nasomi Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Apparently the case's front panel cable is proprietary, a 16 pin ribbon cable. Upgrading from the 833T to the 933T, i came to a brick wall. Looking at the pin-out, it seems kind of important. Plus I want to do it nice and clean. I've found one or two that are ok, but I want to know what my options are. Searching supermicro's site didn't yield any good results either. The only real requirements are 3 pci-x slots, or 2 pci-x and a pci-e. Need to be able to put in my two SAT2-MV8 cards and quad port nic. Quote Link to comment
StevenD Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Any SuperMicro motherboard should work. You might want to consider getting rid of those ancient PCI-X cards...it will expand your options. Quote Link to comment
nasomi Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 According to the manual on page A-3 http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/chassis/3U/SC933.pdf It can be 5 different variety of pins. In this case mine is 16 to 16, or CBL-0049. It's not a standard set of front header pins. The cards handle 8x4tb just fine, so unless i'm unable to find a compatible motherboard, i see no reason to change. Quote Link to comment
StevenD Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 I have a few 933's and they all use X9SCM's. You can always get the split out cable so you can use any motherboard. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CK27rr6Qlb8CFRJk7AodVCsAqw&Item=N82E16812153003 Quote Link to comment
nasomi Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 I have a few 933's and they all use X9SCM's. You can always get the split out cable so you can use any motherboard. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CK27rr6Qlb8CFRJk7AodVCsAqw&Item=N82E16812153003 That is EXACTLY what I'm going to do! Cheap, gets the job done. Anyone know anything about htese cables? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812422754&cm_re=sata_cable-_-12-422-754-_-Product They're cheap and I don't see any bad reviews, it'd be nice to have all the same cables instead of just sata cables i found laying around. Half way through the swap and I ran into that, and a mess on the dining room table, the wife isn't happy. I just can't wait for 60tb capacity. Quote Link to comment
StevenD Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Depending on how many you need to buy, you may be able to buy them from Monoprice cheaper. http://www.monoprice.com/Search/Index?keyword=locking+sata Quote Link to comment
nasomi Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 I bought from monoprice. Newegg was $5 shipping for "you'll get it some day" and $27 for 3 day. Monoprice was $6 for 2-3 day. Newegg has gotten carried away with it's shipping rates and options. Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment
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