How to: Arima AMD Opteron Quad Core Socket F 3000 series

[terramir]

well if you can fabricate all that wc stuff i'm sure you can build yourself a simple metal box with standoffs, an i/o back, and whatever else

Yes I can , however folding sheet-metal is a pita, remember I'm making plexi tops that's easy, just cut, drill holes tap the g1/4 in the plexi and the 4mm in the tc-4 block (I have those handy whatever the original thread is I ) make it work, but sheet-metal folding always carries the risk of tearing unless you heat the folds and that's the biggest pain right there, also the thicker the sheet metal is the stabler it will be, but a frame would be better, that means riviting or welding, which adds to the cost. As for standoff's the catch with that is that you either need to use thicker backing prepunch and I dun have the punching materials.
Just call me Jack (and no that's not my name )
But honestly I overextended myself financially, besides the arima boards which I bought with my x-mas money I bought another MB and a bunch of other things like HSS g1/4 taps (the ones I have are carbon steel HSS is better ) memory for 1 of the arima's the cpu's for second arima etc. so I think I will have no money left after bills.
anyways that's about it for now
terramir

[jeremyshaw]

I put my TYAN into a cheap HAF 932 (used) case. Maybe the Arima can fit, too? I didn't do enough research into that sector...

[Jacka]

Surely you can just get a bit of alu, punch out mounting holes and holes for IO ports, and bend it into an L shape. Might need a corner brace depending on the thickness of aluminium used. Stand offs can simply be attached with nuts.

[jeremyshaw]

EDIT: for a later time

[D_A]

There is a for sale and wanted section out in the main forum menu, but I think there's a minimum post count to post in there.

[terramir]

There is a for sale and wanted section out in the main forum menu, but I think there's a minimum post count to post in there.

need 100 posts to post there, that's why you can't see it jeremy
anyways I have two arima boards 8347he's and 4 8346he's on their way, I wish I had the 6 molex to eps adapters that were coming from hong kong still haven't gotten here yet
I am officially broke right now, so I can't buy a single thing.
terramir

[jeremyshaw]

Ah, thank you very much, I'll take down my post then....


EDIT: in the meantime, what's a really good project to run on these? I'm gonna skikm through the thread for ideas.

[rintamarotta]

To answer you all, yes i my board is Green, i havent been just in while in this forum, have had lots of work in my server farm where i host some gaming servers, 13 machines running and 8 left to setup.

Arima is atm running rock solid in Linux as Gaming Server, windows just were too buggy at end and sometimes giving BSOD's.

Ill throw DSDT.aml / DSDT.dsl dump's when i have time, also in next maintenance cycle i try to dump bios for you people if i have time and everything is going well in other parts of my server farm.

[Jacka]

Terrible image:

[jeremyshaw]

Really nice!! I thought you had a daughterboard for a split second there, lol. One question, are the 1207 mount holes the correct distance for the AM2 HSF conversion brackets? IIRC, there are two 1207 mount hole location types, and one of them is capable of being easily converted into an AM2 mount (like my TYAN board).

[Jacka]

Really nice!! I thought you had a daughterboard for a split second there, lol. One question, are the 1207 mount holes the correct distance for the AM2 HSF conversion brackets? IIRC, there are two 1207 mount hole location types, and one of them is capable of being easily converted into an AM2 mount (like my TYAN board).

Same 3.5" (88.9mm) hole separation as sockets 754, 939, 940.
Only a few 1207 boards seem to have the 4.1" separation.

[jeremyshaw]

Same 3.5" (88.9mm) hole separation as sockets 754, 939, 940.
Only a few 1207 boards seem to have the 4.1" separation.

wow, I am gonna be outclassed everywhere I tread!
makes me wonder if the new noctua C32 compatible HSF will fit, since C32 is just 1207 + DDR3, iirc.

[Jacka]

Looks like it has brackets for 3.5" and 4.1" spacing.



Also mountable in both orientations, but they appear not to have open fins at the side, so the 90mm varient wouldn't fit on these boards anyway.

[shoota]

Just remember to not go overboard on cooling these. The cpus don't run all that hot. A decent 92mm heatsink should be just fine.

[terramir]

Same 3.5" (88.9mm) hole separation as sockets 754, 939, 940.
Only a few 1207 boards seem to have the 4.1" separation.
To do: Make heat sink mounting brackets, repair thread on a backplate, buy wire, wire power supplies and connectors, find some flash drives, install Ubuntu, crunch!

Question on backplates? what is the thread of those backplates, Imma building water-blocks for the things right now And I could use that knowledge before I go trying out a bunch of screws, cool setup btw, my plan is a little different though same backplate for both arimas just flipped, use a steel door from old computer case it's 18x 16 or something like that so big enough

Just remember to not go overboard on cooling these. The cpus don't run all that hot. A decent 92mm heatsink should be just fine.

Yeah true however it's gonna be in my (well my very part-time) office and I dun need the noise 140mm fans will do all the cooling and well I can't hear those at all plus a bonnie 8 blocks and a pump wonder if you could get away with passive cooling 8 cpu's LOL
terramir

[Jacka]

Just remember to not go overboard on cooling these. The cpus don't run all that hot. A decent 92mm heatsink should be just fine.

I've got eight Cooler master TX3s sat on a shelf that somebody recommended.

Question on backplates? what is the thread of those backplates?
terramir

M3

[terramir]

I've got eight Cooler master TX3s sat on a shelf that somebody recommended.


M3

dang M3 means I'll have to buy some the longest M3's I have are 12mm long with the m4's I have that would be 16mm lol oh well I figured as much
thanks for the info
terramir

[shoota]

I've got eight Cooler master TX3s sat on a shelf that somebody recommended.


M3

Lol. Those are the good ones. Someone smart must have recommended those

[eni]

hi guys. i just got one board like this one and 4 8356. i have 2 questions:
can i run the board with 4x512mb pc2-5300 ecc sticks?
i have an old BFG 7900 GTX 512 vga. does this card works on this board?
thank you

[retro77]

hi guys. i just got one board like this one and 4 8356. i have 2 questions:
can i run the board with 4x512mb pc2-5300 ecc sticks?
i have an old BFG 7900 GTX 512 vga. does this card works on this board?
thank you

Trial and error. Try it and let us know. I am doubting the video card will work. I don't think anyone has reported that the GTX's work.

As far as the RAM, I think it'll work, but only testing will find out. Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions.

[Sparky]

RAM should.
Vid maybe, give it a shot.

Dang it every time someone posts in here I keep hoping someone posted a how to flash the BIOS to full ACPI support


Oh regarding overboard cooling - well, I guess I kinda did, but hey, it was fun and xtreme

[eni]

Thank you for the fast response.

RAM should.
Oh regarding overboard cooling - well, I guess I kinda did, but hey, it was fun and xtreme

yeah Sparky i saw your post. great stuff. i was thinking for a water cooling setup too, but on ebay i could not find Swiftech Apogee GT waterblock. i will look for other solutions

[shoota]

RAM should.
Vid maybe, give it a shot.

Dang it every time someone posts in here I keep hoping someone posted a how to flash the BIOS to full ACPI support


Oh regarding overboard cooling - well, I guess I kinda did, but hey, it was fun and xtreme

lol that's no lie!

[Sparky]

Thank you for the fast response.


yeah Sparky i saw your post. great stuff. i was thinking for a water cooling setup too, but on ebay i could not find Swiftech Apogee GT waterblock. i will look for other solutions

I only have two Apogee blocks because they were cheap Dtek fuzions work great too. Pretty much, with 4 blocks, you just want something that is fairly low restriction.

[eni]

Hi guys
befora i buy all the wattercoolong stuf i need some cheap cpu fans to test the motherboard. is this fan compatible with arima sockets? Link