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apparently the SATA card didn't have proprietary connectors, but something called Mini-SAS SFF-8087 (to 4x SATA). They're 100cm long so waay longer than needs to be here, so ordered a 50cm version on aliexpress

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holy shit the M.2 to PCIe adaptor actually works super well!! I have both the 8x SATA expansion card and a GPU in the server now!!

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with "a bit fucky" I mean, does not work under windows lol

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biggest downside is that bluetooth gets a bit fucky, something with different keys on the same host or something

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dual boot with hibernation on the linux side actually goes quite smooth and fast now

covid meh, events 

getting emails for sick (hah) dnb events and im like, yes that sounds awesome, except, pandemic

oh pcb order is on final inspection for the SMT part

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