About that 5th drive connector on my 4100...

Perle · 04-16-2007, 04:40 PM

.....what can I do with that 5th drive connector on the motherboard of my 4100 ?

blue68f100 · 04-17-2007, 07:14 AM

It's not a IDE header, ISP. NOTHING.

falk0069 · 05-16-2007, 08:40 PM

I've tried plugging in different drive combinations in my 4000 and no matter what it never boots. Neither the system or the disk LED ever glow. It is obviously connected to something, because it prevents the system from booting if any drives are connected to it.

Does anyone have a clue what it is used for? It sure would be nice to have 6 drives in one of these. I've already modded my power supply and up'ed my memory to 256MB. I'm sure it's a hopeless dream, but oh well.

Perle · 05-16-2007, 10:03 PM

Modded you power supply ?

explain please.

what are the specs of your 256 ram stick as well

thanks.

blue68f100 · 05-17-2007, 06:55 AM

With the snapos having a 1T limit the extra drives makes no sense. If you are need a spare PS you better check ebay, Phoenix has 2 for sell. The PC100/133 (non eec) ram uses the low density chips. If you install high density it will only see 1/2. You will have to search the forum for which chips. I know the last one used kingston.

Phoenix32 · 05-17-2007, 10:16 AM

Yup, and I only have 2. When they are gone, people will be back to paying NW Tech $150 for a replacement or $200 and up for a medical open frame.

falk0069 · 05-17-2007, 07:59 PM

My mistake I'm actually using a 128MB stick. The memory I'm using is a Micron PC133 CL3 (MT8LSDT1664AG-133E1). I believe it is high density but not sure (there is 8 chips on only one side) When I run 'debug memory' it returns this:
Total System Physical Memory: 134217728
So it looks good.

As for the 1 TB limit. I thought that was the addressing limit. So if one were to have two or more RAIDs or multiple disks shares it wouldn't be a problem. It is only if you wanted concatenate them all together as one big drive (over 1 TB) would there be a problem.

falk0069 · 05-17-2007, 08:03 PM

Also for the power supply it is just your average run of mill 250 watt ATX power supply. All you got to do is connect the red to red the yellow to the yellow, and the black to the black. Of course it is too large to fit inside the snapserver but I'll worry about modding the case later.

re3dyb0y · 05-18-2007, 07:52 AM

As far as i remember it wasnt just a run of the mill 250 watt atx psu

Its one that will fit in the snap server without any modding

Something like a network switch PSU thats been modded...?

04-16-2007, 04:40 PM	#1
Perle Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: pdx Posts: 12	About that 5th drive connector on my 4100... .....what can I do with that 5th drive connector on the motherboard of my 4100 ?

04-17-2007, 07:14 AM	#2
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: About that 5th drive connector on my 4100... It's not a IDE header, ISP. NOTHING. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820

05-16-2007, 08:40 PM	#3
falk0069 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5	Re: About that 5th drive connector on my 4100... I've tried plugging in different drive combinations in my 4000 and no matter what it never boots. Neither the system or the disk LED ever glow. It is obviously connected to something, because it prevents the system from booting if any drives are connected to it. Does anyone have a clue what it is used for? It sure would be nice to have 6 drives in one of these. I've already modded my power supply and up'ed my memory to 256MB. I'm sure it's a hopeless dream, but oh well.

05-16-2007, 10:03 PM	#4
Perle Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: pdx Posts: 12	Re: About that 5th drive connector on my 4100... Modded you power supply ? explain please. what are the specs of your 256 ram stick as well thanks.

05-17-2007, 06:55 AM	#5
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: About that 5th drive connector on my 4100... With the snapos having a 1T limit the extra drives makes no sense. If you are need a spare PS you better check ebay, Phoenix has 2 for sell. The PC100/133 (non eec) ram uses the low density chips. If you install high density it will only see 1/2. You will have to search the forum for which chips. I know the last one used kingston. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820

05-17-2007, 10:16 AM	#6
Phoenix32 Thermophile Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yakima, WA Posts: 1,282	Re: About that 5th drive connector on my 4100... Yup, and I only have 2. When they are gone, people will be back to paying NW Tech $150 for a replacement or $200 and up for a medical open frame.

05-17-2007, 07:59 PM	#7
falk0069 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5	Re: About that 5th drive connector on my 4100... My mistake I'm actually using a 128MB stick. The memory I'm using is a Micron PC133 CL3 (MT8LSDT1664AG-133E1). I believe it is high density but not sure (there is 8 chips on only one side) When I run 'debug memory' it returns this: Total System Physical Memory: 134217728 So it looks good. As for the 1 TB limit. I thought that was the addressing limit. So if one were to have two or more RAIDs or multiple disks shares it wouldn't be a problem. It is only if you wanted concatenate them all together as one big drive (over 1 TB) would there be a problem.

05-17-2007, 08:03 PM	#8
falk0069 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 5	Re: About that 5th drive connector on my 4100... Also for the power supply it is just your average run of mill 250 watt ATX power supply. All you got to do is connect the red to red the yellow to the yellow, and the black to the black. Of course it is too large to fit inside the snapserver but I'll worry about modding the case later.

05-18-2007, 07:52 AM	#9
re3dyb0y Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK Posts: 909	Re: About that 5th drive connector on my 4100... As far as i remember it wasnt just a run of the mill 250 watt atx psu Its one that will fit in the snap server without any modding Something like a network switch PSU thats been modded...? __________________ Snap Server Help Wiki - http://wiki.procooling.com/index.php/Snap_Server Snap Server 2200 v3.4.807 2x 250GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 w/ UNIDFC601512M Replacement Fan "Did you really think it would be that easy??" Other NAS's 1x NSLU2 w/ 512mb Corsair Flash Voyager Running Unslung 6.8b 1x NSLU2 w/ 8Gb LaCie Carte Orange Running Debian/NSLU2 Stable 4.0r0 250GB LaCie Ethernet Disk Running Windows XP Embedded

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