queeg Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I'm building a server for a client who wanted this motherboard so I'm getting it Level 1 certified. Mobo: MSI 880GMA-E45 CPU: Sempron 145 RAM: G.skill F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL ripjaws HDD's used in test: 2 7200 rpm Seagate 1.5TB, 1 rpm Seagate 500GB 7200 rpm LAN: RTL8111DL North Bridge: AMD 880G South Bridge: AMD SB850 The 6 Sata ports are all SATA 6Gb/s. Here's the bios settings I used. I made these settings with just the unRAID flash plugged (no hard drives yet) so Under Boot Sequence the flash drive was the only boot device showing. If you have other drives installed then you will also have to set the boot device to flash drive only. Advanced Bios Feature Boot Sequence Boot from other Device [No] Primary Graphics Adapter [internal] Integrated Peripherals On-chip ATA Devices RAID Mode [AHCI] [/Quote] I have added this motherboard to the unRAID Hardware Compatibility page. Would someone check the attached syslog? 880GMA-E45_Level1Test.zip Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Thanks for taking the time to test this board. Are you using the onboard NIC or a PCI Intel NIC? In the syslog I see both a Broadcom NIC and an Intel NIC. Everything else looks fine. Oh, and you've got one smart toaster in your house May 13 13:21:12 Tower dhcpcd[1322]: DHCP_OFFER received from toaster (192.168.1.1) (Network) May 13 13:21:12 Tower dhcpcd[1322]: broadcasting DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.40 (Network) May 13 13:21:12 Tower dhcpcd[1322]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime=4294967295 in DHCP server response. (Routine) May 13 13:21:12 Tower dhcpcd[1322]: DHCP_ACK received from toaster (192.168.1.1) (Routine) May 13 13:21:12 Tower dhcpcd[1322]: infinite IP address lease time. Exiting (Network) Quote Link to comment
queeg Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 I updated the first post with the LAN information. That toaster is related to the famed Talkie Toaster. Not as good looking but still a hard worker. I think this will be the first motherboard with the AMD SB850 South Bridge chipset. Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 If it is a realtek nic then I'm really confused why I'm seeing a Broadcom and an Intel nic in your syslog. Also, I recommend against using the 'restore on power AC loss' feature of any motherboard. Say you have a power blip (and aren't using a UPS) and the server goes down. When it turns itself back on it will kick off a parity check. Then another power blip comes along (these things often come in waves, multiple within a short amount of time). The server again shuts down hard and then turns on and starts a parity check. This pattern repeats until the power is stable again. I believe it is better to just let the server go down hard once and then leave it up to the user to turn it back on when they feel the power is stable again, instead of letting it turn on and go down hard over and over again. Of course the ideal solution is that a UPS is used, in which case that setting shouldn't ever matter. Still, to play it safe, I always set it to 'power off'. Edit: Nevermind, it seems the Broadcom and Intel drivers are identified in EVERY syslog, so they must be something built into unRAID that I didn't notice before. Quote Link to comment
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