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January 25th, 2015 04:00
PowerEdge 2950 II CPU Upgrade Help
Hi,
I bought a second hand PE 2950 Gen 2 with a single, dual core E5130 CPU.
I done a lot of research online regarding the different server generations and supported CPUs, and bought 2x Xeon 5345 processors which according to everywhere I've read online, this server should support after upgrading the BIOS to 2.7.0 and BMC to the latest, which I did.
When I boot the system, after I get past BIOS loading bar and the hardware initialisation, I get a CPU configuration unsupported, System halted" error. I've tried resetting the NVRAM, left the bios battery out for 30min etc, but still the same. Any help would be much appreciated, as I don't want to buy more CPUs if I dont have to :)
EDIT: The service tag is <ADMIN NOTE: Service tag removed per privacy policy>
if that can help
Thanks
theflash1932
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January 25th, 2015 08:00
Are you sure you have a 2950 II? According to the order details and this, you have a 'I':
http://store.flagshiptech.com/dell-pr278-0pr278-poweredge-2950-system-mother-board-g1/
http://www.amazon.com/PR278-Dell-Mother-Board-Poweredge/dp/B00686KFNM
http://www.velocitytechsolutions.com/dell-pr278-poweredge-2950-system-board-gen-i-dual-core/
You can tell a 2950 revision/generation by:
iwaldo
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January 25th, 2015 10:00
I don't have the front plate with the sticker on, so I guess your right. I just seen V2 next to the chassis on the service tag page and assumed it was gen 2. Can I buy a gen 3 motherboard off eBay and just replace it like for like? Really don't wanna be stuck with dual cores. Thanks!
theflash1932
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January 25th, 2015 20:00
Probably. I've never done this, BUT one thing to check is the sideplane and CD/DVD connectors ... I believe newer machines have different connectors for these devices and I doubt there are "legacy" connectors for them on the newer boards..