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BiffaY

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July 11th, 2008 10:00

SC1430 CPU upgrade not working

Hi,

 

We have a 1430 that came with a Dual core Xeon E5120 1.8Ghz 1066Mhz FSB CPU and original Bios 1.1

 

I flashed the bios to the latest version 1.4 and purchased two Xeon E5335 Quad Core 2.0Gh Details below:

 

 

 

http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLAEK

 

I used the Dell web site <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>

to make sure I got the right ones, and both have the same stepping (SLAEK) identical CPU's in fact.

 

However. Even with one CPU in I get the dreaded  "Unsupported cpu combination, system halted" in yello when trying to boot.

 

I've tried with:

  • One CPU in socket 0 
  • One CPU in both socket 0 and 1
  • Taking the CPU out of Socket 1 and putting it in Socket 0
  • Swapping both CPU's around to test
  • Clearing the CMOS jumper

Have I done something wrong? I thought I had checked thoroughly that these CPU's would work. :(

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

-- 

 Adam

 

 
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    BiffaY

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    Posted July 11th, 2008 12:00

    Darn, thats not good :(

     

    So to be specific?.

     

    I have the original motherboard:

    HD812 PESC1430 MotherBoard * TM894*

     

    And I would need:

    UW816 PESC1430 G1 Clover Town MotherBoard * PR704*

     

    Does the TM894 motherboard support any quad core Xeon?

     

    Thanks

    Message Edited by BiffaY on 07-11-2008 08:42 AM
    Message Edited by BiffaY on 07-11-2008 08:42 AM
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    BiffaY

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    Posted July 11th, 2008 12:00

    Service tag sent.
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    Dennis Smith

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    Posted July 11th, 2008 12:00

    BiffaY,

    For the 1430 to support the QuadCore proc there was a motherboard revision. Send me a PM with your service tag and I will check to see if the systemboard you have supports the new procs.
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    Dennis Smith

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    Posted July 11th, 2008 12:00

    It looks like the systemboard revision you have does not support quadcore procs. Just in case, the part number for that board is PR704.
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    Dennis Smith

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    Posted July 11th, 2008 15:00

    You are correct on the part numbers, and from what I see the systemboard you have will not support any of the quad cores.
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    Beton

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    Posted January 17th, 2014 06:00

    Hi Dennis,
    I was wondering if you could help me with a piece of information:
    I have a server Dell Poweredge SC1430 and I would like to know if it supports the Quad Core -Xeon 5300 series processors. The motherboard is part RH096, the service tag is<ADMIN NOTE: Service tag removed per privacy policy>

    Thank you very much for your help

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    DELL-Geoff P

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    Posted January 17th, 2014 13:00

    Beton,

    You will need one of the following boards that will support the Clovertown quad core processors:

    TW856

    UW816

     

    Regards,

     

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    Beton

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    Posted January 18th, 2014 09:00

    Thank you for the info Geoff. I was wondering if you could tell me where do I have to look and see if I have that motherboard or not.?

    Thank you

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    DELL-Geoff P

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    Posted January 23rd, 2014 14:00

    Thanks for your questions. I have emailed your responses since we were dealing with a service tag..

    Regards,

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