For Trade: loads of dual socket 2011 boards

[bwang]

I have 18 Asus Z9PH-D16 motherboards, looking to trade them for something interesting, preferably a 4P system but will entertain other offers.
(for the curious, I received these for free when a local cluster was upgrading their hardware).

 

[Patriot]

Do you have the nodes they go in?

 

[bwang]

I have the little half width 1U cases they go in, but no PSU's. (I think I can get a few of the 2U enclosures which each hold four nodes as well).

 

[USF-Nealio]

Would you mind posting some pictures of the cases you are referring to?

 

[SunnyD]

PSU's are going to be annoying, since these things take custom power. Unless you have the wiring harness and the PDU's for the enclosures, finding something that'll work will be tough.

 

[bwang]

http://i.imgur.com/yYCy1LY.jpg

 

[bwang]

ttt

 

[Patriot]

PSU's are going to be annoying, since these things take custom power. Unless you have the wiring harness and the PDU's for the enclosures, finding something that'll work will be tough.

I think you are gonna have to do some legwork if you wanna offload these.
Specially if you plan on profiting off free parts.

Edit: per the manual... it requires 2x ATX 20pin power connectors.
That is gonna be ugly...

 

[bwang]

Only one of the two is required, it has two so you can do power entry from the left or right for cable routing reasons, I believe.
should be fairly easy to splice a bunch of PCIe connectors together, all you need is a crimp tool and the connectors.

 

[SunnyD]

I think you are gonna have to do some legwork if you wanna offload these.
Specially if you plan on profiting off free parts.

Edit: per the manual... it requires 2x ATX 20pin power connectors.
That is gonna be ugly...

The two power headers are for redundant power, that's all. Not a big deal. It will run with one. But...

Take a GOOD look at that wiring diagram in the manual - they may be ATX 20-pin connectors, but it's absolutely NOT an ATX format. There's 3 or 4 sets of 4 wire 12v+GND in that header, and absolutely NO 5v (edit: there is ONE pin with +5v). That board will not run off any standard PSU, which is why the Asus website says "Custom Power Supply Required".

I had already looked into these a couple weeks ago because I found a super cheap source to buy a handful of them. I ended up not doing so specifically because it meant either buying the entire enclosure to make them work or modding the crap out of a power supply and praying I don't blow something up in the process.

 

[Gillbot]

The two power headers are for redundant power, that's all. Not a big deal. It will run with one. But...

Take a GOOD look at that wiring diagram in the manual - they may be ATX 20-pin connectors, but it's absolutely NOT an ATX format. There's 3 or 4 sets of 4 wire 12v+GND in that header, and absolutely NO 5v (edit: there is ONE pin with +5v). That board will not run off any standard PSU, which is why the Asus website says "Custom Power Supply Required".

I had already looked into these a couple weeks ago because I found a super cheap source to buy a handful of them. I ended up not doing so specifically because it meant either buying the entire enclosure to make them work or modding the crap out of a power supply and praying I don't blow something up in the process.

This ^

It doesn't take a standard PSU. You need the enclosure with the appropriate PSU to run these and those enclosures with the proper supplies can be VERY costly.

 

[Dead Things]

SKU for compatible PSU: 04G180001300.

http://us.estore.asus.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2039

 

[Gillbot]

ttt for ya

 

[bwang]

SKU for compatible PSU: 04G180001300.

http://us.estore.asus.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2039

so it turns out you can get the board to turn on by jamming a pair of EPS12V ("8-pin CPU") connectors into the power connector (make sure to get the polarity right!)
or rather, the lights light up - I lack a CPU so I can't completely verify that the board is happy, but it bodes well...
If anyone is looking to buy 'em, I'd take $2k + shipping for the lot, if you want fewer we can work something out over PM (say $500 for 4).

 

[Gillbot]

so it turns out you can get the board to turn on by jamming a pair of EPS12V ("8-pin CPU") connectors into the power connector (make sure to get the polarity right!)
or rather, the lights light up - I lack a CPU so I can't completely verify that the board is happy, but it bodes well...
If anyone is looking to buy 'em, I'd take $2k + shipping for the lot, if you want fewer we can work something out over PM (say $500 for 4).

IMHO, lights "lighting up" is far from a test. Anyway, GLWS!
PM coming.

 

[bwang]

ttt

 

[Gillbot]

I pm'ed, never got a reply......

 

[bwang]

ttt, still available
I need more cash and less stuff, so price drop to 10 for $500.

 

[Gillbot]

I pm'ed, never got a reply......

heh

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Not getting a reply is, in fact, a reply.

 

[bwang]

heh

oops, sorry about ignorin' ya

 

[bwang]

ttt

 

[Gillbot]

Not getting a reply is, in fact, a reply.

Not always.

 

[bwang]

ttt
Still available guys!

 

[Gillbot]

Not getting a reply is, in fact, a reply.

Not always.

Well, I guess you are in fact correct.