CPU Upgrade Fail

psions555

psions555

psions555

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I have wanted to upgrade my CPU for a while and made a post about choosing one quite a while ago: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18747463

For Xmas I got myself a X5670 off of ebay and when I installed it the machine would not boot. No video output but the fans and hard drives can be heard working.

So I just thought it was a bad CPU and the guy kindly sends me another one. Exact same problem!

I have made sure my BIOS is at the latest version. Tried removing all but the bare essentials and clearing the CMOS but it still does not work

The moment I put the W3540 back in it springs into life with no problems. I find it weird that two cpu's would be dead so is there anything anyone can suggest to try?

Boxx 3D Visual Workstation
Seasonic X Series 1.05KW Power Supply
Intel Xeon W3540 (Bloomfield)
Supermicro X8SAX Mainboard
12GB Micron Technology PC3-10700
Asus Strix GTX 960
HyperX Predator PCI-E 240GB (Windows), OCZ Agility III 64GB SATA SSD, WD Enterprise Edition 7200RPM 2TB (Storage), WD Green Edition 5400RPM 2TB (Cold Storage)
LG Supermulti SecurDisc, Sony Bluray/DVD Reader
 
Mariusz said:
Try booting with only one stick of RAM installed and only your boot OS drive connected.
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Already tried, just the BOOT OS on one stick of ram. I did say in my OP that I "Tried removing all but the bare essentials" but i'm sorry that wasn't really too descriptive of me

In addition given the Windows OS is a PCI-E SSD so i even tried removing that and just tried one sata

lude1962 said:
. Xeon® 5600/3600 series
processors
are supported
on PCB
Rev. 2.0

is your mb rev 2.0?
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Yes is is 100% for sure

Printed on the PCB too and everything
 
I had the same problem with my X5660, all that was required was a bios reset (i have a button on the backplate of my motherboard, hold it down and boot and it resets the bios). Once that was done and I set up the bios again it worked perfectly.

I will say the biggest problem I have ever had with the x58 platform is memory, its so picky and dont even think about trying XMP profiles.......wasted days trying to get that working on multiple sets of ram.

Try a single ram module and reset the bios on boot to see if you can set the memory speed up, My system wont boot unless my memory is sitting at 1333mhz even though my RAM/motherboard/chip is capable of 1600.
 
harry5522 said:
Possibly your problem.

Any other rig you can get the cpu tested in? As it should work thus could be dead.
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Sadly not, I don't personally know anyone and as I understand it 1366 is pretty outdated, expensive platform and therefore unpopular

I will try a different brand of ram as per chickadee's suggestion. Failing that I will have to just return it for a refund but then I feel worried about ordering another one and the same happening
 
psions555 said:
Sadly not, I don't personally know anyone and as I understand it 1366 is pretty outdated, expensive platform and therefore unpopular

I will try a different brand of ram as per chickadee's suggestion. Failing that I will have to just return it for a refund but then I feel worried about ordering another one and the same happening
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No dont try a different brand but run your current ram at 1333 instead of 1600, its the speed that caused me problems, not brand.
 
chickadee said:
No dont try a different brand but run your current ram at 1333 instead of 1600, its the speed that caused me problems, not brand.
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Sorry that I misunderstood about the RAM. I would like to try your suggestion but I don't know how. Motherboards I have had in the past have a memory option in the BIOS for timing etc. The attached screenshot is the only settings I can change on this board

Does this mean I can't change the RAM speed?

https://s24.postimg.org/3pbn712wl/IMG_20170105_183423_HDR.jpg
 
psions555 said:
Sorry that I misunderstood about the RAM. I would like to try your suggestion but I don't know how. Motherboards I have had in the past have a memory option in the BIOS for timing etc. The attached screenshot is the only settings I can change on this board

Does this mean I can't change the RAM speed?

https://s24.postimg.org/3pbn712wl/IMG_20170105_183423_HDR.jpg
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Might be silly to point out but you have a scroll bar on the right side, anything below those options?

EDIT: Also did you try putting the new CPU in and doing a bios reset?
 
chickadee said:
Might be silly to point out but you have a scroll bar on the right side, anything below those options?

EDIT: Also did you try putting the new CPU in and doing a bios reset?
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No nothing that seems relevant at all further down the list. Only option I don't understand is "Clock spread spectrum" whats that?

When I have tried either of the CPU's I have been send I have reset the BIOS. I have to remove the battery to do it as the jumper PINS are missing from the board. They cannot be found ANYWHERE on the board and where the manual shows them to be they are missing. CMOS reset is even printed where the pins are missing. Maybe a manufacturing error?
 
Looking at the manual for your motherboard, i think the bios settings are under...

Advanced/Advanced Chipset Control/QPI and IMC Config/Memory Frequency.

Memory Frequency
Use this option to force the system memory to run at a different frequency
than the default frequency. The available options are Auto, Force DDR-800,
Force DDR-1066, and Force DDR-1333.
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Hope this helps. :)
 
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