Thanks to Andy and this forum, I've embarked on refitting a Z800 into a larger case with room for 17 HDD + 2 SSD and NVME PVI-e boot from a m.2 drive, for a total of 20 drives, hosting a 75tb [physical] Windows Storage Spaces single node array.
I have written out a how-to on booting from a generic/amazon PCI-e/NVME adapter and m.2 drive:
https://steemit.com/hp/@fobio/load-win10-on-nvme-pci-e-on-hp-z800
Currently, I'm tackling the F1 boot prompt for various missing pieces from knightcrusader's post:
http://andybrown.me.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14.msg351.html?PHPSESSID=mi0vs2bst08m691utbni83qka6#msg351
One of the first hurdles was to tame the fans that I have migrated over for now from the Z800 case, namely front chassis and memory. I plan to eventually swapping them out once I finish wiring the adapters but for the long term, I would still have to solve the temperature sensor issue. Instead of hacking and wasting the oem front panel cable, I bought some 2n2222a temperature sensors off amazon in TO-92 size and arduino crimping set. And instead of wiring and soldering, I was able to just crimp C and B together for Pin # 11 [grey] and crimp E for Pin #12 [brown] and pushed them into a 2-pin Dupont housing...plugged it in and the fans are spinning normally now. Here's a pic of the transistors:
https://www.digikey.ca/en/articles/techzone/2017/dec/transistor-basics
Once I get the rest of the parts, I'll tackle the memory, fron chassis, rear chassis and maybe the heatsinks.
Also, by hiding the 1394 port in BIOS under Security, I was able to eliminate it from alerting in the F1 prompt. I may do that for the USB headers as well, since I have a USB3 card that can power/connect to the front USB3 port on my case. Btw, I'm using a Fractal Design XL R2.
I have written out a how-to on booting from a generic/amazon PCI-e/NVME adapter and m.2 drive:
https://steemit.com/hp/@fobio/load-win10-on-nvme-pci-e-on-hp-z800
Currently, I'm tackling the F1 boot prompt for various missing pieces from knightcrusader's post:
http://andybrown.me.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14.msg351.html?PHPSESSID=mi0vs2bst08m691utbni83qka6#msg351
One of the first hurdles was to tame the fans that I have migrated over for now from the Z800 case, namely front chassis and memory. I plan to eventually swapping them out once I finish wiring the adapters but for the long term, I would still have to solve the temperature sensor issue. Instead of hacking and wasting the oem front panel cable, I bought some 2n2222a temperature sensors off amazon in TO-92 size and arduino crimping set. And instead of wiring and soldering, I was able to just crimp C and B together for Pin # 11 [grey] and crimp E for Pin #12 [brown] and pushed them into a 2-pin Dupont housing...plugged it in and the fans are spinning normally now. Here's a pic of the transistors:
https://www.digikey.ca/en/articles/techzone/2017/dec/transistor-basics
Once I get the rest of the parts, I'll tackle the memory, fron chassis, rear chassis and maybe the heatsinks.
Also, by hiding the 1394 port in BIOS under Security, I was able to eliminate it from alerting in the F1 prompt. I may do that for the USB headers as well, since I have a USB3 card that can power/connect to the front USB3 port on my case. Btw, I'm using a Fractal Design XL R2.