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1. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 11:33:54 EDT Clarissa Walker
   The replacement server motherboard has arrived. I haven't tested it just yet, however.
   
   Going to have to obtain a SATA drive, though. The board can also use a SATA DOM (Disk-On-Module), and those are usually of industrial spec.
   • Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 13:00:28 EDT Clarissa Walker

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     The board works, though its IPMI is also very old and insecure. [Version 1.86! Latest official is 3.52 (was 3.38 but someone YOLO'd and is official now), though 3.64 exists.]
     
     Since I'm not going to bother updating it like I did with the OPNSense board, I'll disable it on the board with the jumper settings instead for now.
     
     Still haven't disabled it on the OPNSense board yet... http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info/gnu-social/public/url/54
   • Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 13:11:50 EDT Clarissa Walker

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     Ran a memtest, left for ~15 minutes, returned and saw that the CPU hits ~70° C on load... and that's on an open 'case'. Will repaste the CPU, but I may replace it with a Xeon E3-1270 at some point anyway.
   • Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 13:16:13 EDT Clarissa Walker

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     Corrections:
     open 'case' -> test bench
     Xeon E3-1270 -> Xeon E3-1270 v2
     
     Also, max temp hit 72° C this time.
   • Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 16:01:06 EDT Clarissa Walker

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     Before the CPU repaste: http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info/gnu-social/public/url/54
   • Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 16:01:47 EDT Clarissa Walker

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     After the CPU repaste: http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info/gnu-social/public/url/54
   • Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 16:03:22 EDT Clarissa Walker

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     Yes, I have actually brought CPU temps down nearly 20° Celsius because the original thermal paste was bone dry.
   • Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 25-Apr-2026 18:48:20 EDT Clarissa Walker

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     And... it also seems that I finally managed to get the board to keep its BIOS settings.
     
     That literally took over an hour to solve that.
     
     It originally started with it not responding with the power button, then eventually I walked off to retrieve something (over two minutes), then tried again and realized it powered on...
     
     Set the time and date, exit, power off the board then the PSU... wait ~2 minutes, power on the PSU, then the board. Forgot its settings.
     
     Repeat this ad-nauseam between testing RAM for errors and CPU temp. Oh, and the display would glitch up at times. May have to retire that particular old Sony SDM-HS94P monitor.
     
     Earlier, I disabled the BMC by jumper; the BMC was still zombie-enabled, but now the BIOS would no longer acknowledge it. Odd.
     
     Eventually jumpered the Chassis Intrusion setting and then used the Set User Default settings in BIOS. From there, BMC was no longer running...
     
     The board is in standby; it needs a SATA drive before the system migration.