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March 2nd, 2017 23:00

RE: R210 CPU upgrade

Hello.

What is the P/N of this processor? The parameters including frequency, cache, power rating etc should match the ones on the supported L3426 processor.

Robert Odongo

Dell EMC | Enterprise Services

Hi there,

I'm getting Access Denied to reply to my original post, so replying here to the question from Robert. This is the information I got from eBay listing:

Processor Type : Xeon       
Socket Type      : Socket LGA1156
Bus Speed        : 2.5GT/s     
Clock Speed     : 1.86GHz
MPN                 : BX80605L3426
CPU Socket     : LGA1156        
EAN                 : 5032037009874

Does it help? Otherwise, where do I get the part-number?

A picture of the actual CPU is also attached.

-San

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  • 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

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    Posted March 3rd, 2017 09:00

    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?

    -S

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    Posted March 3rd, 2017 11:00

    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?

    -San