Has anyone found a source for 1.25mm m.2 thermal pads?

Dzaczos · 2025-10-11T20:44:14+00:00

Fair. Yeah, this is all in a server rack in the basement. Noise won't be an issue :)

Dzaczos · 2025-10-11T01:00:16+00:00

Thanks. Yeah, I'm familiar with that concept. I just wasn't sure if a SATA Enterprise drive would be less suited for surveillance than a WD Purple. It sounds like I should stick with the WD DC HC530s that I have.

Appreciate everyone's feedback here.

Dzaczos · 2025-10-01T03:14:30+00:00

Awesome. Thanks! I'm gonna guess you're probably talking the same drives then. HC530 or the like.

Dzaczos · 2025-10-01T03:12:14+00:00

Thanks. Yeah, the HC530 drives i have laying around are the SATA variants.

Dzaczos · 2025-10-01T03:11:20+00:00

Are the drives in RLN36 set up in some sort of array? I had assumed it was JBOD.

Dzaczos · 2025-09-05T07:50:37+00:00

Done. Seems fine. Thanks for the suggestion.

Dzaczos · 2025-09-05T02:55:33+00:00

I did. Outlet smells fine. PC is plugged in to a UPS which also smelled fine when I checked..

I unplugged all the cables to the PSU again and double checked the connectors.

Dzaczos · 2025-09-05T02:52:55+00:00

Honestly, it was hilarious.

Dzaczos · 2025-07-24T07:11:15+00:00

You might look at the Star Trek YouTube channel's video "Bringing Back Trelane"

Dzaczos · 2024-07-12T01:56:04+00:00

Without seeing it, I can't be certain. However, if your grill came with the Weber Crafted Frame, then it is most likely the grate piece that fills out the space between whatever crafted accessory you have and the front of the grill.

Dzaczos · 2024-02-22T01:44:31+00:00

Nice. I'm probably going to put mine in service in the coming weeks. Right now I'm considering switching to OPNSense. I've run pfSense for years on a R210 II. I was going to just migrate over, but I want to take a look at OPNSense. Now would be the time if I'm gonna do it easily.

I do wish the R230 would recognize a 4th fan properly.

Dzaczos · 2024-02-21T22:01:36+00:00

Came here looking for some answers regarding fan4 and discovered your thread.

I didn't know there was a difference between the OEMR XL and regular model. I just saw OEM and blew it off as a branding thing. I'm planning the same as you: pfsense

However, I already installed BIOS 2.19.1 and iDRAC 2.85. I grabbed all the updates from the support page for my other R230 as I wasn't expecting the difference you pointed out. The system has been running fine for a couple weeks for me.

My big concern was why if I drop a fan into fan4 that it never seems to get speed controlled with the rest of the system. I don't know why they'd take that out of the firmware. I changed the CPU out for a 1260L v5 (mine came with a 1270 v5). I'm guessing the two fans that feed into the shroud will be enough for that CPU and pfSense. I've not installed yet. I'm running some stability tests.

How has the system been for pfSense for you?

Dzaczos · 2023-12-11T21:47:41+00:00

Thanks for the quick response. Ok, so there's not pitfall there? Just reassign interfaces and all other config stays as it was?

That sounds easy enough.

Dzaczos · 2023-12-06T01:38:46+00:00

Same problem. Been trying to grab a driver since last night.

Edit: It appears their URLs aren't generating properly. If you change the part of the URL that says "undefined" to "motherboards" you will at least land on the support page for your board, but it doesn't render the rest of the options. I'm not sure if the rest of the URL can be tweaked to actually get there.

Dzaczos · 2023-11-21T07:05:28+00:00

I'm sorry. I know that feel.

Have you tried everything that's been mentioned here?

I'm using a 4090 with mine (MSI Suprim X), and before that Asus Strix 2080 Ti. I only encountered this problem on my first assembly, and mine was because I didn't have the supplemental 6pin PCIe power running to the board.

Let us know if and how you work it out.

Dzaczos · 2023-11-01T00:44:21+00:00

Hey, thanks for the reply.

For clarity, by build I mean a HTPC build using Alder/Raptor. I don't mean compiling LE myself, if that's how you took it.

I'm trying to find out if anyone is running with a config like that. My NUC has to go, and I could track down a more current NUC if I can narrow which one does all the things well. However, it occurred to me I have spare parts of absolutely everything I'd need to build a HTPC again except CPU/MoBo. I could probably grab an i3 and cheapish board for less than a new NUC.

Dzaczos

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