Netserver E45 CPU Upgrade

[BR703989]

According to the dip switches on the mother board, the E45 SHOULD run on a 333 Mhz processor.
However, after setting the switches and swapping the proceesor, I get the error, "0B00-0A Missing Microcode update clock for Pentium II CPU."
The latest BIOS listed for this machine is Version 4.07.05
Has anyone succesfully upgraded the Netserver E45 to run the 333 Mhz processor? Could the BIOS for the E50 be loaded?
Thanks!

[CA660377]

The missing micro code error usually goes away when you update the BIOS, but this is a different issue. I can't say if the 333 will work or not, but I can recommend trying the updated BIOS.

[BR703989]

Okay, I re-installed the 4.05.07 PI BIOS with the 333 Mhz CPU installed. I still get the
"0B00-0A Missing Microcode update clock for Pentium II CPU"

I wouldn't hope that the 333 Mhz processor would work if the dip switch settings for it weren't imprinted on the mother board.

My next thought is to clear the CMOS, then re-do the BIOS.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks for the response!

[Micha³]

Hi!

I've got the same problem, and i wondering about Powerleap proposition. It can upgrade my system to 1,4 PIII!!!

If someone test this device on e45, please, mail me.

Respect!! :)

[thockar]

The reason for this is just simple - HP is sloppy.
For every stepping (6.5.0 / 6.5.1 ....) of a CPU Intel creates a CPU-Microcode. This microcode must be included in the BIOS by the vendor of the PC. HP has not done this for CPU's with the stepping 6.5.1. (PII 333MHz) in the BIOS for the Netserver 45!
There is no chance to include the needed code in the BIOS by your self - you have to ask HP for a realy good BIOS - do they have one? But you can install the code temporary with the tool "checkup5" and the code file "pep.dat" or "06510140.BIN" - with DOS only.

[thockar]

look here

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=340126

[Mark Young_2]

Hi,

The 333Mhz processor is not one HP ever supported for this server. It isn't that they are "sloppy", it's that you are using a processor they never intended for use in their server. This means they never wrote the BIOS to support it.

You could try the last posters method, but if it really concerns you, switch back to the old processor.

Mark