Xeon Owners Club

[lyra]

wow thats a hell of a board!

also gah! failure has fallen upon me! i got me a new case, x58 motherboard and PSU (building in a cheapo case with a cheapo PSU gave me PTSD i swear -.-) and i transplanted my x5672, 980ti, cooler, drive and memory from my server into my new PC but then the memory error light kept staying on and it refused to even boot the bios D: i didnt think that ECC memory wouldnt work in a desktop so now im only with my laptop for a few days until new ram gets here. also why the hell is DDR3 so expensive?! 12gb of the stuff is gonna cost me twice as much as 24gb of ECC ram did

anyway, enough whining about me forgetting to check compatability like a noob, will you all teach me how to overclock xeons when i get new ram?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

wow thats a hell of a board!

also gah! failure has fallen upon me! i got me a new case, x58 motherboard and PSU (building in a cheapo case with a cheapo PSU gave me PTSD i swear -.-) and i transplanted my x5672, 980ti, cooler, drive and memory from my server into my new PC but then the memory error light kept staying on and it refused to even boot the bios D: i didnt think that ECC memory wouldnt work in a desktop so now im only with my laptop for a few days until new ram gets here. also why the hell is DDR3 so expensive?! 12gb of the stuff is gonna cost me twice as much as 24gb of ECC ram did

anyway, enough whining about me forgetting to check compatability like a noob, will you all teach me how to overclock xeons when i get new ram?

did you try just one stick?

when i have ever tried ecc it worked ok.


cheapest ddr3 around is at CEX if you dont want anything too funky
https://uk.webuy.com/search/index.php?stext=ddr3&section=

 

[lyra]

i have an asus p6x58d-e mobo with a xeon x5672 in it. when i turn it on the dram light is solid red with either all sticks or just 1 stick and even with my friends non ecc stick. i have cleared cmos a couple of times too. i pressed the MEMok button a few times with each try but nothing. do you think the motherboard could be having a hard time with my xeon. could needs a bios update/tweak perhaps?

the only other thing i could think is that its the cpu or the motherboard is pooped, woudl it be worth getting a cheapo i7 920 to try? like, i have sunk a fair bit of money into the x58 venture, soon itll get to the point where i should have jsut made a brand new kabylake build D:

has anyone else here used a xeon with that motherboard?

 

[dorsetknob]

Get a X5620 for testing if your other CPU is dead they can be had from ebay from as low as £10
you also need to inspect the Socket for pin damage/misalignment as this would cause this
Ps if you pay postage (return) i would send you one for testing or you could buy it

PPS Yeh i'm in UK

 

[lyra]

i know my CPU works, i pulled it out of my server right before building the new one. i was thinking cheapo i7 because the board is made for i7s. or should the x58 express chipset just work with xeons?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

some need a BIOS update.


If you need to borrow a i7 920 to flash the board i can send you one if you cover the postage both ways.

 

[dorsetknob]

most Mainstream x58 boards work with xeons some require a bios update to reconise it got a xeon rather than a I7 fitted

This Page is worth bookmarking for future reference
http://www.pc-specs.com/cpu/Intel/Xeon/Xeon_Processor_X5650_/2111/Compatible_Motherboards

 

[lyra]

is there a specific kind of bios i need to flash it with? or just the latest one?

although that could be it. i just looked at the ebay listing and it doesnt say anything about it having had its bios updated, i must have been mistaking it with a different one. christ i have read so many ebay listings for x58 boards in the past month or so.
if i could borrow your i7 that would be very kind of you.

would that let me use ECC ram too? has anyone here made ECC ram work on a standard desktop board or does it have to be a server/workstation board?

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

has anyone here made ECC ram work on a standard desktop board

yes.


i have sent you a pm

 

[johnspack]

http://valid.x86.fr/6iartg I'll leave that there.

 

[Random Murderer]

is there a specific kind of bios i need to flash it with? or just the latest one?

Just the latest one. I dealt with this exact issue on my buddy's P6T Deluxe. The problem was that the BIOS on the board was too old to work with 56xx chips, since those are all based on the D0 stepping of the silicon. The majority of the i7s that were released for this platform were C0 stepping. We ended up ordering a new BIOS chip that already had the latest BIOS on it since we could not affordably pick up a C0 chip like a 920. Popped the new BIOS chip in, booted first try on an E5620 then again without issue on his X5650. We then hot-flashed the older BIOS chip to the latest WS BIOS and haven't looked back.
Long story short: either find a C0 stepping chip you can put in there to update the BIOS, or just order a new BIOS chip that already has the latest BIOS. A new BIOS chip shouldn't cost you more than a few quid including shipping, we got ours for $7USD shipped.

 

[lyra]

The problem was that the BIOS on the board was too old to work with 56xx chips, since those are all based on the D0 stepping of the silicon. The majority of the i7s that were released for this platform were C0 stepping.

that explains it, i never quite knew why just an update would make xeons work, i thought that you would need some kind of specifically workstation verion bios or something. but no, its just my cpu is more modern than first gen i7s. awesome thanks

 

[FireFox]

Giving away for Xeon owners in the EU the following items:

24GB Ram ECC REG

2 x Xeon E5530

 

[dorsetknob]

pm me with postage cost pretty please

 

[FireFox]

pm me with postage cost pretty

PM sent

 

[FilipM]

My X5660 is at the postal office, I'll pick it up tomorrow. Is lapping advice-able on these??

 

[johnspack]

Can't stop the madness! http://valid.x86.fr/i5cfs6

 

[FireFox]

Can't stop the madness! http://valid.x86.fr/i5cfs6

Yeap, i hope the madness don't stop you

Btw, nice OC

 

[johnspack]

It's an insane chip, on my 8 phase I thought I'd be stopped at 4.5. It doesn't want voltage, it just wants more multi!

 

[Ferrum Master]

My X5660 is at the postal office, I'll pick it up tomorrow. Is lapping advice-able on these??

Depends on the sample. They really differ.

 

[L|NK|N]

May as well add me to the list. This is my daily driver nowadays. Just a good ol' HP Z420 Workstation. Anyone recommend or have an idea of a won't-break-the-bank motherboard that I could replace and maybe tinker some?

 

[t_ski]

May as well add me to the list. This is my daily driver nowadays. Just a good ol' HP Z420 Workstation. Anyone recommend or have an idea of a won't-break-the-bank motherboard that I could replace and maybe tinker some?

Damn @LiNKiN I didn't know you were still kicking it around on these parts of the web. Nice to see you back

 

[FilipM]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet

 

[FilipM]

Sorry for double post but, Cpu is in! Default vid is 1.096V, running a dirty 4.4 at 1.3V now, 21 multi and avoiding that turbo throttle thing

 

[FireFox]

running a dirty 4.4

Give us real numbers