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Thanks for the info! I gotta make the thing quiet though. It's soooooooooooooooooo loud

If I can get the server to quiet down, I'm going to shove a p400i controller in it and see if the additional card can separately support my 3tb drives.

I'm a month late! But found some stuff! (and plan to test tonight as I finally found the missing jumper... It's important to select a bios bank!) For the Intel S5000PSL Mobo: https://communities.intel.com/thread/63262 This is a basic "RTFM" thing but talks about the order of operations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSHB1A0FiuU And this from a youtube page, because seriously, the video is just the machine with no instructions/walkthrough... Intel S5000 xxx Server Board *How to Fix Fans stuck on High Speed* The FRU/SDR firmware is at fault. A newer (but old) firmware revision is the cure for the fans being run at max speed. However, you'll want to update the BIOS, BMC, and FRU/SDR. This method is for DOS (will not work in Windows CMD Prompt). *Before starting, note the number of system fans and the chassis model for the FRU/SDR update. Example; SR2500, SR1500, Non-Intel chassis, etc. Requirements: USB flash drive, DOS firmware pack, Bootable FreeDOS (Rufus). 1. Via the Intel Download Center (https://downloadcenter.intel.com), locate and download the appropriate "Firmware Update Packages for DOS" for your model of server board (Example; S5000/PAL/PSL/XVS, ETC). 2. Using a Windows PC, download "Rufus" to format and create a bootable FreeDOS USB flash drive. Link: https://www.rufus.akeo.ie 3. Once FreeDOS contents are on the USB flash drive, extract the contents of the Intel firmware update package to the ROOT of the USB flash drive. *Note the names of the 3 .bat firmware update files to make this easier.* 4. By default, after a restart with the USB drive plugged in, the S5000 series boards should boot to USB. If not, you'll need to enter the BIOS using the F2 key at boot to configure the USB drive as the first boot device. You may have to continually tap the F2 key at the boot screen until "Entering Setup" is finally displayed. 5. After successfully landing at the "C:/" DOS screen, you'll need to update each firmware. Type "dir" for a list of files. To execute a firmware update in DOS, enter the file name followed by the extension and hit the enter key. You will need to update each firmware individually. Intel lists the firmware updates as being in this order: (There should be three .bat files with relative file names) A. bios B. bmc C. fru/sdr Important: The FRU/SDR update will ask for the chassis model and number of system fans, which you'll need to have handy. As shown in this video, I have 6 system fans. If you have an Intel chassis, the model number label should be on the top towards the front. 6. After updating all 3 firmwares successfully, power off the system. 7 . Power On the System. Enter the BIOS at boot (F2). 8. Once in the BIOS menu, press F9 to set the BIOS to default. 9. Locate the fan settings. The fan options should now list a feature to control the fan speed based on temperature. 10. Set the appropriate BIOS settings/boot settings/etc. Save and Exit. 11. The fans will be on high speed during boot but will finally quiet down when entering the operating system. IF the fans are not quiet enough, you are able to manually edit the .sdr files with notepad to adjust the fan settings - which may be time consuming. *Note: I intentionally wrote this firmware update info for DOS due to some Windows compatibility issues with the Intel software that I was having. Edit: Just read the Community Standards. I hope the youtube link isn't too much of a violation as I kept to the link and gave the good stuff out of it. (insert Puss N' Boots eye's while holding hat image here)

These are so so very loud. I believe the sleds are common The loudness is what's holding me back from using mine. I am still trying to find management software for this.

I have one of those things. This thing is loud. Mine seems to always be in a panic with fans at 9000%. Thisis with or without drives. Its a good server besides that. I plan to test different controllers for larger drives, then attach it to a xenserver cluster to test functionality (also 10g ethernet if i can quiet this thing) You can hear it all throughout the house in a 24u cabinet, in the basement, with all doors closed and so on. So far I have a bit of management software for suse and server 2000..