qualiaxe on and on
i have a little guy to install
MIDNIGHT PROJECT GOGOGO
before:
sysbench cpu events/sec
1 thread: 660.88
6 threads: 3642.20
12 threads: 5704.65
sysbench memory speed
1 thread: 3503.25 MiB/sec
4 threads: 6024.63 MiB/sec
12 threads: 11021.86 MiB/sec
sysbench threading test total events/10 sec
1 thread: 11258
6 threads: 56184
12 threads: 32456
ok. lets get gloopy
1 AM PROJECT GOGOGOG
high end gamer heatsinks: lapped to an unsettlingly crisp mirror finish of minimal optical aberration
OEM server heatsinks: my fingernail gets caught on the linear tool marks of this contact surface. oh well
OEM server heatsinks: my fingernail gets caught on the linear tool marks of this contact surface. oh well
do u think dell would do me a solid and gimme the BOM/kit bits to solder in a second cpu
seems a fun weekend project right
oh its configuring ram
oh its configuring the idrac that doesnt exist
oh the fans are MAXED
fingies cwossed
oOH MY GOD THAT WAS NOT MAXIMUM
IT HAS NEVER BEEN THIS LOUD WGHAT THE DRAC CONFIG FAILED IM SCARED
oh its going eeee
im gonna need the kilowatt of fans going rn to calm the hell down tjough
why did i think this was a good project to start at midnight
the idrac is cooked. this thing doesnt even have an idrac but it still uses it for system mgmt or some shit. i wouldnt care if not for the GHOSTLY HOWL of an active leafblower
there are two (2) ways i have seen this situation be recovered
one is: Buy a new mainboard lol
the other is: desolder the iDRAC EMMC
clean pads
install new preballed EMMC
somehow reinstall iDRAC firmware
welp this noisy bastard is getting a shitty little UPS and going in the garage where it ostensibly belongs anyways
im pupset
i ont know if im "spend $250 on a new mainboard and another cpu and a cooler" pupset but im converging on it. the sunk cost weighs heavy rn
ughHHh
Kyle
lioness (stuff)@qualia imo have a good sleep, until the pooltoys clear up at minimum (you deserved a treat for hard work!)
Nuki Raccoon: Fedi's Favorite Furry F***poster@qualia
Qually go to bed
Qually go to bed
F4GRX Sébastien@qualia we have a proliant here that refuse to start because a fan is in an incorrect state and the bios is just like nope, not gonna happen. We've tried a dozen of replacements at this point. No replacement fan is exactly similar to the original fan, so the bios refuses them all.
The only way to make it boot is strap the tacho output from another working fan and inject it in the connector of the failed fan. That shit extremely sucks.
@f4grx i think HP is the only manufacturer that manages to make more tenaciously irritating proprietary BS than dell, in my limited experience
my workstation's cpu cooler has a bizarro 6 pin fan connector with like one loose pin that i had to reinstall & solder back in place as the lead had wiggled loose & wire snapped off from it. thing absolutely would not boot in any other configuration than having that specific fan in that specific header. it's still distressingly fragile. ugh
@qualia rotate.
Mala 🐉
✧✦Catherine✦✧@qualia how many layers does that PCB even have
@qualia i think the long-expired OSPs on that copper would make this a nightmare; even a pro-level shop would have difficulty I think, at least from past experiences in a similar (but much smaller scale) situation
@whitequark im going to cautiously hazard a guess of at least one
(how can you tell?)
@qualia there is no single way to do this (unless you're willing to take some cross-sections haha) but some design houses put a little thingy somewhere that's like
[1] [2] [3] [4] where each letter is on its own layer (like on silicon mask sets)
Empterdose@qualia tbh I was about to make that joke before I saw that you already had
do it
Myno 
@qualia
Of course you would be wearing a purple shirt.
Of course you would be wearing a purple shirt.