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AnAngryMob69

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  1. If there were CPU headers to speak of, I would. Currently all fan headers on the motherboard are occupied.
  2. The LED is Solid. I was also not able to get into BIOS, but went as far as shorting the jumper and removing the CMOS battery. The MoBo does not have any dedicated CPU fan headers either.
  3. Gotcha. I really still want to avoid hardware RAID like the plague. These particular LSI cards have their own boot sequences that easily clear 5 minutes each. There is the option to stop this in the BIOS but then you get no drives.
  4. @leadeater Confirmed, the same overheat LED persisted when powered by a separate PS. I'm not certain at this point what could be causing the issue. I've maintained the thought that it is not a TDP issue, as the system turns on and remains running (which was not the case with the X5472s where it would flash the OH LED and power down). I've already cleared CMOS to attempt resetting any previous fan profiles preventing max voltage to them. Honestly the passive coolers may need to go, but this would confuse me as the AMDs had a higher TDP of 90W and still used the exact same style. I just don't want to sink more $$ into active coolers if they won't solve the problem. ( I don't currently have any spare ones)
  5. To Be honest, I'm pretty new to the server world, so I have no idea what UFS is. ZFS seemed to check all of the boxes for me in terms of speed and redundancy. I mainly wanted the ability to SSH if necessary and create file shares for media and backups..
  6. This card doesn't allow the cache to be disabled, and FreeNAS freaks out when cache is on. I'd definitely like to stick with FreeNAS (despite the murder of Corral).
  7. Unfortunately not able... Too old. LSI MegaRAID SATA 300-8XLP
  8. Thank you, I'll give that a try soon. I'm pretty peeved at the moment, so I'm worried that I'd do much more harm than good.
  9. I did buy the original chassis for about $120 with the AMDs already configured and working (but everything running through two Hardware RAID cards). The other things are what added up; the new motherboard, new RAM, cable extensions... etc
  10. I did try that. I noticed that the CPU 2's heat sink was much warmer than the other's. Once removed, the same indicator persisted.
  11. Thank you for the suggestion, But then what to do with the parts that I already have.... I doubt there's still a market for these things and I've already dumped a solid $300 on components.
  12. I'm definitely struggling with this seemingly eternal server project. I started with a Super Micro SuperChassis 933T-R760B with dual AMD Opteron 280s. This was an issue for me because running FreeNAS through a hardware RAID is definitely nothing anyone should ever need to try. EVER. I soon bought a used X7DWE motherboard because of its compatibility with the CSE-933(T?) chassis in both size and power connector requirements. (This is why the X8 and newer boards were out immediately) http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5400/X7DWE.cfm This was then paired with a set of X5472 processors (obviously I overlooked the maximum TDP of the motherboard at 100W) in order to max out the capability of the FSB and maximum processor speed. http://ark.intel.com/products/34447/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5472-12M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1600-MHz-FSB Adding a set of 4x8 GB (32GB Total) ECC sticks of DRAM proved to be no serious issue Finding and actually waiting for a LGA771 compatible passive heat sink proved to be a battle of its own. Cables were a pain. I had to manually find the generic equivalent of a 20-pin front panel connector because the original was too short for the new MoBo. There is still one connector that I left disconnected because the new MoBo doesn't have an equivalent connector. Super Micro calls it the JAR connector: Power supply alarm reset header. I also have nothing plugged into the J18: System Management Bus header on the X7. After attempting to boot this severely overpowered system, I was met with the lovely temperature LED on the front panel of the chassis. I soon realized my error in recognizing the TDP threshold and the (Very) low TCase set by Intel, and ordered a more reasonable 80W TDP pair of E5462s. This is where I need help... After installing the same LGA 771 passive coolers to the (theoretically) less heated processors, I was met with the same abysmal temperature warning light on the chassis. No boot, nothing but fans. If any of you kind souls would be willing to help, I would be forever in your "virtual debt equivalent." Sincerely, About to give up on this heavy piece of $#*^ X7-DWE Manual.pdf SC933.pdf
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