07-14-2026, 03:41 AM
Managed to get the server built this evening and get Debian/KDE on it. This took most of the evening, so I'm going to break for now. Here are some pictures:
Front:
server_front.png (Size: 7.57 MB / Downloads: 8)
Back:
server_back.png (Size: 5.26 MB / Downloads: 8)
You may notice that the bottom hdd is sitting upside down. This is because of a flaw in the design of the case. For whatever reason, the mount where the drive housings sit does this weird taper in two places.
drives_problem.png (Size: 2.17 MB / Downloads: 7)
That taper actually makes it impossible to plug in the power and sata cable for the drives that sit in those positions. I moved things around a bit and realized if all of the drives are installed the same direction, cable mass is going to build up on that side and probably be a mess anyway. So, I flipped the bottom drive and ran two power chains - one going bottom- to-top to power the right-side-up drives and the other going top-to-bottom to power the upside-down drives. I went ahead and ran those cables in prep for the drives that will eventually live there.
drives_cables.png (Size: 2.12 MB / Downloads: 7)
That's all for now.
EDIT: Hey [USER=28507]@Digital Prophet[/USER] - remember that DDR4 ram you gave me like 5 years ago because you didn't have anything to use it in? Well, I found them and the speed is identical to what I bought, so I went ahead and slotted them for +16MB (48MB total) woohoo!
Front:
server_front.png (Size: 7.57 MB / Downloads: 8)
Back:
server_back.png (Size: 5.26 MB / Downloads: 8)
You may notice that the bottom hdd is sitting upside down. This is because of a flaw in the design of the case. For whatever reason, the mount where the drive housings sit does this weird taper in two places.
drives_problem.png (Size: 2.17 MB / Downloads: 7)
That taper actually makes it impossible to plug in the power and sata cable for the drives that sit in those positions. I moved things around a bit and realized if all of the drives are installed the same direction, cable mass is going to build up on that side and probably be a mess anyway. So, I flipped the bottom drive and ran two power chains - one going bottom- to-top to power the right-side-up drives and the other going top-to-bottom to power the upside-down drives. I went ahead and ran those cables in prep for the drives that will eventually live there.
drives_cables.png (Size: 2.12 MB / Downloads: 7)
That's all for now.
EDIT: Hey [USER=28507]@Digital Prophet[/USER] - remember that DDR4 ram you gave me like 5 years ago because you didn't have anything to use it in? Well, I found them and the speed is identical to what I bought, so I went ahead and slotted them for +16MB (48MB total) woohoo!