Building a Sossaman rig?

[fr3@k]

I live in Austria, but i've orderd 1HE Servers many times from USA yes your right shipping is a bit expensive, about 150$ with USPS

[shoota]

I might pack myself up and send me to Austria for $150..

[fr3@k]

I might pack myself up and send me to Austria for $150..

Shall i give you my address

[shoota]

Ha, heck ya, I would love to visit Austria. That would make for some beautiful snowboarding and cycling.

[tiro_uspsss]

That is only other picture of it I have.
Mounting is quite simple.
Two plates on sides.

I think, I still have it. Will check later.

Is this how it is done?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/edf4y447kh630fc/P1000018.JPG

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3mwpqyrge6t7kgp/P1000019.JPG



& no, thats not a sossaman, just a 'plain' ol' harpertown rig! I couldn't resist a little bling, so I bought green LED fans

[Bail_w]

16 x 1GB PC2-3200R Ram sticks, 14 of the comes with heatspreaders. Looking for 35 dollars shipped con usa.


Time has come, My "sossaman" 1u server is up for sale. SOLD LOCALLY!



Specs:
Silicon Mechanics SuperMicro 1U Server!
Motherboard: SuperMicro X6DLP-EG2
CPUs: 2 x SL9HN Intel® Xeon® Processor LV 2.00 GHz, 2M Cache, 667 MHz FSB Duo Cores CPU
Ram: 8 x 1GB DDR2 PC2-3200R Netlist Ram with Heatspreader
Video Card: Zotac Nvidia GT220 1GB GDDR3 PCI-Express
Hard Drive: 160 Maxtor SATA Hard Drive
DVD Rom
Floppy Drive

On a side note: the case has some scratches.

[Movieman]

16 x 1GB PC2-3200R Ram sticks, 14 of the comes with heatspreaders. Looking for 35 dollars shipped con usa.


Time has come, My "sossaman" 1u server is up for sale. 100 + actual shipping.



Specs:
Silicon Mechanics SuperMicro 1U Server!
Motherboard: SuperMicro X6DLP-EG2
CPUs: 2 x SL9HN Intel® Xeon® Processor LV 2.00 GHz, 2M Cache, 667 MHz FSB Duo Cores CPU
Ram: 8 x 1GB DDR2 PC2-3200R Netlist Ram with Heatspreader
Video Card: Zotac Nvidia GT220 1GB GDDR3 PCI-Express
Hard Drive: 160 Maxtor SATA Hard Drive
DVD Rom
Floppy Drive

On a side note: the case has some scratches.

I'll take the memory..sold..

[my87csx481]

Sorry for the thread revival.

I honestly don't have enough free time to be able to read through 93 pages of posts. I'll try during break time at work but, it'll take me weeks to catch up.

Several questions regarding the Intel board: What software are you guys using to read cpu temps? Has anyone been able to overclock these with success (bsel mod maybe)? About the pciex8 slot, what techniques have you guys used to mod the slot so a 16x card will slide in there?

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Movieman]

Sorry for the thread revival.

I honestly don't have enough free time to be able to read through 93 pages of posts. I'll try during break time at work but, it'll take me weeks to catch up.

Several questions regarding the Intel board: What software are you guys using to read cpu temps? Has anyone been able to overclock these with success (bsel mod maybe)? About the pciex8 slot, what techniques have you guys used to mod the slot so a 16x card will slide in there?

Thanks for any suggestions.

1) Realtemp works fine
2) Nope, weve tried every trick in the book incuding bsel mods
3 Electrical tape on the board behind the PCI-E X8 slot to protect the board
Hot exacto knife to cut out the backside of the PCI-E slot
Sparky is the king on that point..

[my87csx481]

Hot exacto knife huh? Like heat it up with a torch and slice a little, heat a little, slice a little, etc.?

I'll have to try it. I'm having video driver problems. I downloaded the driver from ATI and installed it and now it's worse. It's doing some weird sort of freeze if I change video settings. Reset or power off is the only thing that clears it, time does not.

[Movieman]

Hot exacto knife huh? Like heat it up with a torch and slice a little, heat a little, slice a little, etc.?

I'll have to try it. I'm having video driver problems. I downloaded the driver from ATI and installed it and now it's worse. It's doing some weird sort of freeze if I change video settings. Reset or power off is the only thing that clears it, time does not.

Yes on the exacto and you got PM in a second

[Sparky]

Hot helps. I did it cold, slipped, and sliced a trace on the board. Oops. Fixed the trace and the board still works

Put some tape on the PCIe connector that hangs out of the slot because it risks touching the southbridge heatsink. Don't want to short anything.

[tiro_uspsss]

+1 for hot stanley knife.. also, which ATi drivers you want? for the onboard? if so, pm me, I have ATi ES1000 drivers, & tho they are 'only' made for XP/WS03, I know they work for Vista/WS08 & W7-32

[0ne.shot]

Is a Sossaman rig limited to SLAC9 CPUs only? They appear to be going for a few bucks on Ebay. What's the big attraction with these systems?

[tiro_uspsss]

Is a Sossaman rig limited to SLAC9 CPUs only? They appear to be going for a few bucks on Ebay. What's the big attraction with these systems?

don't know any SLAC9 CPUs.. its server goodness with CPUs that are essentially laptop CPUs, read = very low power consumption. Only downside is 32-bit only

[D_A]

Is a Sossaman rig limited to SLAC9 CPUs only? They appear to be going for a few bucks on Ebay. What's the big attraction with these systems?

Here's your selection of available processors:

There's the SL9HM, 2.167GHz rare as but they are out there if you can find them: http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/I...39KF0482M.html
Then there's the QHJQ (engineering sample, good luck finding these), the SL8WT and the SL9HN, all 2.0GHz http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/I...20002M%29.html
Finally there are the 1.667GHz chips, the QKIM, SL98Q, SL9HP and SL9HS http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/I...16672M%29.html and http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/I...39JF0282M.html

All chips are 31watt TFP, socket 478 and 32bit. There was going to be a 64bit upgrade but it never seems to have gotten past pre-production. In other words there's a few, very few, that exist but nobody has been able to lay eyes on one.

[my87csx481]

+1 for hot stanley knife.. also, which ATi drivers you want? for the onboard? if so, pm me, I have ATi ES1000 drivers, & tho they are 'only' made for XP/WS03, I know they work for Vista/WS08 & W7-32

I installed the "latest" RAGE XL driver from AMD for the onboard RAGE XL video chip. Every time I try to apply a resolution change, the thing freezes (I think just the video freezes but, not entirely certain). This happens before I even hit apply....so it never gets the chance to timeout and revert back to previous settings. I have to reset or cycle power to get it back.

Windows 7 32 bit will install on this? With included and/or windows update drivers? I just went with XP professional 32 bit....not sure why (except the 32-bit part). Please confirm.

[tiro_uspsss]

I installed the "latest" RAGE XL driver from AMD for the onboard RAGE XL video chip. Every time I try to apply a resolution change, the thing freezes (I think just the video freezes but, not entirely certain). This happens before I even hit apply....so it never gets the chance to timeout and revert back to previous settings. I have to reset or cycle power to get it back.

Windows 7 32 bit will install on this? With included and/or windows update drivers? I just went with XP professional 32 bit....not sure why (except the 32-bit part). Please confirm.

yes sossaman will easily run windows 7 32-bit!

[Movieman]

yes sossaman will easily run windows 7 32-bit!

Really! Now thats something I didn't know.
What do you use for drivers?
video,LAN,etc

[tiro_uspsss]

Really! Now thats something I didn't know.
What do you use for drivers?
video,LAN,etc

are you referring to the onboard video of the intel mobo? if so, can't remember - if your using discrete gpu, thats easy. As for lan, seeing as it's intel, its either available to download from intel website or its already included in win7
don't forget, win7 is quite forgiving with drivers - my tyan mobo has ATi ES1000 onboard, I installed XP32 drivers on win7 & ws08 just fine! pretty much any vista / ws08 drivers will work for win7

[Bail_w]

As far as i know, no need drivers, Window 7 automatically installs it for you.

[Movieman]

Is a Sossaman rig limited to SLAC9 CPUs only? They appear to be going for a few bucks on Ebay. What's the big attraction with these systems?

I think this guy needs a "call" from me huh?

[my87csx481]

I'm gonna' give 32-bit 7 a shot then....after I get the numbers for the LAN chips. If I remember correctly, one is a Realtek on the Intel board I have.

And I think I smell some melting plastic in my future. I have a dead P35 board that I could practice on first.

Edit: The non-Intel NIC is Marvell Yukon, not Realtek.

[Sparky]

32 bit 7 should be fine, I had server 2008 on my one Sossaman a while back.

[NKrader]

anyone want a full sammy rig for 50$, i gotta pay dave back lol..