Bryan J. Smith wrote: > Is that the 550EPS12V? Or just the regular 550? It's the EPS 12V. Tyan's website is *very* clear about which PSU is required. > Isn't that an ATX case, and _not_ an EATX/SSI EEB case? > There are (not including newer BTX, or older formats): > FlexATX: 9.0" x 7.5" > MicroATX: 9.6" x 9.6" > ATX: 12.0" x 9.6" > Ext ATX: 12.0" x 13.0" > SSI EEB: 12.0" x 13.0" + additional height/spacing/thermal Its pretty clear that it's an EATX case. My bad. Do you have an SSI EEB case you like? > Turn off PowerNOW in the BIOS. It's what's slowing down your CPUs. > Everything I've read says do _not_ use it on a server. I'll go back and look, but I didn't see any entry specifically for PowerNow. Plus as I said, installing kernel 2.6.12.3 fixed the errors. > Or consider RAID-10. Send some benchmarks of that. ;-> > Make sure you have the latest 3Ware driver and firmware for the 9500S > series. Also consider the "tweaks" on 3Ware's site. Will do. I'll run the benchmarks tonight.