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    ezzep replied to the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS..

    Now my curiosity is going to get the better of me. One thing I noticed earlier was that there are two jumpers—one for the CMOS, one for...

    Oct 8, 2024
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    ezzep replied to the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS..

    I’ll give it a shot tonight. Some of their utilities don’t work as well under Linux. I’m not sure why that is.

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep reacted to crashtech's post in the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS. with Like.

    Have you tried Lenovo's OneCLI? https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht509852

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep replied to the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS..

    Linux is a strange OS in that it is constantly changing.

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep reacted to igor_kavinski's post in the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS. with Like.

    Monitors are dirt cheap these days. I bet you could get a used one (probably TN or IPS) for $20 or so. But thanks for the detailed...

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep replied to the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS..

    So before I even gave power to the machine, I plugged in the DVI to the monitor and dGPU. Hit the power on the machine, and waited about...

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep reacted to igor_kavinski's post in the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS. with Like.

    Can you be more specific? What did you do exactly? Took out the cable from the onboard VGA and plugged into the dGPU? Or did you go into...

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep replied to the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS..

    Yep, doing your homework helps avoid situations like mine. I did get the GPU to work. Had to wait an eternity because Fedora sees both...

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep reacted to In2Photos's post in the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS. with Like.

    I just bought a refurbished Dell Precision T3630 with an i7-8700, 16GB DDR4, 256GB SSD and a quadro p1000 for $200. Moved it to a...

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep replied to the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS..

    Got it to work! I used Linux because I don’t have a Windows license or a sticker/key on the machine. Windows Server is way out of my...

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep reacted to igor_kavinski's post in the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS. with Like.

    Once Windows is loaded, disable the primary display adapter in Device Manager and it should switch to the secondary dGPU display...

    Oct 7, 2024
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    ezzep replied to the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS..

    So I do have a spare Ryzen 1600+ and i5-7600k, but no boards or ram. I do have a PNY 1030 and EVGA 1650 and a Dell 1070 though.

    Oct 6, 2024
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    ezzep reacted to ch33zw1z's post in the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS. with Like.

    Yea, really depends on use case. If you’re using it get into something like plex then you’re better off getting something newer that can...

    Oct 6, 2024
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    ezzep replied to the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS..

    I’m one of those crazy folks that likes to utilize everything I come in contact with. Or it gets tossed into recycling at work. I...

    Oct 6, 2024
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    ezzep replied to the thread Question Need some advice on some server equipment I bought on ebay. Lenovo X3550 M5. Locked out of the BIOS..

    Tried that and the board won’t switch displays automatically. You know what? I’ll try it again for the heck of it. This machine is just...

    Oct 6, 2024

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