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Recent content by freshfeesh

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    Video card induced noise interference

    I had a low level hiss/crackle for a long time, suspected bad/cheap parts. Turned out to be a mic mixed into the sound output in the windows sound control panel. I muted the mic in the sound mixer -> problem solved. It doesn't look like you have one of those webcam/mic monitors, such that...
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    Supermicro X10SAE - Xeon Haswell, C226, ATX manual:

    It's a C1. Ordered from Newegg on 10/23. Even though I bought in October, and the latest BIOS has a release date in August, the BIOS that shipped on the board was dated from May. I had to update it to get the August BIOS. They must have made a whole mess of these right when Intel started...
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    When to retire a functioning board?

    The Lurker - there are definitely electrolytics on the board, although I don't know if it's 100%. Awesome feedback! Now I love the board even more. I'll give it a dignified second life.
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    When to retire a functioning board?

    I built my first PC in 2005, using a DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D and a socket 939 AMD 4800. After some initial suffering with some RAM settings in BIOS, it has been running like a champ ever since. Needless to say, it wasn't a gaming rig, but it has faithfully performed everything else that I've...
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    Supermicro X10SAE - Xeon Haswell, C226, ATX manual:

    FYI, I just started a build with a new X10SAE, using those sticks. I populated both before powering up the system, and to my surprise it fired right up without a fuss. I'm used to more suffering with a new build. Despite not being clear if there's a benefit with ECC ram, I'm running Memtest...
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    Supermicro X10SAT

    I have some of those Kingston sticks, except with an "I" at the end of the part number indicating some degree of validation by Intel (I just posted a longer reply to your question in the X10SAE thread). Has anyone verified C2 stepping a C226 board yet? RyC? Even though the X10SATs are...
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    Supermicro X10SAE - Xeon Haswell, C226, ATX manual:

    Not exactly what you asked for, but I've had a couple of these sticks (Superbiiz) on a shelf for a few months, waiting for me to commit to a board. The final "I" in the part number refers to some kind of Intel certification that makes compatibility with Intel parts more likely. The only way...
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    Supermicro X10SAT

    It looks like -O means it's the retail version, based on this post here from Meatling on the X10SAE.
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    Supermicro X10SAT

    Here, finally. Can anyone say if this is legit?
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    Thunderbolt - Future Use Cases?

    I'm on board with your conclusion, but according to this Tom's HW article TB currently has 2X the bandwidth (10 Gb/s vs. 5 Gb/s) for data. I've also read that TB 2 will essentially pool currently discrete data and video channels for a total of 20 Gb/s by the end of the year. So it appears that...
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    Thunderbolt - Future Use Cases?

    Even though those are a few bucks more, good point. TB isn't "enabling" anything. I guess I'm not sure. I admit to wanting it to be the future, just because it's fast and getting faster. If I meet one of the engineers that made it I'll but them a beer, but it looks like I'll vote against it...
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    Thunderbolt - Future Use Cases?

    I tend to upgrade only every 3 or 4 generations, and am on the cusp of the next one, which I want to be as future proof as possible. The decision I'm mulling while waiting for C2 stepping to hit my boards of choice is whether to pay extra for a version with Thunderbolt. I understand that...
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    Supermicro X10SAE - Xeon Haswell, C226, ATX manual:

    Yep, Freenas. I understand you're an aficionado?;) I've learned from a few of your posts on it before signing up here. +1. coo, you'll save me money if I'm off track, but you've got to know that "you're wrong" posts on the internet don't carry much weight. I need an _archival_ digital...
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    Supermicro X10SAE - Xeon Haswell, C226, ATX manual:

    That's 80% of it for me. My wife and I are accomplished photographers, and we have a lot of images that we want to pass on error free to posterity. 10% is certainly my personal needs, which is that I'm at that point in my life where if I spend more than an hour F~ing with a problem, I have to...
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    Supermicro X10SAE - Xeon Haswell, C226, ATX manual:

    Here's a comparo spreadsheet that I've been working on for all the C226 ATX workstation boards -"workstation", as opposed to server, roughly means a good assortment of end user focused IO (audio, video, USB). In practice, these are all the C226 ATX boards that I've come across -Save for a...
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