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    x79A-GD45plus SpeedStep + Lower Vcore?

    Hi! Im running a MSI x79A-GD45plus with a i7-4930, What im trying to do is get to a 4.2ghz OC, but keep the "speedstep" tech (or i guess you could call it TurboBoost, but up to 4.2ghz) (note i have this first part working already) *WHILE* also some how using a lower VCORE than the AUTO Vcore...
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    LSI Sensitive drive errors / Rebuild raid 5?

    Hi, Im still playing with my first LSI raid card (9271-8i, i have always used adaptec cards going back 8+ years), and noticed something weird. My test system is a supermicro 846 (4u 24bay chassis, X8 supermicro MB). I have 4 x 150gb WD Velociraptor drives ive been testing with / in...
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    Very noob LSI / MegaRaid question

    here is another, maybe better example of what i want / why i want this feature (and cant believe that LSI does'nt offer this): on my adaptec 5405z, i have 4 x 100gb SSD drives connected. i have: 1x 80gb RD6 (4 x ssds) for my OS boot drive (win 2008 r2) 1x 60gb RD6 (4 x ssds) for some VMs boot...
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    Very noob LSI / MegaRaid question

    hi, Ive just recently been getting into LSI / MegaRaid HW raid cards and thus MegaRaid Storage Manager. Prior ive always used adaptec HW raid cards. Maybe im missing something obvious, but is it not possible to mix RAID 5 and RAID 6 (example) arrays (or VDs as they are called in LSI) on the...
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    New LSI card, 4 beeps at power up?

    Hey, I just got a card in from ebay, new, packaged sealed LSI 9265-8i, however i think it maybe DOA, but im not sure. When i startup my server after about 5 seconds the card starts doing 4 beeps about 1/2 seconds apart from each other. Beep --- Beep --- Beep --- Beep --wait about 3...
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    846A backplane + RR 4320 (highpoint Raid card) ?

    Im having compatabilty issues with my adaptec 5805 and my 8x 3tb Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 drives (I know they are listed as compatible on BOTH adaptec's and Hitachi's compatibility lists, but some ebay ACE sent me a weird part number of the hitachi drives which is made only in europe and for...
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    Quick ? for anyone with a SAS-846a backplane (supermicro)

    Dang!@!@! is it just me or do other ppl much prefer it when the blue LEDs are off and then flash and adjust brightness according to each disk IO load. its so much easier to "read" and use for trouble shooting. the way the 846A backplane does the blue LED is the exact opposite, its always...
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    Quick ? for anyone with a SAS-846a backplane (supermicro)

    Hi, I just swapped out my supermicro BPN-sas-846TQ backplane for a BPN-sas-846a backplane (i went from the backplane which has 24 individual sata inputs, to the backplane version with just 6 x SFF-8087 ports, feeding the 24x attached drives). My question is about the Blue activity LEDs...
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    ohm meter to test for motherboard / case SHORT

    Im having a weird issue with a supermicro motherboard (x8dt3-f), in a supermicro case (846, 4u, 24bay) (machine will run fine for days, then when under longterm load will lockup and when rebooting a physical BIOS clear is required to get it to even POST). For reason that aren't relevant to...
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    supermicro 846TQ-R900B quiet options?

    Hi, Yes, even at 7000k rpm the fans are really, REALLY quiet. there is no comparison to the 900w standard PSUs, those were really loud even with ZERO system load (as in, the machine isnt even powered on, but the PSUs are getting power, it was really loud even then). I overstated my power...
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    supermicro 846TQ-R900B quiet options?

    So my PWS-920P-1R came in yesterday to replace my PWS-902P-1R in my 4u 24bay SM server. WOW GET TWO ASAP!! It has cut my idle server from 400-450w to 220-280w !!! nearly HALF! and its really really quiet. quieter than my 5 stock fans, on the lowest setting in the X8 motherboard bios (the...
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    Control Fan speed (PWM) on X8DTE via windows? (supermicro MB)

    Hey, I have a x8dte-f Supermicro MB, and a 846 4u chassis with the stock 5x supermicro fans installed and connected to the motherboard (these are all 4 pin fans). I'm aware of the 4 different fan speed settings i can select in the BIOS, but im looking for a way to control the fan speeds...
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    supermicro 846TQ-R900B quiet options?

    Hey, I can chime in a bit, I currently have the 846TQ-R900B 4u 24 bay chassis (SM) with the stock PWS-902-1R dual PSUs, but tomorrow (monday nov 24 2014) my PWS-920P-SQ dual PSUs are being delivered so i will be going from the 902s (very noise ie) to the PWS-920P-SQs (more efficient and...
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    5405z + 24bay SM BackPlane Weird issue

    Hey, i appreciate the fast reply, however ive been trouble shooting this for over 24 hours so yep ive tried all three except a different PCIe slot, which i will try. Infact, i tried all 4 controller configs (sgipo, i2c , auto , and none) as well. And unfortunately there is no way in the bios...
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    5405z + 24bay SM BackPlane Weird issue

    heloo helloo. i have a pretty strange issue that ive come across in my remake of my home server. My chassis is a SuperMicro CSE-846E1-R900B with a x8dt3-f MB and 2x L5640 xeons. My issue is with the backplane / expander which is a supermicro SAS-846-EL1 (it takes in 1x sas-8087 and feeds...
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