Supermicro SC747TQ-R1400B with Gigabyte GA-7PESH3

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This is what happens when you install or attempt to install a Gigabyte GA-7PESH3 Server/Workstation motherboard in the Supermicro SC747TQ-R1400B server case. For starters the board does fit and is compatible with the case as far as form factor goes. However, the front panel header on the Gigabyte GA-7PESH3 board is not compatible with the connector because the pin layouts are entirely different and even if it won't short out the board it probably won't turn on either. I was skeptical about whether I could get this to work all along because I was thinking I could just crimp a 16-pin male connector to connect to the original 16-pin female that's in the case with a 16-pin ribbon cable to a 20-pin female connector on the end that connects to the board and just lose some of the pins along with some of the motherboards functionality that could be sacrificed. Also in an effort to get the board to work with the bare essentials, such as the power switch and maybe the hard drive LED. However, once I came to my senses I realized it was going to work for the reason stated above and never even bothered crimping the cable or turning it on. Then I parted out the system by removing the board, which was the only thing I had installed and didn't bother installing the other components. I'm keeping the board and I listed the case for sale should you happen to find it and be interested. Also keep in mind that I did call Gigabyte to ask them if the board was compatible with the case and they said any case that is compatible with EATX/SSI EEB motherboard will work, which is not the case and if you check there site under overview for compatible accessories you'll see the compatible Chenbro cases.


The case with the board installed can be seen here:


 
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you do realize you have to place the screw mounts correctly before dropping the board in right? I am installing the same ga-7pesh3 board in the 835TQ-R920B. I have already test fit and all holes appear to line up after adjustment. What are you looking to get for the old chassis?

Thanks for the link blue fox! I was planning on making my own adapter, this will save a bunch of time
 
Blue Fox said:
Supermicro makes an adapter so that you can connect the front panel to non-Supermicro boards you know: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812153003
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Thanks once again for the link and suggestion. The adapter arrived yesterday, but I have had time to test try it yet. Also the case is 62 lbs as well as aquard to carry by myself, so I need some help getting it out of the garage. In addition I will need help getting the 12U server rack out of the garage too when its time.
 
mytechtv said:
Or you can make your own. This is [H]ard after all.
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The closest I could get to doing that is with male to female jumpers, which as you stated is hard especially since the 16 pin female end of the ribbon cable gives no indication as to what pin your plugging the male end of the jumpers into.
 
chune said:
you do realize you have to place the screw mounts correctly before dropping the board in right? I am installing the same ga-7pesh3 board in the 835TQ-R920B. I have already test fit and all holes appear to line up after adjustment. What are you looking to get for the old chassis?

Thanks for the link blue fox! I was planning on making my own adapter, this will save a bunch of time
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Yes I realize I have to place spacers in the motherboard tray before dropping the board. It turns out I may keep the SC747TQ-R1400B chassis after all because I know I can use an adapter made by supermicro to covert the front panel connector to work with Gigabyte's front panel header.
 
I recently starting building my server off the Gigabyte GA-7PESH3 Server/Workstation board and completed assembly today. I thought I was going to have to delay the build until someone suggest I use Supermicro's CBL-0084L6"-10" Cable to adapt the front panel connector in the Supermicro SC747TQ-R1400B case to the front panel header on this board instead of what I originally thought of doing, which was convert the 16-pin female plug to 20-pin female before figuring out that idea wouldn't work without complicating matter even more. Now I just need to connect it and turn it on. To bad my Display Port cable is to short and the I don't have a Display Port to DVI adater for my Linkskey KVM.


Here's an overview of everything installed:





Here's a closeup of everything installed:






Here's a view of the front panel connector and header with everything connected:





Finally here's a view of the front of the case with the door open:





The current specs are as follows:


My Original Dual Xeon 2011 v2 Server Specs

-Case: SUPERMICRO CSE-747TQ-R1400B Dark Gray Pedestal Server Chassis 1400W Redundant 3 External 5.25" Drive Bays

-Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7PESH3 (rev. 1.0) Server Motherboard Dual LGA 2011 DDR3 1600

-Video Card: PNY VCNVS310DP-PB Quadro NVS 310 512MB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Workstation Video Card

-Power Supply: 1400W Redundant included with Supermicro case

-Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2603 v2 Ivy Bridge-EP 1.8GHz 10MB L3 Cache LGA 2011 80W Server Processor BX80635E52603V2
x2

-Memory: Wintec 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model 3RSL160011R5H-32GQ

-OS Drives: Seagate Hybrid Drive ST2000DX001 2TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD

-Raid 5 Harddrives: Seagate Hybrid Drive ST2000DX001 2TB MLC/8GB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s NCQ 3.5" Desktop SSHD x3

-Optical Drive: LG Electronics Blu-ray Disc Combo Internal SATA 12X Lightscribe with 3D Play Back, Model CH12LS28

-Optical Writer Drive: LG Black 16x Blu-Ray BDXL SATA Internal rewriter with 3D Playback, Model BH16NS40
-CPU Cooler: SUPERMICRO SNK-P0050AP4 Heatsink for Supermicro X9DR3-F Motherboard
x2

-UPS: CyberPower OR2200LCDRTXL2U 2190 VA 1650 Watts 8 Outlets UPS

-Front Panel Adapter: Supermicro CBL-0084L 6" - 10" Cable
 
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Turns out I have to sell the UPS because it uses 3 prong 5-20 NEMA instead of 3 prong standard 5-20 NEMA or 3-prong standard 5-15 NEMA.
 
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