the PSU plugged in, do you start getting an IPMI heartbeat LED after a min or so? As stated, the TX should be fine to use. assuming it is not dead.. can you swap out the PSU with another one?
May 20, 201214 yr Author make sure no CPU pins are bent in the socket. Boot it with no ram or cpu. see if you get any beep codes. if you leave the PSU plugged in, do you start getting an IPMI heartbeat LED after a min or so? As stated, the TX should be fine to use. assuming it is not dead.. can you swap out the PSU with another one? It's late here in Melborne so I'll try the suggestions tomorrow before work. However ... To answer your question on flashing light ... Yes I do get the flashing led near the LAN port (I think that's the ipmi - don't have manual in front of me) in addition to the always on led on the opposite corner. I haven't tried plugging in a LAN cable (to any of the ports yet). I will try that. What should I expect? I suppose a crossover cable will be necessary as I don't know the iP ...not much experience with server boards ...only played with already setup HP (ILO) boxes. Haven't tried without anything plugged in (CPU, ram add in cards etc). I have only the two corsair power supplies - tx (v1) 750 and the HX 750. I can try either ... Currently the hx is connected. I'll look for bent pins on the CPU to tomorrow. @dikkiedirk - haven't contacted supermicro for rma as I bought it from newegg ... Will try them after I've tried all the suggestions here. Thanks everyone for your suggestions :-)
May 20, 201214 yr I am running a TX 750 v1 on one of mine. no issues. the HX is just a modular TX, so it should be fine. it sounds like the IPMI is live. you could also try only 1 stick of ram in a single slot. if that fails. try another slot, if that fails, try another stick. it should beep if you have no ram. (also doublecheck all ram is seated fully) also. you have to let the board sit a min once you plug it in for the ipmi to boot up. i dont think thats the problem though. you could try plugging the lan into the ipmi port. then use the ipmi software to find the IP. or use your router/dhcp server to see what address the ipmi took. then try using a web browser to see if ipmi is up. I have not seen any of these go bad, now that is 2 in a week posted here (both in ausieland?). then again i guess the thousands that work, people dont post about... (I have hundred of these at work now. only one had an issue. the tech dropped the cpu into the socket and bent some pins) PS try and make sure your grounded when working on the mobo.. wrist strap or boot straps..
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