xe 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

new rectangle!!!1!one!!
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

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 man the dead PERC battery is deceptively turgid
holy shit windows small business server 2011
with a five CAL license

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

flashing back to the datacenter days

i think i have to zap the pram or some shitt

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

throwing freedos onto a thingy at 3 am yaaay

🎵 idgaf 🎵

do it anywaaayss ~

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

i could try to put the old cpu back in

eeehhuuhh

NOPe
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

@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