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Thanks for the pics. My question was more regarding the power brick. There is no image of the brick connector at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0081S1YEE
But your third photo of the chassis with a single pin connector made it clear. So, tt looks like the power brick used for picopsu and DIN connections are not interchangeable. Guess, the downside of the DIN brick psu is that if it fails it will need to be sourced from mini-box.com. The picopsu brick will be more readily available.
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Correct, they are not interchangeable.
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There seems to be a USB3 header on the motherboard. How do you connect it to the front panel USB 2 port?
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There seems to be a USB3 header on the motherboard. How do you connect it to the front panel USB 2 port?
Can't with the built in panel. However you could attach this to the front:
[http://www.picco.nl/catalog/images/A41865.jpg]http://www.picco.nl/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/534_542/products_id/5586
](http://www.picco.nl/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/534_542/products_id/5586[img)or
[http://www.bilder.delock.de/produkte/thumb/4f3d31bf45e482.11415395.jpg]http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_83095/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en
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AmaZing, much appreciated :D
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@Justin0:
There seems to be a USB3 header on the motherboard. How do you connect it to the front panel USB 2 port?
Can't with the built in panel. However you could attach this to the front:
[http://www.picco.nl/catalog/images/A41865.jpg]http://www.picco.nl/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/534_542/products_id/5586](http://www.picco.nl/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/534_542/products_id/5586[img)or
[http://www.bilder.delock.de/produkte/thumb/4f3d31bf45e482.11415395.jpg]http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_83095/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en
](http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_83095/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en<br)Don't think that extension cable would work. The motherboard and the panel are both male sockets, so a female to female cable is required. Is such a cable available?
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Don't think that extension cable would work.
The blue end of the cable is connected to the board and the other end to the two USB port unit.
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looks like this Delock USB 3.0 header is very available in EU, but I can't seem to find it on US internet shops.
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I generally don't have a problem shipping from EU to US, but shipping costs may be prohibitive.
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I've got one like this operating perfectly:
It extends only the USB2 part of the USB3 header on the motherboard. If you need USB3 speed on the front panel, you need to change sockets/board on the case - or better, buy a case with USB3 ports on the front panel.
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I've got one like this operating perfectly:
It extends only the USB2 part of the USB3 header on the motherboard, forward to the cable going to the front panel. If you need USB3 speed on the front panel, you need to change sockets/board on the case - or better, buy a case with USB3 ports on the front panel.
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@Justin0:
There seems to be a USB3 header on the motherboard. How do you connect it to the front panel USB 2 port?
Can't with the built in panel. However you could attach this to the front:
[http://www.picco.nl/catalog/images/A41865.jpg]http://www.picco.nl/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/534_542/products_id/5586](http://www.picco.nl/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/534_542/products_id/5586[img)or
[http://www.bilder.delock.de/produkte/thumb/4f3d31bf45e482.11415395.jpg]http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_83095/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en
](http://www.delock.de/produkte/G_83095/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en<br)The face plate on m350 also has a power button. Thus it is longer than the usb header you have posted. So this header is not a replacement for the original face plate.
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Ah, you are right. Certainly don't want to lose the power button on the front.
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A little more creativity guys! 8) Most usb wifi sticks are pretty short, most likely one can rig up the usb board via double side sticky tape, or drill and secure to the internal case yet have enough space. Or desolder the usb 2 on board, and wire up a usb 3.
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Actually, there's no reason to use any USB3 feature with pfSense. There may be boot problems, for example, booting a memstick image from a USB3 stick in a USB3 port may lead to unpredictable results, since USB3 needs a special driver, which may not be available during boot… after all, pfSense is a network appliance, USB2 should be more than enough.
The adapter cable we just showed above is a perfectly elegant and cost effective solution to have USB2 ports extended to the front panel connectors. I am using it without any issues.
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@rob Did you take off the usb face plate? Pictures?
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No. Why would I?
The face plate has a cable with an 9-pin female plug hanging inside the box, waiting to be plugged into a USB2 header on the motherboard. This motherboard doesn't have such a header. It only has a USB3 (blue) header.
Pay close attention to this photo:
The blue end is female and plugs into the motherboard.
The smaller black end is unusually male, and plugs into the cable going towards the faceplate on the case. These two cables connect to each other. -
"The smaller black end is unusually male, and plugs into the cable going towards the faceplate on the case. These two cables connect to each other."
The above sentence was the key. Now it is clear!. You do use the original cable which shipped with the case.
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Yes!
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I have a very similar SuperMicro board (the A1SRM-2758F), which I use as a PBX and was uncomfortable with the CPU temps as I was using it in a 3u Chassis (for telephony cards). I found that the CPU cooler shape is roughly compatible with a "Socket G" whatever that is with a 51mmx51mm mounting pattern.
I found that the Dynatron I2 Cooling Fan fan fits perfectly on this board.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WMCX2UIt's not perfect, but it works pretty well compared to the stock fan-less heatsink.
Even when load-testing this system the temperature never really rises anymore.Just wanted everyone to know that this cooler is more or less compatible.
