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A new EPYC 7443P

Just bought and installed the new AMD EPYC on my Board and its 2x as fast as my previous processor the 7351P. For the processor to run you need to update the Bios of the Board. One bad thing is, that the Board supports only GEN2 and Gen3 EPYCs after the update and not my old one. So in case of a defect of the processor i have to downgrade the BIOS. Currently I’m struggeling a bit to update the BMC of the Board as well. The main reason for that update is, that the FAN controls are managed by the BMC and not by the BIOS. And currently i have no fan control.

Update (30.08.2021): Managed to install BMC Version 1.11 which has Fan-Control. So I’m fine with it although there is currently a version 1.19 available which cannot be installed (stops at the verification step).

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New Board (Again)

Here is quick preview of my new Board an AsrockRack ROMED8-2T. I’ve moved again because i needed more resources to host VMs and got a good offer for an Epyc Processor. The board is one of the few that can support PCIe 4 x16 on all ATX slots (7). On the board currently is an AMD EPYC 7351P and 4x Kingston Server Premium Ram. My impression so far: It requires no extraordinary cooling for its components. I’m using a Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 for the CPU and a block of 2 standard 140mm chassis coolers which are located on the rights side of the board. Those are in addition to the 5 coolers already existing on the chassis. The board itself does not require additional cooling, however my SAS and NW-Card do. Without the extra fans the cards reach temperatures of 70°.

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My new Board (Asus Pro WS X570-ACE)

My last Server-Board was an Asrock X570M Pro4. This Board had an issue with powering on and energy saving options so i returned it for a replacement. In the meantime i decided to buy me a more suitable board, the ASUS Pro WS X570-ACE, which is designed for a more professional work environment having 3 PCI-E 4.0 x8 Slots. Currently i have a RTX2060, my SAS Host Adapter and my 10Gbit network card on it. So far it runs stable. A minor issue so far: If i insert a graphics card and have no monitor attached to it, the onboard speaker reports an error beeping 1x long and 3x short, which signals a problem with the graphics card. You can change the BIOS config to not halt on errors (and wait for pressing F1 key) and continue. This unfortunately does not change the beep behavior. If I’m happy with the stability and the configuration i will run it headless, without a graphics card (i will come back to this later…).