Supermicro Full-Tower SuperWorkstation (SYS-551A-T)
CPU
1 x Intel® Xeon® W5-3435X Processor 16-Core 3.10 GHz 45MB Cache (270W)
Memory
2 x 32GB DDR5 4800MHz ECC RDIMM Server Memory
Storage
1 x 1.9TB 2.5" 7450 PRO NVMe (7mm) PCIe 4.0 Solid State Drive (1 x DWPD)
Networking
1 x 1 x 10Gb E
GPU
1 x NVIDIA Quadro RTX A4000 16GB GDDR6 PCIe 4.0 x16 - 4 DisplayPort (140W)
Accessory
1 x MCP-220-73102-0N - 3.5" to 2.5" Converter Drive Tray (Required Accessory)
1 x MiniSAS HD to U.3 with Power Cable (Required Accessory)
1 x CBL-0082L - Y Split SATA Power Adapter (Required Accessory)
1 x CBL-SAST-0624 - SATA 70cm Cable (Required Accessory)
1 x DVM-TEAC-DVDRW24-HBT - Slim DVD-RW SATA Drive (Required Accessory)
1 x SKT-1333L-0000-FXC - E1A Carrier (Required Accessory)
1 x SNK-P0091AP4 - 4U Active CPU Heat Sink (Required Accessory)
1 x FAN-0222L4 - 120MM Fan (Required Accessory)
Operating System
1 x Windows 11 Professional 64-Bit
Display
2 x Acer Predator XB273K Pbmiphzx 27" UHD (3840 x 2160) IPS Monitor with NVIDIA G-SYNC
I/O Ports
Front:
- two USB2.0 ports
- two USB3.2 Gen1 (5 G) Type A ports
- one USB3.2 Gen2 (10 G) Type C port
- one Power Button
- one Audio In, one Mic In
Button Rear:
- one 10 Gb LAN port
- one 1Gb LAN port
- one USB3.2 Gen2 x2 (20 Gbps) Type C port
- four USB3.2 Gen2 x1 ports
- two USB2.0 ports
- one VGA port (for BMC interface)
- HD Audio 7.1 Channel connectors
- one COM port
Onboard:
- one USB3.2 Gen 2 Type C header
- two USB3.2 Gen1 (5 G) headers
- two USB2.0 headers
- ten 4-pin fan headers
- one 1 2V power header for water cooling pump
- one DOM PW connector
- one TPM 2.0 header
SuperWorkstation SYS-551A-T
SYS-551A-T Manual
Problem 1:
Displays message "checking media presence" and displays the BIOS page.
Support Wrote:
press F11 to the boot menu. It should have the "UEFI: Windows OS" option. Check the U.2 drive cable inside the chassis. Make sure that the cable was connected properly on both U.2 connector and U.2 drive.
Solution 1:
The cable was not plugged into the back of the system drive located in one of the drive bays. Simply plugging the cable in resolved this issue. The cabling bundle tie is too tight. It needs to be cut to give the cables more slack.
Problem 2:
Windows 11 is not activated.
Solution 2:
Bottom of chassis contains a Windows sticker. Lightly scratch the silver part to reveal the rest of the 25 character Windows activation code. Settings > Activation settings > Change product key (enter key from sticker).
Problem 3:
Windows 11 is so slow it's basically unusable. e.g. File explorer takes 10 secs to display completely.
Solution 3:
Set: Control Panel > Power Options > High Performance
Problem 4:
Windows 11, "system > display" shows 3 monitors. One of them is labelled "1" and is a phantom (i.e. this physical monitor doesn't exist). Clicking "disconnect this display" does not fix the problem.
Solution 4:
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