Figured This Would Happen

[willawake]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

post the cpuz
are you using psu 8pin?

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

Did I forget to mention it runs just fine with one processor installed

In single CPU if you switch CPU's does it still work?

[Wizard]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

Yes very important. Post the SL spec and CPU id.

Ram, condition of mainboard, and revision of board determines support of CPUs. And design of VRM (good ones have them on modules for replaceablity.

So we need detailed list of info:

Type of ram and if so, what specs and voltage.
CPU SL spec
Mainboard revision and date of manufacture. The eariler revision before actual CPU manufacture tend to be a problem most especially with dual socket boards.

And having no prior history on mainboard (especially from ebay can raise flags). I had a friend who bought a Tyan (8 slot 72pin simm type wtih dual pentium sockets, only one CPU in use). Very unstable and turned out the reseller is dubious.

Cheers, Wizard

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

CPU-Z is good but looking by sSpec is more accurate.
[Not often but sometimes CPU-Z has errors in db.]
Get sSpec and go here: http://processorfinder.intel.com/

To properly power a Supermicro X6DAL-G you need:
24-pin + 8-pin + 4-pin connected.
You need them all.
.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

Read section 1-6, see big note . Then read section 2-5.
https://cdn.badcaps-static.com/pdfs/...eea44facd1.pdf
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[370forlife]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

Yup, its got the 4 pin and the 8 pin plugged in.

The sSpec on both processors is SL7DX

The motherboard is a Supermicro X6DAL-G, REV 1.2
The VRM's have heatsinks on them, each socket seems to have its own VRM, they are thermally protected in the bios at 98C.

The RAM is ATP (memtest86 checked out fine, ran fine in my IBM Z-pro,) ddr-2100 ECC Registered (samsung modules on them) 4x512mb sticks, 2.5v.

The little print on the processors is as follows:

Proc 1 (the one I had installed most of the time)
3200DP/1M/800
SL7DX COSTA RICA
3420A516-0049

Proc 2 (the one not installed most of the time, but worked fine in socket 1)
3200DP/1M/800
SL7DX COSTA RICA
3420A516-0076

http://processorfinder.intel.com/det...px?sSpec=SL7DX

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

One of my ex-girl friends knows a Voodoo woman that lives down by the river but you'll have to fly her in from Jamaica.
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[PCBONEZ]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

Oops, I thought I'd added to that. [Happens when someone is yacking at me.]

The joke is basically saying I don't see anything 'for sure' wrong.
- Some boards just don't like Samsung RAM.
- Tried basic CMOS Reset??
- Triple check all the jumpers.

[Yes it should be MPS 1.4.]

[370forlife]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

One of my ex-girl friends knows a Voodoo woman that lives down by the river but you'll have to fly her in from Jamaica.
.

I'm willing to try anything right now.

If all else fails, the processor does work just fine

Anyone need a Xeon 3.2ghz socket 604?

[kikkoman]

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probably got overlooked on the last page, so i ask again:

have you tried booting anything else? ubcd, knoppix, PE or similar?

a friend's machine needed a win reinstall after i put in a dual core cpu. probably because the old windows was set to ACPI uniprocessor (which i believe is set by default if only one core is detected, at least in 2000/XP).
it didn't give any error messages but locked up hard, the way you described.

[Wizard]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

Get another hard drive and do a trial install of windows with dual cpu enabled and see?

Cheers, Wizard

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

Ummm,
You do know that when you switch from One CPU to Two CPUs [or back] that you must reinstall Windows.
- Yes??
HAL won't change when you change CPUs. Must reinstall Windows.
[Or have a 2 CPU drive and a 1 CPU drive for experiments.]

[Scenic]

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little trick.. you can uninstall the multi-cpu-HAL when switching to single core and vice versa.. (if a dual-core/cpu sys is recognized as a single-core/cpu one)



only problem is: if you set it to multiprocessor, but have only 1 cpu/core, it won't boot..

[370forlife]

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It IS recognized as a multiprocessor system with one processor.

Right now it has HT enabled on the single processor.

That wouldn't explain why the keyboard freezes up (as in lights are solid, and stay solid even after system shutoff until you unplug the psu) after post and there is no attempt to boot at all.

No, it will not boot from CD's either.

[Scenic]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

hmpf.. i'd say it's FUBAR then..

maybe that's why it went to ebay in the first place.. :/

edit: uhm.. what happens if you leave the first CPU socket empty and only the 2nd populated..?!
probably nothing at all.. (like in my HP x4000 Workstation board (Tyan S2607 IIRC , Socket 603)

edit2: uhm.. wait a second...

What should the VID be set at on these? The bios automatically put them at setting 30 (1.200,) is that the core voltage or should I not mess with that?

http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL7DX.html

core voltage seems to be a bit too low at 1.200V !

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

Check caps and SMD devices for socket 2.

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

Also MOSFETs for socket 2.

[370forlife]

Re: Figured This Would Happen

hmpf.. i'd say it's FUBAR then..

maybe that's why it went to ebay in the first place.. :/

edit: uhm.. what happens if you leave the first CPU socket empty and only the 2nd populated..?!
probably nothing at all.. (like in my HP x4000 Workstation board (Tyan S2607 IIRC , Socket 603)

edit2: uhm.. wait a second...



http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL7DX.html

core voltage seems to be a bit too low at 1.200V !

Hrm...

The bios only goes as high as 1.225

Also, the VRM's are under a giant heatsink with the stickiest thermal poop/tape I have ever experienced. I didn't want to pull too hard as to damage some of the components.