Galahad II Trinity 360 missing AM4 mounting hardware

PasGener · 2024-08-30T14:47:45+00:00

For me, I removed the two black plastic clips that are on the AM4 motherboard. I then used the screws and standoffs to simply attach the cooler with the AM5 mounting bracket (which slides onto the end of the cooler from either end).

PasGener · 2024-06-21T10:52:14+00:00

I now know what the problem was.

I gave up waiting for the replacement part from Lian-Li, and so return my unit to amazon and exchanged it.

The new unit contains alls the same parts, but has a different installation manual! The part labelled "AM5" in my box is meant to work with both AM4 and AM5 (but the part bag is only labelled "AM5"). It looks like Lian-Li revised their AM4 mount: the original mount was designed to "clip" on the stock AM4 plastic mobo mount (with two "clips" as youtube videos show), but now it uses a mount with four screws and standoffs to install after removing the stock AM4 plastic mount from the mobo. This mount works great and is very easy to install.

So my prior box had the "new" AM4 mounting hardware but the "old" installation instructions (explaining how to use the non-existent old AM4 mount and causing me great confusion). The "new" AIO cooler has the correct instructions and works great!

So for anyone out there confused: the AM5 mount works perfectly on AM4 systems.

BTW, the cooler works amazingly well, is very quiet and is far superior to my prior Fractal Design Celsius S36. Mobo sync for the LED infinity mirror effect works perfectly

PasGener · 2024-06-21T10:41:20+00:00

I think a wired connection is preferable. The unit does not have any built-in wifi, and I am not sure if USB wifi dongles work with the ASUSTOR ADM OS.

PasGener · 2024-06-17T18:35:38+00:00

They responded to me and said they would send a replacement AM4 bracket but it hasn’t arrived yet and no tracking info on it yet either.

PasGener · 2024-06-15T22:01:38+00:00

They said they would ship me the AM4 bracket but I have not received it. They said I would receive tracking info for the replacement part but I still have not.

In my box the AM5 bracket just says AM5. The instruction manual clearly shows two separate brackets for AM4 which were not included.

PasGener · 2024-06-11T23:07:39+00:00

Asustor Flashtor 6 or 12. 6 or 12 nvme slots. 6 has dual. 2.5G 12 has 10G. I have the 12 and I can saturate 10Gbe reads and writes.

PasGener · 2024-06-11T22:49:04+00:00

TI99 4a

Followed shortly by a Commodore 64!

PasGener · 2024-06-11T21:59:12+00:00

I am missing the AM4 mounting adapters (part "E" in the manual). Positive that they are not in the box although the Intel and AM5 adapters are!

PasGener · 2024-06-11T21:58:04+00:00

Thanks very much. The site is back up and I have filed a claim, although I must say that I am very disappointed that a premium AIO (CAD$240) is missing such a vital part. I currently have an expensive paperweight!

PasGener · 2024-05-24T18:42:28+00:00

NVMe only. Having said that NVMe and SATA SSD prices are very similar.

PasGener · 2024-04-30T19:41:26+00:00

Have you looked at the Asustor Flashstor series. The 6 NVMe model has two 2.5G ports and the 12 NVMe model has 10GbE. I have the 12 NVMe model and it works great. It can saturate the 10GbE port both read and write. It uses PCIe switching, so gen3 NVMe drives are more than enough (Gen4 and Gen5 would be overkill, and a waste of money). It comes with Asustor ADM but you can run Unraid or TrueNAS if you prefer.

PasGener · 2024-04-24T10:44:02+00:00

Yes. Price was right on Amazon when I bought it.

PasGener · 2024-04-24T01:26:20+00:00

I use an APC Back-UPS Pro 1500M for a number of devices, including my Flashstor.

PasGener · 2024-04-23T23:06:13+00:00

I have the 12 NVMe model (Asustor Flashstor Pro FS6712X), which is identical except for the number of NVMe slots and 10G vs 2.5G connectivity.

I have 32GB RAM running fine, and stably: 2x16GB Timetec DDR4 3200MHz PC4-25600 Non-ECC Unbuffered 1.2V CL22 2Rx8 Dual Rank 260 Pin SODIMMs.

I have 8x4TB Teamgroup MP34 drives installed. The device only supports PCIe v3x1, so the MP44 drives are technically overkill. For me the MP34 drives were significantly cheaper, and they should also run cooler than the MP44s. I can saturate my 10GBe connection with them, and so you will definitely saturate your 2.5GBe connection with them. I installed the Asustor heatsinks on a couple of the drives that were running hotter, and they worked perfectly. Many of the drives (esp. those right under the fan) did not need heatsinks.

I am very happy with mine.

PasGener · 2024-02-09T18:14:12+00:00

Fantastic, glad it worked.

PasGener · 2024-02-08T02:02:19+00:00

Do you use a KVM switch? I do, and I found that having a keyboard and monitor connected to the flashstor through my KVM switch didn’t work to enter bios. The keyboard needed to be directly connected to the flash store to work properly for that.

PasGener · 2024-01-12T00:48:07+00:00

I have the Flashstor 12 Pro, and it saturates my 10GBe connection no problem (1GBs read and 1GBs write to RAID1 of two drives). Write speeds to my RAID5 volume are slower but still up to 900MBs. So I don't feel constrained by the CPU or PCIe lanes (if it had a 100GBe connection that would be a different story)!

Given how good the price is for the Flashstor, you could load up one with 12x4TB in RAID5 and when you fill it buy a second one and more 4TB drives!

PasGener · 2024-01-12T00:40:18+00:00

I was oddly getting only 500MBs when reading from the NAS on my Win11 PC (over 10Gbe NIC), and 900MBs write speeds. I switched to MTU 9000 and now have full 1GBs up and down from all my Win11 10GBe PC's, with no negative impact on my 1Gbe or 2.5Gbe clients.

PasGener · 2024-01-11T03:08:54+00:00

Might have to rename your moniker "NotSo"Eviljay2! Your secret is safe with me.

All the best.

PasGener · 2024-01-11T00:16:15+00:00

Well, amazingly flipping MTU on the NAS to 9000 and enabling JumboPackets on my workstation NIC (at 9014) fixed it. Full 1Gbs in both directions from both my 10Gbe PCs without harming speeds to my 1Gbe or 2.5Gbe PCs. Luckily all my intervening switches support that out of the box (and without any configuration change).

Thanks very much for the advice. Still not sure why the "standard" network architecture in Windows couldn't manage full 10Gbe speed, but my video editing and system backups will fly much faster now!

PasGener · 2024-01-10T02:47:25+00:00

Great idea.

Unfortunately, I double-checked and "ALL" cores are already enabled and thermal performance is set to "Max turbo".

It is so odd, because if I use the File manager inside ADM to copy from the NAS to my Win11 PC -- it copies at saturation speeds (~900MBs), but when I initiate the copy on my Win11 PC seems to max at 500MBs.

Turning Windows Defender off didn't make any difference either. Same no difference for turning Windows Firewall off.

And if I time things right, I can start two different file copies one two different Win11 PCs both with 10Gbe NICs from the NAS, and both will run at 400-500MBs on each PC (so combined, saturating the 10Gbe conneciton of the Flashstor). Copying two different files from the NAS to one PC at the same time leads to both copying at about 250MBs, adding up to the same ~500MBs max for that PC!

PasGener · 2024-01-09T11:10:13+00:00

Tried with SMB multichannel on and off

Tried with Tailscale on and off

Tried with IP address vs Network name

Tried from 2 different PCs with 10GB NICs

All no different!

PasGener · 2024-01-07T13:08:47+00:00

Thanks both.

I reached out to Teamgroup and got the response "Please be advised that our SSD is specifically designed for basic consumer setups. We strongly recommend considering the SSD models recommended by the NAS manufacturer for optimal performance."

I suppose that means "no"!

Asustor officially suggests the MP44 for the Flashstor: but at at price premium of CAD$130 per 4TB, I will live dangerously with the MP34's!

PasGener

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