A Day In The Life: Testing Supermicro X9DRH-7F | BIOS IPMI update | IT mode flash | server ASMR

In this video, I want to give you guys a behind the scenes view into my process for testing motherboards. I want to show you what goes on here to ensure you always get a high quality product at my eBay store. In this particular video, I’m updating and testing the Supermicro X9DRH-7F motherboard and then converting the onboard LSI RAID controller to IT mode.

I recorded this footage while working, so I didn’t do any talking, so this isn’t going to be a how to guide of any sorts. However, you might find it useful watching how I update the BIOS and IPMI firmware, or how I test certain features of the motherboard, or how I convert the onboard LSI RAID controller to IT mode. So, if you’re here looking for technical information, there are timestamps below so you can skip to whatever section that interests you. Also, there’s going to be some footage where I'm just watching the machine boot up, or waiting for the firmware update to complete. Normally, I might fast forward through those sections, but some of you have told me you actually want to see the process in real-time so you know what to expect when you run those updates yourself. So, I'm going to leave that footage as is, but feel free to skip ahead if you like.

Finally, I tried to record all the sounds of the process. If you enjoy the sounds of installing motherboards, RAM, PCIe cards, CPUs, cables, and the running of server fans, let's start a new trend together for server themed ASMR!

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Timestamps:
0:29 - Cleaning  dust off Supermicro X9DRH-7F
0:59 - Testing CMOS battery
2:11 - Installing X9DRH-7F into Supermicro 825 chassis
3:30 - Connecting front panel I/O control cable
3:53 - Connecting FAN1, FAN3, FAN_A
4:19 - Connecting SAS cables to onboard LSI RAID controller
4:34 - Connecting ATX, CPU, and PSU PMBus cables
5:05 - Connecting VGA, rear USB, and IPMI NIC
5:20 - Installing CPU1 with 1 DIMM (for initial testing) and Supermicro 2U CPU cooler (SNK-P0048PS)
6:21 - Connecting A/C power cord
6:38 - First power on to check BIOS and IPMI version
8:41 - Booting FreeDOS USB
8:56 - Updating BIOS
12:55 - Updating IPMI firmware with factory reset
21:04 - Second power on to verify BIOS and IPMI update
23:24 - Installing all DIMMs on CPU1 to test all memory channels
24:29 - Installing CPU2, FAN5, and all DIMMs to test 2nd socket and all memory channels
26:40 - Installing AOC-S2308L-L8e and Quadro P400 to test PCIe slots 1-4
27:43 - Third power on
30:46 - Testing PCIe slots 1-3 (with AOC-S2308L-L8e)
30:50 - Testing all IPMI sensors
31:15 - Checking all memory channels and CPU sockets with inxi
31:30 - Testing PCIe slot 4 (with Quadro P400)
31:35 - Testing IPMI NIC works and gets DHCP address with ipmicfg
31:38 - Testing all SAS lanes on onboard LSI SAS2208 RAID controller
32:06 - Testing all rear USB and ethernet ports
32:59 - Connecting FAN2, FAN4, FAN6, and FAN_B to test during fourth power on
33:35 - Installing AOC-S2308L-L8e in PCIe slots 5-7 to test during fourth power on
34:21 - Fourth power on
34:41 - Testing PCIe slots 5-7 (with AOC-S2308L-L8e)
34:48 - Testing all onboard SATA (both AHCI and SCU) ports with SATA SSD
35:54 - Fifth power on booting to FreeDOS USB
35:59 - Using MegaRec.exe to list LSI SAS2208 RAID controller
36:03 - Using MegaRec.exe to erase flash on LSI SAS2208 controller
36:39 - Using MegaRec.exe to write LSI SAS2308 IT mode SBR to EEPROM
36:51 - Sixth power on booting into UEFI Shell
37:11 - Using sas2flash.efi to flash LSI SAS2308 firmware and BIOS/UEFI ROMs
37:46 - Using sas2flash.efi to flash serial number, assembly, and SAS address
38:11 - Final power on
40:18 - Wrap-up

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