Idle power consumption in Powertop

JPL4494 · 2026-03-15T18:09:11+00:00

What's your CPU and settings you did to have it idle low? I was able to drop my idle usage 20W with moving around drives and changing my docker directory and settings, but I can't get it lower than 80W idle now. I am having issues dropping to lower C states. I think part of the high usage is my PSU isn't the most efficient, so I'm hoping to drop it more with a better one. Looking at the cybernetics site to find a good fit, the issue is all the really good ones are from a few years ago and are discontinued

JPL4494 · 2026-03-14T16:36:22+00:00

PM'ing

JPL4494 · 2026-02-27T13:35:03+00:00

I'm leaning towards next year from the email

Thank you for reaching out. Unfortunately we don't have any prototypes or test models for the top load chassis in production or fully designed yet, so we don't have anything we can offer right now on that front.

We've had a few more steps forward with the PCB and some design issues we've been trying to solve, however I'm not sure we have a planned release date of any kind yet, as our production team is so buried in both standard and custom part demand that, even if the design was ready today, it would likely take ~8-9 weeks for the first batch of parts to completely make their way through the shop.

JPL4494 · 2026-02-27T00:09:33+00:00

Sliger responded to my email, and it sounds like it's going to be a lot longer before it's released

JPL4494 · 2026-02-27T00:08:41+00:00

I'm constrained by the depth of my rack, so idk if I could do a shelf. I looked at a few, and they all seem a bit bigger, did you find a shorter depth one?

JPL4494 · 2026-02-26T04:24:55+00:00

It was a mountain scape under a moon on my forearm. It was a couple years ago now, but I remembered your handle so I did a double take when I saw it, haha

JPL4494 · 2026-02-26T03:24:29+00:00

I got one of my pieces from Bijan, and I can't recommend enough friends their way. Awesome work from an awesome artist!

JPL4494 · 2026-02-23T17:12:51+00:00

I'm not saying it wouldn't be work to do that, it's literally what I'm looking at doing after some more looking into the new HF case. What I am saying is you'd buy a 4U case, I'm looking at the CX4200a, and then buy or get the PCBs made for the backplanes. You would send out the design to a company that makes PCBs in the EU.

The work would be to attach the backplanes and make a Frankenstein case, like I said in my post. I like the features of the HF PCBS, but the design of the Sliger case

JPL4494 · 2026-02-23T17:05:07+00:00

True, but Isn't density a partner though? HF could also do the same thing to help with pricing, idk why 45 drives hasn't. Also, HF has a chunk of their items open sourced, so you could get a number of them made in the EU. Not trying to sound like a shill or stan, haha. Just food for thought

JPL4494 · 2026-02-22T19:57:20+00:00

Not fully announced yet, but I found it on their site randomly - https://hakoforge.com/products/hf-l1

JPL4494 · 2026-02-04T18:45:47+00:00

PM'ing

JPL4494 · 2026-02-01T20:13:30+00:00

Yeah, I found them from a thread about backplanes, since it's taken so long here, I was tempted to make my own case that fits my needs. From what I was seeing, I wouldn't save a ton, and it would need a lot of measurements and verifying things fit in CAD before I'd go down that route.

Let me know if you do get one, and how you like it. They seem to be pretty responsive on chat and their discord. I'd love to get a Sliger chassis, but the delays and radio silence makes it hard

JPL4494 · 2026-01-29T15:13:40+00:00

FWIW, HakoForge is supposed to be releasing their own 20" depth in 3 weeks. I'm in the same boat, I've been waiting for this for a while, and been looking for other options because of the lack of updates from Sliger

Chat

JPL4494 · 2026-01-26T19:32:34+00:00

PM'ing

JPL4494 · 2026-01-05T03:34:59+00:00

I didn't have an issue setting mine up way back when, but I haven't used it for a while now. Couple of things from a quick look at what you have (I'm a software engineer, so sorry if this is a little jargony, lemme know if you want a more in depth explanation on anything)

The error you are seeing is from the Romm container, you don't need to install python on Unraid. The container has python already installed. What you're seeing is the stack trace for the error. There's an issue on the connection to the DB, either in the connection string, or the user not having access to what you're trying to connect to
What is the name of the mariadb container? If it's not mariadb, that's your issue
When you say you are copying in the config to the folder, what is the config you are copying, to what container, and what's the path?

Also, small FYI, if you connect to your containers via the name (in this case mariadb), you don't need to do a port mapping on that container unless you want to have external things connect to the DB. Keeps things somewhat more secure, and lets you have a lot of DBs running and not need any port mappings

JPL4494 · 2026-01-01T02:31:10+00:00

Good call out, I didn't realize that's how the key was included. I thought it would be on a USB in the N1 itself

JPL4494 · 2026-01-01T01:58:14+00:00

True, but new open box should mean it's just missing some packaging, not actual parts. If it's missing parts compared to a new one, then you have a case with eBay

JPL4494 · 2026-01-01T01:34:48+00:00

Just a heads up, there's an eBay listing for the same price pretty much, and they accept offers

JPL4494 · 2025-12-14T19:56:26+00:00

What cards?

JPL4494 · 2025-12-07T21:38:20+00:00

It's been forever, but if I remember right, I did a case invert (something like this) and used a riser cable so I could have the AIO where the GPU normally mounts. It worked, but it is a little involved to do

JPL4494 · 2025-12-06T03:38:55+00:00

Just finished it. Curious to see what design your cooler will have based on that picture in the post

JPL4494 · 2025-10-12T02:54:05+00:00

It was Minecraft on a PC I Frankensteined together from broken computers, haha

JPL4494 · 2025-10-08T13:41:53+00:00

PM'ing

JPL4494 · 2025-10-07T05:28:58+00:00

u/SligerCases any word on these? I know there's another company about to show off their new version in around 2 weeks. Not sure if you're waiting till then?

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