MSI MS-S0891 ITX motherboard

[nst197]

Hi all,

I'm trying to do a DIY build for a Freenas box and I've currently got the following bits:

MB - MSI MS-S0891 ATX (not the IPMI one)
CPU - Xeon E3-1220 v3
Mem - 2x Hynix 8GB PC3L-12800E DDR3-1600 UNBUFFERED ECC 2RX8 CL11 240 PIN 1.35V

The problem I have is the PC will not even POST on startup. I read another thread online which suggested you can get that problem with this mb if you have registered RAM instead of unbuffered but I've checked and mine is definitely unbuffered. It also happens to be the same RAM that the poster mentioned fixed his problem in the other thread so I don't think that's the issue.

One thing I'm aware of is that the CPU I'm using doesn't have integrated GFX. Does anyone know if that is a pre-requisite for using the onboard graphics with this mb? I'm pretty sure it's not as the mb says is has it's own GPU but I also read a thread where someone suggested it was a requirement. I could replace the CPU with a E3-1226 v3 but I don't want to waste the money if it won't help.

TIA

 

[Jessep]

How do you know it's not posting? i.e. no video doesn't mean not posting.
There is no on motherboard graphics without IPMI. IPMI runs off of a BMC that has graphics built-in. No IPMI no graphics.
For testing put in a graphics card, if you still don't get video make sure the BIOS is set to use PCIe graphics.

Once you verify a working system, you can then decide to get a board with IPMI (Supermicro is the standard around here) get a CPU with iGPU onboard or use a video card.

By far the best option is get a MB with IPMI and virtual media support.

 

[nst197]

Thanks for responding.

The specs on the MSI website says the non IPMI version has a Aspeed AST1300 GPU onboard which I assumed provides the graphics. It also has a VGA port which suggests it must support graphics, I'm just not sure if I also need a CPU with integrated gfx capability to make it work as it currently doesn't display anything. So when I say it doesn't POST, I don't actually know that, it just doesn't display anything on the screen.

 

[Jessep]

Sounds like you should be getting video. Check BIOS settings for video and/or put in a video card for testing.