Summary: - Needed an old cpu so I could flash the firmware to work with the Ivy Bridge CPU. (*** FLASH has 2 STEPS!!! *** be sure to follow the instructions fully.
Pros: + Only has what you would need for a server.
Cons: - Didn't recognize my DVD for boot: needed a bootable usb.
Pros: Inexpensive, SATA 6.0gb/s, onboard LSI/Intel RAID.
Cons: ACPI_BIOS_ERROR 0x000000A5 every time onboard RAID is configured, cannot use PCI-E slot for add-in RAID card, even with current BIOS update. Supermicro support very sl...