Xeon Owners Club

[Mr.Scott]

I think Mr Scott might be onto something there

Nah........old man just talks to hear himself talk. Don't really know anything.

 

[Edwired]

Well I say it old age syndrome . As far as I know p6t v2 does support Xeon only spotted a few running x5650/x5670/x5680 based on the search

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

Put back your old CPU and see if that works maybe you get "broken" Xeon....also check your pins on the mobo....

LIkely what i'll be doing next, even moving the GPU to different PCI-e slots didn't help.

Check the Xeon chip if it has missing caps. If no it most likely you got a dud or broken chip.

Will do, and If that's the case, hundo% I'll be reaching out to Amazon for a refund.

No official support for Xeon's on that board at all. It's pot luck if you get them to work.
You can however, crossflash the P6T WS Pro bios to that board and have bios support and more control.

Most of the consumer Asus boards from this era have no 'official' support and the threads I've read for the P6Td V2 nobody really says if they've actually got it working on the 1202 bios and the x5675 - so I assume it's all stock.

I have seen the cross flash with the WS bios you mention, as well as P6x. Got both downloaded, but I don't want to lose some functionalities if I can. That's a whole animal I want to avoid. But if it means it's the only way so be it.

Well I say it old age syndrome . As far as I know p6t v2 does support Xeon only spotted a few running x5650/x5670/x5680 based on the search

Same, assuming you've seen the same threads over on [h], overclockers (UK), and even here. Oddly it's always the ones I bolded that have best success, and then the x5675 get.... hazy.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

LIkely what i'll be doing next, even moving the GPU to different PCI-e slots didn't help.

Will do, and If that's the case, hundo% I'll be reaching out to Amazon for a refund.

Most of the consumer Asus boards from this era have no 'official' support and the threads I've read for the P6Td V2 nobody really says if they've actually got it working on the 1202 bios and the x5675 - so I assume it's all stock.

I have seen the cross flash with the WS bios you mention, as well as P6x. Got both downloaded, but I don't want to lose some functionalities if I can. That's a whole animal I want to avoid. But if it means it's the only way so be it.

Same, assuming you've seen the same threads over on [h], overclockers (UK), and even here. Oddly it's always the ones I bolded that have best success, and then the x5675 get.... hazy.

Are you in the States? I could loan you the 5670 in my Aurora R1. It didn't want to POST either, at first. It eventually came around after a bunch of moving and reseating of cards and modules, but I can't actually say what cured it.

 

[Edwired]

LIkely what i'll be doing next, even moving the GPU to different PCI-e slots didn't help.

Will do, and If that's the case, hundo% I'll be reaching out to Amazon for a refund.

Most of the consumer Asus boards from this era have no 'official' support and the threads I've read for the P6Td V2 nobody really says if they've actually got it working on the 1202 bios and the x5675 - so I assume it's all stock.

I have seen the cross flash with the WS bios you mention, as well as P6x. Got both downloaded, but I don't want to lose some functionalities if I can. That's a whole animal I want to avoid. But if it means it's the only way so be it.

Same, assuming you've seen the same threads over on [h], overclockers (UK), and even here. Oddly it's always the ones I bolded that have best success, and then the x5675 get.... hazy.

Not that site I checked others seems to be the point. My guts feelings tells me that the board you got might be missing the required microcodes to run the xeon x5675

 

[Zyll Goliat]

Those are old boards and pins on X58 socket are known to be sometimes tricky........reseat the CPU,check the pins...if that not working put back I7 920 and see if everything working fine with your old CPU......

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

My x5675 and the socket, all looks good here. Popping the 920 in to see what’s up.

Are you in the States? I could loan you the 5670 in my Aurora R1. It didn't want to POST either, at first. It eventually came around after a bunch of moving and reseating of cards and modules, but I can't actually say what cured it.

I hear ya, 5670/80 are most common posted, in Canada so that’ll be a chore lol.

Not that site I checked others seems to be the point. My guts feelings tells me that the board you got might be missing the required microcodes to run the xeon x5675

Hopefully not, the day is young!

Those are old boards and pins on X58 socket are known to be sometimes tricky........reseat the CPU,check the pins...if that not working put back I7 920 and see if everything working fine with your old CPU......

yup, after getting my phantom dimm’s back the x58 is proving itself to be a tantrum child.




Well, heart attack alleviated thinking I bricked the mobo after giving it a deep clean... didn’t want to say anything for fear of jinxing things, you know like turning the key on a vintage Lamborghini Miura. After installing the 920 it posts.

I’m going to force the memory to start at 1333 as I’ve read some odd posts linking 1600+ and the x5675 misbehaves. Will see!

 

[Edwired]

I had a look at the microcodes it shows it has differences in the in update revisions. Could be the reason why it won't post on your board but posts fine on mine

I don't see the harm of taking the microcode from the p6x58d-e and injecting it to the p6t deluxe v2 bios

 

[Zyll Goliat]

My x5675 and the socket, all looks good here. Popping the 920 in to see what’s up.
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I hear ya, 5670/80 are most common posted, in Canada so that’ll be a chore lol.

Hopefully not, the day is young!

yup, after getting my phantom dimm’s back the x58 is proving itself to be a tantrum child.




Well, heart attack alleviated thinking I bricked the mobo after giving it a deep clean... didn’t want to say anything for fear of jinxing things, you know like turning the key on a vintage Lamborghini Miura. After installing the 920 it posts.

I’m going to force the memory to start at 1333 as I’ve read some odd posts linking 1600+ and the x5675 misbehaves. Will see!

Well at least now you know that you didn't bricked the mobo.......that's a relief....reseat the Xeon again also clean it first with the some good cloth&alcohol.....also maybe you can try some other bios vers.....

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

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I had a look at the microcodes it shows it has differences in the in update revisions. Could be the reason why it won't post on your board but posts fine on mine

I don't see the harm of taking the microcode from the p6x58d-e and injecting it to the p6t deluxe v2 bios

I kinda understand what you mean, but I’m not going to lie it’s very foreign to me. I went briefly down the rabbit hole on the meltdown/spectre thread with micro codes but never got the balls to ask for a custom BIOS.

I’m gonna pop the x5675 again and see if it posts with the XMP fully disabled like you said, and running 1333 speeds. But if that doesn’t work I’ll take a custom BIOS if you’re offering

Well at least now you know that you didn't bricked the mobo.......that's a relief....reseat the Xeon again also clean it first with the some good cloth&alcohol.....also maybe you can try some other bios vers.....

praise be... the p6x bios seems to be the favourite so I don’t loose my 3rd pci-e lane (need it for my dedicated sound card, Asus 1660s super thiccboi hogging the 2nd lane), but I do loose express gate which I don’t care for anyways.

 

[Edwired]

Right I just extracted the microcodes from the p6x58d-e bios and injected to the p6t deluxe v2 bios all the stuff is the same but with updated microcodes I will send you the file by pm but flash the bios with the 920 first before x5675

Just sent you the bios via pm

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

reseat the Xeon again also clean it first with the some good cloth&alcohol

UPDATE:
-cleaned again with 99iso and reseated with another application of kryonaut
-set DRAM to manual AND 1333 speed

No post. Popped in the 920 at the same settings, posts fine.

Right I just extracted the microcodes from the p6x58d-e bios and injected to the p6t deluxe v2 bios all the stuff is the same but with updated microcodes I will send you the file by pm but flash the bios with the 920 first before x5675

Just sent you the bios via pm

Thank you! Curious open question as it may be daft. Updating the BIOS to this custom one (p6x microcode onto a P6Td V2 ver. 1202 BIOS), will everything boot fine when I plug things back a.k.a loading windows fine?

 

[Edwired]

Should work fine as it only the microcode that looks at the cpu then tells the motherboard to run it once the handshake is done

As I double checked between the two boards they support the same list from asus site

 

[Zyll Goliat]

UPDATE:
-cleaned again with 99iso and reseated with another application of kryonaut
-set DRAM to manual AND 1333 speed

No post. Popped in the 920 at the same settings, posts fine.


Thank you! Curious open question as it may be daft. Updating the BIOS to this custom one (p6x microcode onto a P6Td V2 ver. 1202 BIOS), will everything boot fine when I plug things back a.k.a loading windows fine?

Hmmm...not sure they are not exactly the same boards....tho' he just add those microcodes but still f you don't have dual bios on your mobo be extra careful at least check the net for other people experience on that topic......

 

[Edwired]

Hmmm...not sure they are not exactly the same boards....if you don't have dual bios on your mobo be extra careful at least check the net for other people experience on that topic......

As it only rewriting the microcodes not changing the structures of the entire bios like in crossflashing it risky enough

 

[Zyll Goliat]

As it only rewriting the microcodes not changing the structures of the entire bios like in crossflashing it risky enough

Yeah yeah...I know it should be OK but still....

 

[Edwired]

Yeah yeah...I know it should be OK but still....

As I can tell that the 06C2 is the one that is related to the xeon x5675 cpuid because the p6t deluxe v2 stated it behind 6 months due to the microcode date

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

Should work fine as it only the microcode that looks at the cpu then tells the motherboard to run it once the handshake is done

As I double checked between the two boards they support the same list from asus site
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Awesome, that's really good peace of mind. Begs the question why they never bother with an update for newer processors... I mean in theory the p6x isn't far off in construction, slightly better components and end of x58 lifecycle board sure, but classic asus dropping support when sales or manufacturing stops.

Hmmm...not sure they are not exactly the same boards....tho' he just add those microcodes but still f you don't have dual bios on your mobo be extra careful at least check the net for other people experience on that topic......

uncharted waters here, I only have the spectre/meltdown threads on here and overclockers as my life preserver to relate. Test pig is real. worst case I flash back to an OEM 1202 and we're back to square 1 before I venture of to crossflashing territory. Hopine @Edwired has the silver bullet!

As I can tell that the 06C2 is the one that is related to the xeon x5675 cpuid because the p6t deluxe v2 stated it behind 6 months due to the microcode date

And this makes sense, the countless threads I've read on my mobo, all praise stops at 5670 with "oh yeah just popped this bad boy in and boots no problem, best $$ spent" etc., 5675 however becomes.... creative.

 

[freeagent]

Do any of you guys have i7s? I don’t recall dropping channels or having any issues with them. I had a 965XE ES and a 970. Both had no problems with ram that I can remember. I haven’t fired mine up for awhile now, but last time she ran I just put in old bios on it and like 90% of my problems went away.. she was running 2x4 and the rest filled with 2gb sticks, like 3 different sets lol.. that used to be unthinkable..

 

[Mr.Scott]

I have I7's. Only board that ever gives me dropped channels is the SR-2. All my other X58's never do that.

 

[Edwired]

I don't have any of the i7 here at all. I'm guessing the memory channel dropping is usually cpu to socket connections issue or overclocking the qpi link/uncore related issues

Spotted this

https://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ASUS/P6T_Deluxe_V2.html

One guy went from 920 to x5675 on the exact same board and reported working

 

[Toothless]

I have I7's. Only board that ever gives me dropped channels is the SR-2. All my other X58's never do that.

Are we, dropped dimm buddies? I'll grab the cake to celebrate.

My R3F did drop on the first day with 6 dimms, but a reseat fixed that.

 

[freeagent]

I have I7's. Only board that ever gives me dropped channels is the SR-2. All my other X58's never do that.

Interesting.. When I had i7s I was running a UD5 up until I got my x5690, then I switched to R3F. the only problem I had with the UD5 was pretty bad droop with the hexacore.. Other than that it was a fantastic board. It still runs today with a 960 at my buddies place. He's got my sweet Adatas too.. forgot about those.

Thank you sir.

 

[SeanBeanDiesInTheEnd]

Custom BIOS FYI loads fine, the xeon still doesn't post, but the 920 boots just fine. The journey continues...

Open question, anyone who crossflashed, did you have to reinstall windows or have a handicapped system as a result? Weighing options whether to press on as this is the family dedicated media PC, can't say they'd be too happy if I took that away LOL

 

[Edwired]

There's got to be a setting the bios conflicting the issue as I know a few in my head something about setting manually/enabled/disabled is mutli, c1e, timings, vt-d, bumping vcore/qpi voltages, c-states but that as far as I know