PE2950 Won't Run Quad-Core CPU

[Chance Reschke]

Hi,

Yes, I know the error message says "Combination", but I only have  
*ONE* CPU installed.  I REMOVED the dual-core CPU and REPLACED it  
with a SINGLE quad core CPU.

All of the details are in my original post.

  - C


--
Chance Reschke
Biochemistry Department
University of Washington



On Feb 4, 2008, at 11:23 PM, Tony van Lingen wrote:

> G'day,
>
> The error says that you've got an unsupported COMBINATION of CPUs. You
> say that you replaced the 2nd CPU for a quad core (in the Dell quote).
> Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd think that you need to have similar CPUs?  
> i.e.
> 2 dual-cores or 2 quad-cores but not one dual-core and one quad-core.
>
> If that's the case, it should also work fine with only the new CPU
> installed.
>
> Cheers,
> Tony
>
> Chance Reschke wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just today I swapped the CPU in one of our PE2950 hosts from the  
>> dual-
>> core it came with for a shiny new quad core.  Unfortunately, it
>> doesn't work.  Any help in getting this sorted out would be great.
>>
>> Details:
>>
>> The host has the II sticker on the front which Dell claims is the
>> badge of approval for quad-core compatibility.
>>
>> The original CPU was an Intel Xeon, model 5148  @ 2.33GHz and was
>> running fine under BIOS v1.02.
>>
>> The new CPU is an Intel Xeon, model 5355 @ 2.66Ghz.  The label on the
>> Dell anti-static bag it shipped in is GW622.
>>
>> The Dell quote for the new CPU said:
>>
>>    Quad Core Xeon 2nd Processor X5355 2x4MB Cache, 2.66GHz 1333MHz
>> FSB, PE2950, Customer Install (311-6970)
>>
>> When I powered up the host with the original BIOS it displayed the
>> correct CPU identification, then after performing the BMC
>> initialization, it complained in yellow text on a blue background:
>>
>>     Unsupported CPU Combination.
>>     System Halted!
>>
>> I then upgraded the BIOS to 2.0.1 (required reinstalling the original
>> CPU), and tried again with the same results.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chance
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chance Reschke
>> Biochemistry Department
>> University of Washington
>>
>>
>>
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