https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298435#M4591 <P>not exactly the same thing. One went down for unknown reason. It was s5000pal so I decided to buy s5000xvn cause I needed pci-e 16 anyway. Motherboard arrived with broken solder, I was worried about that so tried to get refund but after 6 months I'm still waiting. Third motherboard seemed to be ok, but it didn't boot.</P><P>Then I decided to buy new psu, 1000watt, didnt manage to launch last mobo, it's still not booting. I bought another cpu to make sure the cpu is fine. It didn't boot the last mobo. I decided to try boot the second mobo(the one with broken solder). It booted on new psu with old cpu. I was a bit worried, but it seems to work fine, somehow. I can't work on broken mobo though, cause noone knows what might happen anytime.(I'm using it right now to post this message). I tried to populate second cpu socket in this mobo, but it comes back with catastrophic(as someone on this forum said) error in system log and does not boot. I believe it's because of broken solder which makes it not possible to use two cpus.</P><P></P><P>Anyway, the third mobo, the one which was supposed to be new, never used and working - IS NOT working:) whether you populate one or two cpu sockets. What it does, it's status led goes solid amber after a while and cpufan2 LED goes solid amber as well(but only if one, not two cpu was populated).</P><P>So, both cases are different, I tried everything, from changing mobo through cpus to powerful psu. It seems that mobo which is broken physically is working, and one which is theoreticaly new and working - is not working.</P><P></P><P>Honestly, I don't know what else I can do, if I cannot access bios on new mobo. Here I come only with one solution - to buy another mobo.</P> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:10:01 GMT idata 2010-02-19T15:10:01Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298431#M4587 <P>system stopped at post with code: initializing chipset component and is trying to reset fixed media device.. what could that be? system works fine with one cpu.</P> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:35:08 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298431#M4587 idata 2010-02-12T16:35:08Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298432#M4588 <P>Are the processors matched? Maybe it's just a bad second processor. Can you boot if you put just the second one in the first slot?</P> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:36:36 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298432#M4588 Daniel_O_Intel 2010-02-16T22:36:36Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298433#M4589 <P>Both cpu work fine in single cpu mode. It happens only when I populate two sockets. I've lost my patience to Intel, It's third mobo which I found faulty...</P> Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:15:36 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298433#M4589 idata 2010-02-18T20:15:36Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298434#M4590 <P>If three motherboards do the same thing, there is very little chance it's a faulty motherboard.</P> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:09:08 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298434#M4590 Daniel_O_Intel 2010-02-19T01:09:08Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298435#M4591 <P>not exactly the same thing. One went down for unknown reason. It was s5000pal so I decided to buy s5000xvn cause I needed pci-e 16 anyway. Motherboard arrived with broken solder, I was worried about that so tried to get refund but after 6 months I'm still waiting. Third motherboard seemed to be ok, but it didn't boot.</P><P>Then I decided to buy new psu, 1000watt, didnt manage to launch last mobo, it's still not booting. I bought another cpu to make sure the cpu is fine. It didn't boot the last mobo. I decided to try boot the second mobo(the one with broken solder). It booted on new psu with old cpu. I was a bit worried, but it seems to work fine, somehow. I can't work on broken mobo though, cause noone knows what might happen anytime.(I'm using it right now to post this message). I tried to populate second cpu socket in this mobo, but it comes back with catastrophic(as someone on this forum said) error in system log and does not boot. I believe it's because of broken solder which makes it not possible to use two cpus.</P><P></P><P>Anyway, the third mobo, the one which was supposed to be new, never used and working - IS NOT working:) whether you populate one or two cpu sockets. What it does, it's status led goes solid amber after a while and cpufan2 LED goes solid amber as well(but only if one, not two cpu was populated).</P><P>So, both cases are different, I tried everything, from changing mobo through cpus to powerful psu. It seems that mobo which is broken physically is working, and one which is theoreticaly new and working - is not working.</P><P></P><P>Honestly, I don't know what else I can do, if I cannot access bios on new mobo. Here I come only with one solution - to buy another mobo.</P> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:10:01 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Intel-Xeon-Processor-and-Server/s5000xvn-won-t-get-through-post-after-installing-second-cpu/m-p/298435#M4591 idata 2010-02-19T15:10:01Z