ML 150 G3 & Xeon e54xx series?

[pseud]

The ML 150 G3 run e53xx series and the e54xx appear compatible, but will the ML 150 G3 run Xeon e54xx series?

Many thanks,

Morgan.

[bunter6]

Hi Morgan,

Unfortunately I'm pretty certain it wont accept e54xx series cpu's. I had a G3 & tried to upgrade from E5110 to E5220 cpu's and got no display.

This indicates that there's either a power or pin difference in the sockets that prevents the cpu from initializing.  Normally if the cpu initializes you will get a display & if it's not supported by the rom you will get the ""ERROR: Unsupported CPU installed" & then the system will shut down.

To be fair there isn't a massive difference in performance between E53xx & E54xx series cpu's & as they are so cheap now it's probably better to install the fastest E53xx series cpu's you can in it.

Hope this is of some help to you.

Cheers

Mark

[Suman_1978]

Hi,

ML150 G3 Server is compatible with Xeon 5000, 5100 and 5300 series of processors.

This server comes with two types of system boards and they are:

410426-001:  System board (used no eariler Dual-Core only processor systems)
436718-001:  System board (used on Quad-Core and newer Dual-Core processor systems, but is backward compatable with older Dual-core systems)

Intel Xeon processor 5000 and 5100 is Dual-Core

Intel Xeon processor 5300 is Quad-Core

Unfortunately there is no BIOS update available that would support Intel 5400 on this server.

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[Renjiv]

Hi,

Xeon E54XX series CPU is not compatible with ML150 G3 server as it supports only 5000, 5100, and 5300 series.

Regards,

Renji V

[pseud]

Thanks - Renjiv, Suman_AN,bunter6

It's very very helpful to find a definitive answer on this!

There's a pair of 5345's on ebay for $40, I'll stick with that.

BTW - the new message board (I haven't been here for a while) is a nightmare.  Hitting the reply button or logging in via "passport" gives me continous redirection failure messages.  I had to re-edit the web address to get here!

Thanks,

Morgan.

[pseud]

BTW - what's the system board form factor?  10" x 10" doesn't seem to conform to anything I can find - is it an HP only standard?

Thanks,

Morgan.