Question 1

Do you need a CPU fan for this motherboard if using it in the Supermicro CSE502L chassis?

Accepted Answer

No, it should be fine totally fanless.  I'm running mine in a very small finless case from minibox.  The complete package 1u systems from SuperMicro direct are also fanless as far as the motherboard/cpu are concerned.

Question 2

Hello, this is compatible with Centos and Debian operating systems? In supermicro chart appears as not.

Thank you

Accepted Answer

I have not tried running Linux on it, but I was able to detect and use all hardware on FreeBSD 9.1.

If FreeBSD can do it, chances are good that Linux will work even better, as it gathers much more attention from the community.

Question 3

How well does this work with UBUNTU 12.0 & 14.0?

Accepted Answer

I use it with CentOS 6 with zero problems.  I'm sure it will work fine for any modern Linux.

Question 4

Can the on board BIOS see this drive as a "4 TB" without updating the BIOS? 
To ref-raze will it plug and play this drive as in just plug it in and it will see a "4TB" drive?

"WD Red WD40EFRX 4TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" NAS Internal Hard Drive"

Accepted Answer

Yes:  I use this motherboard with 4TB drives.

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