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
ok
i could get an entire new one of these servers for like 60% off rn ($75)
same mainboard, just absolute bottom of the barrel hardware otherwise
EXCEPT.. the cpu is already a v2
this might be perfect. ugh. UGH
the vessel of morganna@qualia oh no sandy->ivy upgrade on a dell board? they really royally fucked that upgrade path on some models with missing microcode or bad MSR pokes in the older BIOS images
@astraleureka like it should be totally possible? and technically it does work ??
i just do not rightly know how in the actual fuck a cpu swap managed to trash the iDRAC/lifecycle management subsystem. like i'd upgraded the bios and iDRAC formware to the latest 1.x series beforehand
and this new one has a v2 cpu on a 1.x iDRAC FW
the mind fuckin boggles
@qualia it IS possible on some models if you upgrade the BIOS ahead of time, problem is actually getting said BIOS update is impossible for some of the more arcane models or wasn't even released. iirc dell tried to force all new hardware purchases on a lot of users with sandy gear rather than offer a socket upgrade :|
it sounds like that new one might have a slightly different SKU with the ivy bridge compat baked in?
it sounds like that new one might have a slightly different SKU with the ivy bridge compat baked in?
@qualia if you do get it going though 2667v2s are like $10 now and a pair of those bad boys is ~ a first gen threadripper (at like 3x the power though lol)
and they will take a fairly decent overclock too :3
and they will take a fairly decent overclock too :3
Kyle@qualia if the problem is the fan controllers gone stupid could you not jank together a different one
@qualia I hate "real" server hardware it has only ever been annoying in these situations I would rather use a dell optiplex than deal with this bullshit
@kyle_pegasus i just want fuckin ecc ram in everything without all this bs
@kyle_pegasus fanstupid is a symptom of the lifecycle controller and idrac being unable to initialize. i have no idea if this will have other, more worrying implications elsewhere besides ugh big noisy
@qualia no remote management I guess? I don't know if that even matters when it's in your house
@kyle_pegasus tge fucked up thing is it didnt even have LoM capabilities to begin with!! it doesnt have an idrac license so the hw is kinda? there? but not active?? except to manage the front panel display ?_? and the fans?? and do local bios/firmware updates
hate this shit
hate this shit
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