Quad socket board communitarian bulk buy

[shoota]

edit: stupid double posting phone

[MrMojoZ]

Okay, they sent me a 2214 instead, yay. The board posts, double yay. It already has the most current BIOS I think, hmmm.

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm 10 BIOS versions off the most current. Time to make the donuts. Easist way to upload BIOS on these boards with no floppy?
Okay USB Dos drive works. Single 8347 WORKS, dual 8347 NO POST. Ugh need to sleep but gotta figure this out.

Bad stick of ram it seems, both CPUs up and working. Had a plastic smell pop up before I shut it down so need to see if I can track that down before I fire it up again.

[shoota]

lol sounds like you're on the right track. good luck! keep us updated

[MrMojoZ]

It is 100% working aside from 1 bad stick of ram. The BIOS was the key. Modifing a case some then it will be online crunching. I'll hold onto the 2214 for now if people need for flashing.

[MrMojoZ]

One issue, tried putting a 8800GT into the 8x PCIe slot. Looks nice and snug but it isn't being seen by the OS.

Hmm thats a 4x slot, whoops.

[shoota]

Good mojo glad you got it working. I kinda figured it was the bios

[Sparky]

One issue, tried putting a 8800GT into the 8x PCIe slot. Looks nice and snug but it isn't being seen by the OS.

Hmm thats a 4x slot, whoops.

Should still work with the 4x. I had a card in a 4x slot before.

[shoota]

One issue, tried putting a 8800GT into the 8x PCIe slot. Looks nice and snug but it isn't being seen by the OS.

Hmm thats a 4x slot, whoops.

make sure you change the bios option to run off the pci-x slot first if there is one

[MrMojoZ]

make sure you change the bios option to run off the pci-x slot first if there is one

Yeah, there isn't anything that mentions it in the BIOS. I'll give the socket one more shaving and see if that helps.

Also, the stock AMD heatpipe coolers are holding the CPU temps at 44-45 after six hours of 100% crunching.

[pawmadsen]

i got some stuff today now i just have to buy some psu's, and get the exact pin layout of this arima quad board.

16 x 8347 (have had them a while now)

16 retention brackets
16 coolers
64 x 512 mb ram = 32 gb total
2 boards. one is the same as this bulk buy, so i can now test for ppl in europe if its nessesary. the other is a arima dual socket board, because i might use it as a storage server. i have 8 x 1.5 tb disk on a perc 6i raid card, sitting in a overclocked i7 machine atm, i would like to move it to a safer place.

[MrMojoZ]

Hot!

[shoota]

i got some stuff today now i just have to buy some psu's, and get the exact pin layout of this arima quad board.

16 x 8347 (have had them a while now)

16 retention brackets
16 coolers
64 x 512 mb ram = 32 gb total
2 boards. one is the same as this bulk buy, so i can now test for ppl in europe if its nessesary. the other is a arima dual socket board, because i might use it as a storage server. i have 8 x 1.5 tb disk on a perc 6i raid card, sitting in a overclocked i7 machine atm, i would like to move it to a safer place.

holy crap nice hardware Pr0n!

[pawmadsen]

ok, here is a start on the build. i have taken lots of pictures of me installing the cpu's. to try and answer some questions.

i will still buy 4 more boards, if everything works out on this "tryout" board.

i will need some answers on the power supply Duh, if you cn supply me with them, then i can start up this baby and test if everything works.

specs are:
4 x 8347 1,9ghz
16 x 512 mb 400mhz reg ecc (pc2-3200r)
4 retention thingies, modded with a hobbyknife to fit socket 1207
standard backplate, came on the board.
4 cooler master alu heatsinks with fans.

here are the power pictures. i need help with how to wire these correct.

first picture, is it correct ? (i think it is)



second picture, is it correct ? (i think its wrong)


thrid picture, is it correct ? (i think it is)


retention brackets need some trimming, its no bigie, i did it with a doll hobbyknife, takes about 4 minutes each.




here is the cpu locking lever, it works without bending it, but it touches the retention bracket slightly, so i just took this tool and pressed it a bit together.







cpu with heatsinks mounted. (pr0n)

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Judging by the color that's PCIE 8pin? and not EPS... it won't work.
Connector 1 = 2 EPS
Connector 2 = 1 EPS + 1 pcie backwards

[s0lid]

NO! If you use those w/o modding you'll fry the psu as you will short circuit the gnd and 12v lines.
And Pci-E connectors have mirrored pinouts compared to EPSs and P4s.

[pawmadsen]

i wont connect anything untill i have verified with you guys

i have just double checked the ebay listing that said this cable where a EPS 8 pin cable. and i seem to have recieved the wrong cables.. the seller is free-club, so watch out for him.

i will hunt the net for some real EPS 8 pin cables now.

[pawmadsen]

i have modded the cables so that the singles black wire that is next to all the yellow ones are connected together with the yellows.

so that it is 4 yellow 12v on the side that is closet to the camera
and 4 black gnd on the other side.

thanks for noticing guys.

with that in mind is this correct ?

[Sparky]

Hang on.... lemme check something.

OK. EPS12V has the yellow 12V wires on the clip side, black GND on the other. those you have are PCIe which are the other way round (GND on clip side, etc).

So... the real question is, are those sockets wired for EPS12V or not? Shoot I cannot find it, is there a manual or something for this board someplace?

[pawmadsen]

ok, i have it the wrong way around. here is a picture of the correct way.

[shoota]

Wow now I'm a little ticked cuz I bought those same adapters from that same seller
I'm glad you figured it out before I FUBARED something

[pawmadsen]

yes crappy guy, says one thing and sends another.. well i fund a ebay link to something that both look right and sounds right.

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-HD-Molex-EPS-8...item518d500e3c

and its from the states, not hong kong.

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Since you modded the alone black pins to 12V, all that's left is to switch them around, either force all the connectors backwards on the board, -or- rewire them: all pins facing end of the board yellow(12V), the pins facing the ram, black.

[Sparky]

I'll have to see if I can find him, but there was one seller I got a few cables from that was very quick, excellent cables, and reasonable on prices.

[pawmadsen]

Since you modded the alone black pins to 12V, all that's left is to switch them around, either force all the connectors backwards on the board, -or- rewire them: all pins facing end of the board yellow(12V), the pins facing the ram, black.

i think i might just solder the wires together. so i dont use the molex connectors. then i can just do it the right way.

[Rise]

paw - you're a baller.

how much did a single setup cost you in total?