Try to force the update through a bootable medium, rather than from Windows. I believe there are instructions on the forum somewhere to add the update to the diagnostics utility and run it from there. If that doesn't work, your BMC has likely failed.
(Only revision III supports 5400-series processors.)
Nothing so grand as a "tutorial" ... I or one of the Dell guys simply outlined very generically what to do. Something like "download and run the 32-bit diagnostics setup file, create diagnostics USB, add OS-independent EXE version of BMC update, boot to USB, hit option 4 to exit, run update from DOS command prompt" (there is also a "force" option you may need to use it if fails). When I am in front of a computer, I'll see if I can find it - in case you can't get it working from that little info.
any ideas if theirs a way to persuade a older revision motherboard to accept 54 series cpus
None. It is a hard limitation of the boards. All revisions of the boards use the same BIOS file for updates - it is the board that is or isn't capable of supporting the processor type.
found it, looks like the bmc is totally nuked as the updated wont even detect it at all, any ideas if theirs a way to persuade a older revision motherboard to accept 54 series cpus as it does detect them and boot part way but then halts before starting into the os. so i suspect it would work fine with the cpus but something is stopping it
yes i get the unsupported cpu error once it gets to the end of the bios/option rom loading. but it also recognises the cpus perfectly prior to that, just halts once bmc loads and kills it, even though up to thjat point the system is loading and working fine
What do you mean it "boots"? At some point, it will fail, usually with an "unsupported CPU" message. If it "boots" with 5400-series processors in an "older" board, then that older board is still a version III.
theflash1932
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Try to force the update through a bootable medium, rather than from Windows. I believe there are instructions on the forum somewhere to add the update to the diagnostics utility and run it from there. If that doesn't work, your BMC has likely failed.
(Only revision III supports 5400-series processors.)
DJ_Steve
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April 26th, 2015 08:00
must be a REV 3 then :) Any ideas on link for that tutorial
theflash1932
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April 26th, 2015 08:00
Nothing so grand as a "tutorial" ... I or one of the Dell guys simply outlined very generically what to do. Something like "download and run the 32-bit diagnostics setup file, create diagnostics USB, add OS-independent EXE version of BMC update, boot to USB, hit option 4 to exit, run update from DOS command prompt" (there is also a "force" option you may need to use it if fails). When I am in front of a computer, I'll see if I can find it - in case you can't get it working from that little info.
theflash1932
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April 26th, 2015 09:00
None. It is a hard limitation of the boards. All revisions of the boards use the same BIOS file for updates - it is the board that is or isn't capable of supporting the processor type.
DJ_Steve
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found it, looks like the bmc is totally nuked as the updated wont even detect it at all, any ideas if theirs a way to persuade a older revision motherboard to accept 54 series cpus as it does detect them and boot part way but then halts before starting into the os. so i suspect it would work fine with the cpus but something is stopping it
DJ_Steve
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April 26th, 2015 09:00
so how can a older board even boot with unsupported cpus fitted ? surly that would just throw an error
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April 26th, 2015 10:00
I would guess you aren't getting far enough for the error, not to mention the BMC is the device responsible for communicating system errors ;)
DJ_Steve
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April 26th, 2015 10:00
yes i get the unsupported cpu error once it gets to the end of the bios/option rom loading. but it also recognises the cpus perfectly prior to that, just halts once bmc loads and kills it, even though up to thjat point the system is loading and working fine
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April 26th, 2015 10:00
What do you mean it "boots"? At some point, it will fail, usually with an "unsupported CPU" message. If it "boots" with 5400-series processors in an "older" board, then that older board is still a version III.