topic Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2 in Intel® Xeon® Processor and Server Products

CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

PSchw4 — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:20:07 GMT

Hi guys,

i need help. We have the intel mainboard S2600GZ and our supplier says to us, that we need the BIOS Version 01.01.1002 for the CPU Upgrade. On the Intel Download Site i can't find this Version of BIOS. By other Version the server show no screen and no BIOS. The server starts only with E5-2640 CPU by each BIOS Version of the Intel Site. Have anyone this special Version?

Thanks!

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

AlHill — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:28:21 GMT

I found this: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27786/?product=56253 Download Firmware Update Package Update for EFI Intel® Server Boards and Intel® Server Systems Based on Intel® 60X Chips…

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Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

PSchw4 — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:23:14 GMT

Unfortunately it doesn't help.

Thanks

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

AlHill — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:05:28 GMT

One of the Intel support engineers will have to assist you.

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Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

idata — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:10:58 GMT

Hello Elmundo9,

Could you please share your board's sysinfo logs in order to further diagnose how to assist you with your inquiry?

Thank you,

FranklinS._Intel.

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

PSchw4 — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:00:38 GMT

Hello FranklinS._Intel,

in the Syslogs i don't find any information of an error. Maybe it's up to the revision of the motherboard for this error. Can you tell me what revision i have?

The P/N is DA0S6GMB8C1 Rev C. My suppliers says that i need rev 2.1 for the Ivy Bridge CPUs. On a BIOS Chip is S6G BIOS CS BD5B Rev 1.02.0005.

When i have the rev 1.02 than i buy Sandy Bridge CPUs with 8 Cores. No problem.

Thanks

Best regards,

Philippe

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

idata — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 11:31:07 GMT

Hello Elmundo9,

Nomrally we will recoomend for you to use the latest version available of the BIOS. We wanted you to share your system logs so that we can check what software version different components of your hardware are running on. In that way, we could help you find out which update path is best for you. Here is a link to the system information retrieval utility https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26991/System-Information-Retrieval-Utility-SysInfo-?v=t https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/26991/System-Information-Retrieval-Utility-SysInfo-?v=t

Thank you,

FranklinS._Intel

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

idata — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 06:48:52 GMT

Hello Elmundo9,

Were you able to use the system information retrieval utility? Let us know if you need additional help?

Thank you,

FranklinS._Intel

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

PSchw4 — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 12:51:58 GMT

Hello FranklinS._Intel,

here are your Information that you need. Thanks

Best regards

Elmundo9

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

idata — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 11:42:35 GMT

Hi Elmundo9,

After checking your sysinfo_log we can see that you can simply upgrade to the latest version by using the software package located at https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloads/eula/26962/Intel-Server-Board-S2600GZ-GL-Firmware-Update-Package-for-Extensible-Firmware-Interface-EFI-?httpDown=https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26962/eng/S2600GZ_GL_EFI_BIOS02060006_ME020107328_BMC0128r10603_FRUSDR114.zip

Follow the Standard Update Procedure from the embedded EFI Shell explained in the Read Me (txt) file.

Thank you,

FranklinS._Intel

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

idata — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 11:42:51 GMT

Hi Elmundo9,

Were you able to upgrade your BIOS. Let us know if you need any additional help.

Thank you,

FranklinS._Intel

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

PSchw4 — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:52:39 GMT

Hi FranklinS._Intel,

i tested with every BIOS but it doesn't work. Finally i have choose another CPU combination. Now works with 2 Intel Xeon E5-2670. Thanks for your help.

Thank you,

FranklinS._Intel

Re: CPU Upgrade E5-2640 to E5-2650 V2

idata — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 12:09:32 GMT

Hi Elmundo9,

Glad to hear you worked it out that way at least. We are sorry to hear that the initial approach did not give the expected results.

Regards,

FranklinS._Intel