Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-20 Thread Quartz

Contact their support department.


I ended up doing that anyway earlier this morning. If I don't hear back from
them maybe I'll try calling tomorrow or something.


They're actually pretty good about answering questions on the phone,
even on the first call.


They did get back to me via email, and the answer is "no". We'll have to 
look into substitutes next week I guess.




Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-20 Thread lists
>  From Supermicro website:
> http://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/ATOM/
> http://www.supermicro.nl/products/embedded/embedded_motherboard.cfm
> 
> Recently I bought a X9SBAA-F on ebay and except this bug[1] everything
> is working as it should.
> 
> [1] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs&m=144001965023035&w=2

Hey, thanks for the dmesg.

Here's another previous model X7SPA-HF-D525 report working excellent
since 2011:

http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=143809718924583

The only gripe is the Matrox MGA G200eW used to work with X and not at
present (some update in Xorg broke it):

[100914.283] (EE) MGA(0): Unable to map Framebuffer FC00 80.  Bad file 
descriptor (9)
[100914.284] (WW) MGA(0): Could not retrieve video BIOS!
[100914.284] (EE) MGA(0): Unable to detect video RAM.
[100914.284] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

$ sudo lspci -nnvv -d 102b:
04:04.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA 
G200eW WPCM450 [102b:0532] (rev 0a) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Super Micro Computer Inc Device [15d9:060a]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
SERR- 

Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-20 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Quartz [qua...@sneakertech.com] wrote:
> >Why would you contact their marketing department?  That's silly.
> 
> Well because I assume that marketing encompasses sales, and the sales
> department kinda ought to know what products the company sells.
> 
> 
> >Contact their support department.
> 
> I ended up doing that anyway earlier this morning. If I don't hear back from
> them maybe I'll try calling tomorrow or something.

They're actually pretty good about answering questions on the phone,
even on the first call.



Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-20 Thread Quartz

Why would you contact their marketing department?  That's silly.


Well because I assume that marketing encompasses sales, and the 
sales department kinda ought to know what products the company sells.




Contact their support department.


I ended up doing that anyway earlier this morning. If I don't hear back 
from them maybe I'll try calling tomorrow or something.




Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-20 Thread Quartz

 From Supermicro website:
http://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/ATOM/
http://www.supermicro.nl/products/embedded/embedded_motherboard.cfm


I know they sell Atom-based boards and various embedded boards, but just 
because it's Atom and/or embedded doesn't automatically mean it conforms 
to the thin-mini-itx standard.




X9SBAA-F


That one doesn't qualify either. Same issue with a high stack and no DC 
plug.




Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-20 Thread Gene
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 1:47 AM, Quartz  wrote:

> We need to build some OpenBSD-based network devices that we'd strongly
> prefer to be based on SuperMicro hardware. Does anyone know offhand if they
> offer any products that conform to the Thin-Mini-ITX standard? Their
> website is unhelpful and so far their marketing email hasn't responded to
> inquiries.
>

Why would you contact their marketing department?  That's silly.

Contact their support department.  If you don't mind waiting a day or so
send them an email.  If you want a faster answer call their support line.
They'll answer your questions and won't require any type of account with
them to get their assistance.

-Gene



Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-20 Thread Atanas Vladimirov

On 20.08.2015 04:46, Quartz wrote:

Try the X10SBA


Doesn't appear to fit the bill, unfortunately. That hdmi+displayport
stack is too high, and while it has onboard DC12V it's missing the
standardized plug on the back.

Given that no one else has responded, I'm assuming that SuperMicro
just doesn't make boards in this form factor, which is disappointing
given how many other embedded solutions they offer. We'll probably
have to go with an Intel model or something. Oh well.


From Supermicro website:
http://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/ATOM/
http://www.supermicro.nl/products/embedded/embedded_motherboard.cfm

Recently I bought a X9SBAA-F on ebay and except this bug[1] everything
is working as it should.

[1] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs&m=144001965023035&w=2



Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-19 Thread Quartz

Try the X10SBA


Doesn't appear to fit the bill, unfortunately. That hdmi+displayport 
stack is too high, and while it has onboard DC12V it's missing the 
standardized plug on the back.


Given that no one else has responded, I'm assuming that SuperMicro just 
doesn't make boards in this form factor, which is disappointing given 
how many other embedded solutions they offer. We'll probably have to go 
with an Intel model or something. Oh well.




Re: SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-19 Thread Chris Cappuccio
Try the X10SBA

Quartz [qua...@sneakertech.com] wrote:
> We need to build some OpenBSD-based network devices that we'd strongly
> prefer to be based on SuperMicro hardware. Does anyone know offhand if they
> offer any products that conform to the Thin-Mini-ITX standard? Their website
> is unhelpful and so far their marketing email hasn't responded to inquiries.

-- 
The bums will always lose



SuperMicro thin mini itx?

2015-08-19 Thread Quartz
We need to build some OpenBSD-based network devices that we'd strongly 
prefer to be based on SuperMicro hardware. Does anyone know offhand if 
they offer any products that conform to the Thin-Mini-ITX standard? 
Their website is unhelpful and so far their marketing email hasn't 
responded to inquiries.