hi. i’m ptnerd

i sell servers on eBay

and for whatever reason you’ve landed on my blog. lolglhf

im just a dude having fun offering competitively priced, high quality servers, parts, and service. thats me in a rental van buzzing from slamming six monsters trying to be artsy on my way to get more quality gear lol

ptnerd

gotta have a blog amiright?

hop in and read more about how i got started, where i get my gear, and the people met along the way

blog posts aka incoherent rambling

• when people fish for free stuff..
  this fella left me negative feedback on eBay because he got what he ordered with a different serial number then the original listing. notice how he did everything but take me up on my offer to send it back for free and receive a full refund. why? because he got what he paid for, but… Read more: when people fish for free stuff..
• reduce server noise by controlling r730 and r630 fan speeds using ipmitool
  want to manually control your fan speeds to limit noise? super simple. here’s how. pre-req: go into idrac > network > scroll down > enable ipmi > save if you’re a windows guy, grab this: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=m63f3, then follow commands below if you’re a linux guy, install this: sudo apt install ipmitool then: ipmitool -I lanplus… Read more: reduce server noise by controlling r730 and r630 fan speeds using ipmitool
• configuring ollama and openwebui on an r730 and a tesla p40 in a ubuntu vm on a proxmox host
  sure is a lot of words isnt it. this is a placeholder for the commands ran within part 2 of my video series on getting an llm up and running. until i get everything up to speed, you can check out the video on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIE3b-fOHFc
• silicon soul, coded and bold…
  silicon soul, coded and bold, deployin’ the future, stories to be told! data streams flowin’, a digital tide, ptnerd’s buildin’ – with nothin’ to hide! thats the chorus i asked gemma3 to write as part of a rap song lol. i’m currently running the 4b model on a dell poweredge r730 with a nvidia tesla… Read more: silicon soul, coded and bold…
• just how loud is a dell poweredge r730?
  if a tree falls in the woods and noones around to hear it, does it make a sound? idfk. but i do know how loud a dell poweredge r730 is lol. 51 db. here’s what our ai overlord chatgpt has to say about it: You’re talking about 51 decibels (dB), which is a measure of… Read more: just how loud is a dell poweredge r730?