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More information after contacting the supermicro support: It is an OEM board with the name: X9SCM-F-SM005 internal name at supermicro: MBD-X9SCM-F-SM005-B but i do not know, who did manufacture this and who to contact to get the bios password.

Hello, i tried this morning after leaving the bios battery out while no cable of the PSU was connected for a whole 8 hours and still getting promted a bios password screen. :confused: Maybe, ive done something wrong in the update process of this board as i have updated the IPMI firmware to...

Ok, if this is the case, i will try to short it again (or leave the battery out for a much longer time). Thanks in advance.

Hello, ive bought a used Supermicro X9SCM-F and need to update the bios to use an Ivy-Bridge CPU. I got an older Sandy-Bridge Celeron to do the actual bios update, but i have problems to get to do that. The Bios is secured by a password. No matter what i did, i can't reset the bios to...

Id say youre right if i don't need any more drives. But right now, i am buying 1 every 2 months.

I have been using my HP sas expander for a while now and always thought something was wrong with it, maybe it is just not possible: I am using: -m1015 flashed to 9211-IR mode -windows server 2008 r2 -HP sas expander 2.06 -22 * 2 TB Sata 2 disks I have connected my m1015 with the expander by...

I am still using my SASUC8i. I managed to spin my drives down by using a tool called HDDScan, which tells the drives to spindown by themselve. Anyway. After searching for this topic i found this thread...

I need one as a system drive for my server to get good speeds. Using an old 1 tb slow 3,5" HDD.

Spinup is a good feature, but i can't find any information about spindown in the manual. :confused:

Areca just released the new 6g HBAs. Their website is not clear about spindown for sata drives. http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sasnoneraid6g.htm I don't want to pay for Raid features which i will never use...

Ive been searching informations about the arc-1320 but coudln't find anything about it. After looking at the website, i just tried to change the adress and found this: http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sasnoneraid6g.htm This HBA looks promissing but i am not sure if it supports spin down. At...

Is that Spindown in JBOD mode or RAID?

Still searching for a Controller. I think the Areca 1680 should do the job but is actualy pretty expensive. Does anyone know something about the cheaper LSI cards? Do they support spin-down in IT-mode?

I am still searching one Controller that suits my needs. If you guys know anything, please tell me about it.

Hello, i am using an Intel SASUC8i right now with 8 Sata HDDs connected with IT Firmware. The card does not support HDD-Spin down or staggered spin-up with SATA drives. To change that, i am searching a SAS Controller, which offers the following: -HP-SAS Expander compatible -Sata spin...