cyruspy Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Years ago I purchased a second hand Supermicro server (2U, 12 drives). It came with: Supermicro SAS826TQ Supermicro X7SBE Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0Ghz Kingston 4GB RAM (1) Supermicro SAT2-MV8 (2) 800 watt PSU (redundant) I never used it and was archived. Now, I need a backup NAS (secondary storage) and wanted to make use of that purchase. The thing is, I found it restarts itself randomly (or a couple of minutes after startup), it doesn't matter if it's running the OS, memtest or BIOS. If someone has seen that behaviour and can give me some hints, it would be awesome. If not, I'm pondering my options to refurbish it, given I like the 2U form factor and the 12 hotplug bays. Given the hardware is not that generic, I'm inclined to get another X7SBE (blaming the mobo for the restart). Now, taking a look at the specs, any current motherboard is leaps better but I'm worried about: 1- Non standard PSU 2- Standard MB may not have all the required connector (i2c, SPGIO, etc). Any comments/suggestions? Edited October 27, 2018 by cyruspy Quote Link to comment
tr0910 Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 If you never tested the box when you put it away is hard to know. Might have been DOA. But it sounds like it might be worth your while to pull the mb and check for loose screws and other nasty things that could be causing a short. That and power connections. Those old industrial systems are tough as nails, and don't give up easily. Love em for the purpose you are suggesting. They spend most of their time down, so noise isn't an issue. Sent from my chisel, carved into granite Quote Link to comment
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