Not all 800MHz FSB procs will work on a 800MHz MB ... voltage, chipset, etc. will play a role in whether or not it is supported. The E5400 is a Wolfdale processor, which I believe is only supported in the 9th generation of servers (1900, 2900, 2950, etc.). You might call Dell to confirm which line of procs are supported. The call is free ... 800.822.8965. Occasionally, there is someone from Dell that will see these, so maybe someone will post it here too.
Not all 800MHz FSB procs will work on a 800MHz MB ... voltage, chipset, etc. will play a role in whether or not it is supported. The E5400 is a Wolfdale processor, which I believe is only supported in the 9th generation of servers (1900, 2900, 2950, etc.). You might call Dell to confirm which line of procs are supported. The call is free ... 800.822.8965. Occasionally, there is someone from Dell that will see these, so maybe someone will post it here too.
Thanks for your sharing! Nice writing, Now I got it, It's helpful to me.
Recently Picked up one of these yesterday. No Drives, No Ram. Says ECC but I used PC2 4200 Desktop Non ECC Dimms and it worked. Latest Bios A04 allows Pentium D processors. Windows 2003 server Runs in ATA mode for CDROM and For Sata Drive. Very strange way it can boot from USB flash. You put bootable Usb Flash in and boot from it by changing the boot order and devices to USB hard drive emulation.
DELL INC.
BIOS RELEASE NOTES
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System: Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 850
Version: A04
Release Date: 08/22/2006
* Fixed issue where Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98 DOS CD does not boot from USB
CD-ROM drive.
* Fixed incorrect reporting of last boot device number when booting to the
Utility partition or doing a PXE boot.
* Fixed Multi-processor table entries when PCI-to-PCI bridge cards are
installed.
* Fixed a system password security issue.
* Fixed issue where Thermal Monitor 2 was disabled for Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4
631 3.0GHz Processors.
* Fixed issue where the Front Side Bus speed could be reported incorrectly.
* Changed BIOS Setup help message for password status.
* Applied Intel PCI-HUB (PXH-V) recommended programming updates required when
two or more PCI cards are installed.
* Added Intel Pentium 4 and Intel Pentium D Processor on 65 nm process D0
Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=07h)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
System: Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 850
Version: A03
Release Date: 03/24/2006
* Fixed Processor TCtrl value for BMC not getting updated for single logical
processor configuration
* Fixed slow WinPE boot
* Fixed the issue of NMI button enabled after flashing BIOS
* Fixed a system booting security issue in the BIOS Setup
* Fixed unreported IO failure in HCT 12.1 with WS03 SP1
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Not all 800MHz FSB procs will work on a 800MHz MB ... voltage, chipset, etc. will play a role in whether or not it is supported. The E5400 is a Wolfdale processor, which I believe is only supported in the 9th generation of servers (1900, 2900, 2950, etc.). You might call Dell to confirm which line of procs are supported. The call is free ... 800.822.8965. Occasionally, there is someone from Dell that will see these, so maybe someone will post it here too.
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Thanks for your sharing! Nice writing, Now I got it, It's helpful to me.
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Recently Picked up one of these yesterday. No Drives, No Ram. Says ECC but I used PC2 4200 Desktop Non ECC Dimms and it worked. Latest Bios A04 allows Pentium D processors. Windows 2003 server Runs in ATA mode for CDROM and For Sata Drive. Very strange way it can boot from USB flash. You put bootable Usb Flash in and boot from it by changing the boot order and devices to USB hard drive emulation.
DELL INC.
BIOS RELEASE NOTES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
System: Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 850
Version: A04
Release Date: 08/22/2006
* Fixed issue where Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98 DOS CD does not boot from USB
CD-ROM drive.
* Fixed incorrect reporting of last boot device number when booting to the
Utility partition or doing a PXE boot.
* Fixed Multi-processor table entries when PCI-to-PCI bridge cards are
installed.
* Fixed a system password security issue.
* Fixed issue where Thermal Monitor 2 was disabled for Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4
631 3.0GHz Processors.
* Fixed issue where the Front Side Bus speed could be reported incorrectly.
* Changed BIOS Setup help message for password status.
* Applied Intel PCI-HUB (PXH-V) recommended programming updates required when
two or more PCI cards are installed.
* Added Intel Pentium 4 and Intel Pentium D Processor on 65 nm process D0
Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=07h)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
System: Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 850
Version: A03
Release Date: 03/24/2006
* Fixed Processor TCtrl value for BMC not getting updated for single logical
processor configuration
* Fixed slow WinPE boot
* Fixed the issue of NMI button enabled after flashing BIOS
* Fixed a system booting security issue in the BIOS Setup
* Fixed unreported IO failure in HCT 12.1 with WS03 SP1
* Fixed MCH SERR reporting bug
* Fixed Enhanced correctable memory error reporting algorithm
* Added ATA hard disk security freeze feature
* Added new BMC Mux mode
* Added Native IPMI support
* Added Virtualization Technology support with supported processor
* Added Intel Processor Brand String to SMBIOS table
* Added progress indicate when flashing BIOS
* Added Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 and Intel Pentium D Processor on 65 nm process
C1 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=04h)
* Removed Intel Pentium 4 Processor D0 Stepping Microcode
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
System: Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 850
Version: A02
Release Date: 10/12/2005
* Added Intel(R) Pentium 4(R) Processor G1 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=03h)
* Added Intel(R) Pentium D(R) Processor B0 Stepping Microcode (Patch ID=03h)
* Added PCI fan support for Dell PERC4e/DC SCSI RAID card
* Added workaround for lockup resulting from the systems with 8GB RAM and RAID
storage controller potentially claiming inappropriate addresses
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System: Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 850
Version: A01
Release Date: 08/16/2005
This release is the first customer release.
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