So my Asrock C2750D4I died (Big surprise)

[ro55_mo]

So my Asrock C2750D4I died after 12 months. No POST. Has a 36 month warranty so it is going back.

So I am in the market for a replacement. Ideally the same form factor and with six or more SATA ports.

This seems to fit the bill. https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/atom/A2SDi-8C-HLN4F.cfm

I know I will have to get new RAM which is a pain.

My main question is what sort of adapters do I need to make use of SATA ports 5 to 12.

The manual says

Twelve (12) SATA 3.0 ports (4 via ports, 8 via miniSAS HD)

Can someone enlighten me?

Or if you know of a good Mini-ITX board in DDR3 with six SATA ports. I get the feeling that all the DDR3 boards are at EOL.

Many thanks

ro55_mo

 

[MrToddsFriends]

https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/atom/A2SDi-8C-HLN4F.cfm
My main question is what sort of adapters do I need to make use of SATA ports 5 to 12.

Scroll a little bit down on that web page and you will see that two such cable are included in the retail package (which is all you need to use the mini SAS ports):

SATA Cables CBL-SAST-0616 MINI SAS HD-4 SATA, INT, 50CM, 50CM SB, 30AWG

 

[Chris Moore]

Why are you buying a replacement when you could just get the warranty replacement

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[ro55_mo]

Why are you buying a replacement when you could just get the warranty replacement

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Because based on what I now know about the board in question I would fully expect it to die again in 12 months.

Based on returns I have made to the same retailer before I expect to get 2/3rds of the cost back.

 

[ro55_mo]

Scroll a little bit down on that web page and you will see that two such cable are included in the retail package (which is all you need to use the mini SAS ports):

SATA Cables CBL-SAST-0616 MINI SAS HD-4 SATA, INT, 50CM, 50CM SB, 30AWG

http://store.supermicro.com/cable/supermicro-minisas-hd-to-4x-sata-50-50cm-cable-cbl-sast-0616.html

Thanks. Makes more sense now.