I just got a PE R210 (from work) with a stock i3-540 CPU. I was looking for a low TDP CPU and found Xeon L3426, which is in the R210 supported CPU list. Is it possible to upgrade/replace?
My first attempt with L3426 failed and seems to me not starting at all. Server is starting, no error sound but display is not coming even after a min or so. What am I missing or doing wrong?
BIOS and all the firmware is updated to their latest. What error indication I'm supposed to see/hear if the CPU is faulty? Does it take a bit longer than the usual to boot when it detects the change in CPU etc. ? anything to do in/with BMC?
Ok finally worked. For some strange reasons, I had to swap the memory slots (from black to white) to get the memory test passed.
But CPU temperature is very high, around 78C in average, for no good reason. I only run pfSense on that box and previously was 38C to 40C. Something in the BIOS/BMC need to be readjusted?
SantanuDas
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Posted March 2nd, 2017 14:00
Hi there,
I just got a PE R210 (from work) with a stock i3-540 CPU. I was looking for a low TDP CPU and found Xeon L3426, which is in the R210 supported CPU list. Is it possible to upgrade/replace?
My first attempt with L3426 failed and seems to me not starting at all. Server is starting, no error sound but display is not coming even after a min or so. What am I missing or doing wrong?
Best, Santanu