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[lexluthermiester]

It's a clean and raw LTSC version by the way. Any BIOS settings need to be adjusted?

None that I can think of. Try a different ISO or version maybe?

 

[Malik Sajid]

None that I can think of. Try a different ISO or version maybe?

Yes, Since you've conformed that T3500 is capable of running Win10 with no problems then he should try a different one.

 

[sepheronx]

I have a T3500 with Windows 10 on an SSD, similar setup but a W3680 - no issue at all on my end.

 

[DarthBubba]

Hi..

A friend of mine got T3500 w/ x5670 + gtx 1060, but it seems that he isn't able to install Windows 10 properly, 'Your PC needs to be restarted' keeps showing up, are there any compatability issues in this situation?

Does T3500 support windows 10? Also he's running two different rams; one of them is a single sided Samsung stick, while the other is a double sided Kingston stick, don't know about their rank.

I'm running Win10 on my T3500 with no problems. I plan to "upgrade" to Win10 LTSB in the not-too-distant future. Perhaps your friend might try reducing his RAM sticks to one module (the larger capacity one) during the installation just to see if a RAM mismatch is the issue. The manuals are here: Dell T3500 Manuals.

Good luck to him.

 

[Aaron_Henderson]

Win 10 installed on my T3500 since I built it...no issues so far.

 

[Susquehannock]

Me too. Win10 on both T3500 and T5500 - no problems or adjustments. I install 'version 1709' from 32gb USB 2.0 key and keep systems updated. All currently running Win10 'version 1809'.

Be sure to remove USB key and change boot order in BIOS to your main drive after Windows hardware drivers install.

 

[ScaLibBDP]

Dell Precision M4700 Mobile Workstation accelerated to 1.369 TFLOPs

Four OpenCL Compute Devices used:

- NVIDIA Quadro K1000M ( dGPU )
- AMD Radeon R7 240 ( eGPU ) x 2
- Intel Core i7-3840QM ( processor )

 

[Malik Sajid]

Be sure to remove USB key and change boot order in BIOS to your main drive after Windows hardware drivers install.

Good tip that everyone is working on those kinds of machines needs to know but it wasn't the case, it turned out to be the BIOS, I've updated it for him then reinstalled the same LTSC copy without any issues.

Thanks guys for your replies, really appreciate it.

 

[Susquehannock]

Good tip that everyone is working on those kinds of machines needs to know but it wasn't the case, it turned out to be the BIOS, I've updated it for him then reinstalled the same LTSC copy without any issues.

Thanks guys for your replies, really appreciate it.

Glad you got it sorted out. Do you know which BIOS version the system had before and after? Knowing this may help others in similar situation. Thanks.

 

[Malik Sajid]

Glad you got it sorted out. Do you know which BIOS version the system had before and after? Knowing this may help others in similar situation. Thanks.

Sorry, I should've mentioned that! It was running on a pretty old ver 'A02', I had to updated it first to 'A06' as a transition stage so I can be able to update it to the latest ver 'A17'

Here's a link including all the versions of BIOS;
http://downloads.dell.com/published/pages/precision-t3500.html

*Use F3 to find the BIOS section faster

 

[DarthBubba]

Given that the T3500 has SATA II HD/SSD channels, has anyone tried one of THESE? This would bring two HDs/SSDs up to SATA III speed and can do RAID 0/1/Span. There also are four and five port models from the same distributor in California. In my particular case the T3500s both have two DVD drives installed, so having more ports is unnecessary.


Any thoughts, other than "Go ahead Darth, you first"

-DB

 

[lexluthermiester]

Given that the T3500 has SATA II HD/SSD channels, has anyone tried one of THESE? This would bring two HDs/SSDs up to SATA III speed and can do RAID 0/1/Span. There also are four and five port models from the same distributor in California. In my particular case the T3500s both have two DVD drives installed, so having more ports is unnecessary.


Any thoughts, other than "Go ahead Darth, you first"

-DB

As a stand alone card for adding drives, that would likely be a good card. Only problem is that is doesn't say whether it's bootable. I see a chip on the board in the picture that could be a boot rom, but who knows. Might be a good idea to message the seller and ask. Presuming of course you want to boot from it. If not you're golden.

 

[dorsetknob]

got same card in different PC will get back to you on wether its bootable

Edit
nativly detected on MSI Z97 and when connected to a drive "BOOTABLE"

 

[DarthBubba]

got same card in different PC will get back to you on wether its bootable

Edit
nativly detected on MSI Z97 and when connected to a drive "BOOTABLE"

Thank you!

God rest your Mum and Dad.

-DB

As a stand alone card for adding drives, that would likely be a good card. Only problem is that is doesn't say whether it's bootable. I see a chip on the board in the picture that could be a boot rom, but who knows. Might be a good idea to message the seller and ask. Presuming of course you want to boot from it. If not you're golden.

Awaiting a reply from them, but other data just posted here gives me some encouragement. I'm now wondering if plugging this card into an X58 PCI slot will be faster than the already present SATA buss. The x16-slot bidirectional slot speed is 8 GB/s (PCI Express), but can this card work in the second (long) PCI Express slot? I'm certainly not giving up my GTX 1050Ti in the PCI Express slot formerly used by the Quadro FX1800.

Guess I might end up being the "pioneer" here.

-DB

 

[DarthBubba]

While perusing YouTube I found a couple of T3500 related vids that look like they'd be helpful to the young players by providing some very basic info. The "grey hairs" know this stuff already, but the first vid (11 minutes) will save hours of head-scratching for those of us who are/were unfamiliar with workstation construction compared to "normal" desktop PC construction.

Dell T3500 Disassembly - or:

Overview of the T3500 09KPNV Motherboard - or:

Installing an EVGA power supply into the T3500 case -

The procedure begins around 1:40 into the video. I won't critique the YouTuber's technique here, but this will give the new folks some ideas about where/how to start. Again, "grey hairs" will find a Dell T5500 power supply, slap it in there, and call it a day.

Hope someone finds these useful.

-DB

 

[Retrorockit]

I put some photos up in the TS OC thread of a new CPU cooling mod for the T3500. Almost a bolt in solution.

 

[jeanpat]

Hello again,

Is it possible to mix 3x4 Gb RAM M393B5273CHO-CH9 (in slots 0, 1, 2) with 3x4 Gb RAM M393B5170FHO-CH9 in slots (3, 4, 5) of a T5500, for a total of 24 GB ?

 

[Retrorockit]

One set is 2Rx8, and the other is 2Rx4. I wouldn't try it unless you already own them and feel like experimenting.

 

[jeanpat]

One set is 2Rx8, and the other is 2Rx4. I wouldn't try it unless you already own them and feel like experimenting.

Thank you, I didn't notice that

 

[DarthBubba]

Now that I've obtained a T5500 power supply can I do a straight swap of just the T3500's power supply "brick," or should I also swap the cable harness too? I see that there are substantial differences between them - the T3500 has one 8-pin CPU auxiliary wire & plug; the T5500 has two 8-pin CPU plugs. The the T3500 has one 6-pin GPU auxiliary PCI-E wire & plug; the T5500 has two 6-pin GPU PCI-E plugs & wires. I hope that's about it.

Yeah, I am/was planning to put a "space heater" video card in there (GTX 980 @ 165Watts or 980Ti @ 250 Watts) in place of the GTX 1050Ti (75 watts) that I put in there a few weeks ago.

Thanks in advance.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Now that I've obtained a T5500 power supply can I do a straight swap of just the T3500's power supply "brick," or should I also swap the cable harness too?

Yes, that PSU is 100% compatible with with the harness from the T3500. I have done this swap with the 750W, 850W, 1000W and 1100W Dell PSU's compatible with the "T" series Precision workstations. Put another way, if the harness will physically fit the PSU, it will work fine.

 

[DarthBubba]

Yes, that PSU is 100% compatible with with the harness from the T3500. I have done this swap with the 750W, 850W, 1000W and 1100W Dell PSU's compatible with the "T" series Precision workstations. Put another way, if the harness will physically fit the PSU, it will work fine.

Great! Thanks for the info. Of course, the T5500 wiring harness that came with the 850Watt "brick" is just *begging* for a GTX 980 - which has two 6-pin PCI-E sockets.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Great! Thanks for the info. Of course, the T5500 wiring harness that came with the 850Watt "brick" is just *begging* for a GTX 980 - which has two 6-pin PCI-E sockets.

It should fit into the T3500 case. You'll have to take out the motherboard to get the old harness out, but that will only take a short time.

 

[Retrorockit]

Due to the multi rail nature of the Dell PSUs I don't think the extra power will be available if you use the T3500 harness. When Dell makes bigger PSUs the usually do it by adding more 12V. 18A. rails. Each rail will have it's own color coded wiring. The extra power is only available on the extra connectors on the bigger harness. You could use adaptors to switch the 2nd CPU connector to an 8 pin PCIe on the T5500 harness. Aftermarket single rail modular PSUs it doesn't matter. Yes it will fit, and yes it will work. But without the extra connectors to use the extra power what's the point?

 

[sepheronx]

My T3500 is sitting idle for too long now since I removed the GTX 1060 to put it in my alienware x51 as my emulation and home theater PC.

im looking for a cheap GPU for the T3500. AMD particularly. Any suggestions?