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