PE T140 GPU Card Support

Question

Hello,Q1: I want to install NVidia GTX 1080ti for computing which needs pci-e x16 in PE T140. The spec says there is a '1x8 pci-e (x16 connector)' or in another spec says 'x8 link in x16 slot'. I am not sure how to interpret this. Is this a pci-e x8 or x16 finally? Q2: I talked with Dell technician. He says that Dell does not support gpu cards on this server.But my question is about the possibility. Is it possible to install NVidia GTX 1080ti? Has anybody tried that?

DELL-Shine K · Accepted Answer

Please find details on your first question. T140 Slot 2 is x16 width but having only x8 link to the CPU. Hence the cards in slot can only work in x8

hosseinfani · Answer

Hello Shine, Correct.  We can add that it *supports* x16 devices but works at half speed (x8). Because my concern was that it does not accept such devices at all!

DELL-Joey C · Answer

Hi,

That's good that you're in the same page as T140 does not support GPU cards. Here's the T140's specification page: https://dell.to/3qrct0z. The PSU has only 365W power, you might need to check on the GPU's requirement for power consumption. There is no upgrades for T140's PSU power, 365W is all it has.

Let me know if you have any questions.

hosseinfani · Answer

I did a lot of searches and finally could install ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini, and it's working fine. For the record, I list the important factors that one should consider when installing a video card on PowerEdge T140:

1- The PSU is limited to 365W. So, any video card that needs additional power needs to change the PSU! Otherwise, one has to compromise using fewer devices (fewer hard drives).

2- The mainboard designed in a way that a video card with a length of more than 21-22cm cannot be installed. Because, the only 16x connector PCI-e is right in front of the battery! This is the engineering limitation! That's why only mini versions of video cards can be physically installed.

3- The 16x connector PCI-e has indeed 8x connection to the cpu. As a result, any 16x video card performs at half of its performance.

explo2006 · Answer

Hi have read your post i have a dell t140 server and iwant to install a vga card. I am thinking about quadro k2000 2gb it is 75w . I saw than you have an experiance on it .My question is if a have detection pronlem and what your opinion. If you want answer me .. it will help Thank you

tuyenpt · Answer

how you can install driver for gpu ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini?

DELL-Young E · Answer

Hi, tuyenpt, thanks for choosing Dell. There’s no official guide that T140 supports that GPU. I’m afraid we could wait around to see if any other users have tried previously if any. Wish you a good one.

tesme13 · Answer

Hello

did you expirience any FAN noise issue when installing the card into that slot ? Just asking as i was also thinking about the same topic and i tested with a G710/x8 card first and if i install this card into the x16 slot FANs go crazy (70%), same card in the slot next to the CPU. 15% .

tesme13 · Answer

Hi

just in case somebody is interested.

I installed a Asus RX 6500 Xt and it works perfectly after applying the noisy FAN "patch".

Card i used: https://www.asus.com/de/Motherboards-Components/Graphics-Cards/Dual/DUAL-RX6500XT-O4G/techspec/

The patch as described here: https://www.dell.com/community/Power-Cooling/How-Do-I-Disable-The-Third-Party-PCIe-Card-Default-Cooling/m-p/8089455

Swifty404 · Answer

Is it performing at half speed as others have suggested? What have you successfully run on it? I'm building my server with ESXi just to be able to use a GPU at its full speed. But it sounds like the hardware makes that impossible. I'm wondering what speeds you are getting, what OS you are using and anything else you find important. I really appreciate any feedback!

tesme13 · Answer

Hi

im not using the graficscard for any mining or so. I just use it if i want to gamble a little bit. And therefor the AMD 6500 is enough.

Not sure how you want to meassure full speed. In case you can propose a test i can execute. Be aware that i only have a 2K Monitor and for gambling im using 1920x1080 which is a perfect match for the AMD 6500.

Dr. Leo · Answer

@hosseinfani​  I attempted to install the Nvidia GT 730 into both that slot and others, but it's not functioning; the monitor fails to receive any signal. I've tried changing cables and monitors, but to no avail. When connected to the internal video, I checked the hardware using 'lspci' and confirmed that the system recognizes the video card. What could be causing this issue?

Jojo John Diether Mrk · Answer

@hosseinfani​ did your installed video card work in dell emc power edge t140?because we also want to put a video card in our power edge t140 server for additional server speed because it is too slow

DELL-Joey C · Answer

Hi,

As Dell support, I would need to inform that the T140 server is not verified in installing GPU. From our support capability, I can't provide much information about GPU models can be installed in the server.

hosseinfani and tesme13 did mention what they have installed, and it's working on their server. Probably best to obtain the same card, hosseinfani with ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mini and tesme13 with Asus RX 6500 Xt.

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