"0000" is normal for ES (non QS)
for EMR stepping A0 ES you need mod. BIOS to support dual processor.
Q2SG is ES of 8481C OEM model.
i am not sure if the MS73 (specs. max. TDP 2x 270W)supports dual 385W TDP.
PM you now with the BIOS.
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for EMR stepping A0 ES you need mod. BIOS to support dual processor.
Q2SG is ES of 8481C OEM model.
i am not sure if the MS73 (specs. max. TDP 2x 270W)supports dual 385W TDP.
PM you now with the BIOS.
I was looking over the QYFS but one listing says that it hit a bios error “CPU_CATERR” with certain Dell motherboards.
Have you come across any similar issues and is this part of the “lottery” or just these set of samples from this seller?
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My impression based on what I read is that MS73 can run dual 385W TDP, but an additional heatsink is needed for that. There are sellers on goofish offering it. One of the offers says (auto-translated): "GIGABYTE MS73 MOS tube radiator to solve the problem of high overheating and downgrading repair rate of GIGABYTE's 385W CPU. A set of 200 yuan, including two heat pipe radiators. GIGABYTE MS73 MOS tube radiator solves the problem of high overheating and downgrading rework rate of GIGABYTE's 385W CPU."
There is also a user who mentioned the heatsink in this thread:
I saw the same for EMR A0 on dual CPU Gigabyte boards before modding the bios. Anyways, if you don't mind me asking, where did you get it?
Random Chinese eBay seller. They have like a ton of listing. It's hard to tell though because some are the same people with different accounts and similar listing other are not. I picket the one with the most positive feedback.
The person on the other end has actually been quite responsive and mostly helpful trouble shooting up until this point where I notified both CPU's are not booting and the responses have seemed to have stopped.
This was quite an investment since basically my entire setup revolves around this MoBo and CPU combo. I had to buy a larger case, expensive new power supply, expensive RAM, heatsinks/fan and new cables (SAS 4.0 SFF-8654 4i 38 Pin to SATA) etc..
you refer to the CPUs or the motherboard or do you bought a set Mobo+CPU+CPU ?
Isn't it normal for all ES/QS? Only reason I ask is my Q2SR shows up as the same thing (including ES).
D16, there is no D32 version. Now I want to change my motherboard to asrock c741 SP2C741D16X-2T, but I dont know if it supports xeon max, because I didn't see max in cpu support list
QS have full Brand String e.g. "Intel Xeon Platinum 8580..." but es bit set. ( (ES) in CPZ-Z is added by, comes not from inside CPU )
Q2SR is ES2 no QS
I saw that you also used the Q30H and Q2Y7 with asrock (EMR A0: Q2SR,Q2SP,Q2Y7,Q2Y8,Q2T7,Q30G,Q30H...)
Besides the boot time issue, has either chip given you issues with asrock c741 or anything locked/disabled?
Seeing as I won’t be able to get the amount of ram I want right away, do you think it is worth locking into EMR over SPR (excluding qs/prod and assuming only es)?
Is there a chance to use the latest bios or are we locked to early/beta bios indefinitely? Coming from AMD ryzen/threadripper many times latest bios fixed something and asrock has beta bios available for EMR or release bios for SPR.
Do you happen to be in the US? Any issues with customs, tariffs or shipping speed compared to eBay purchases? Price is a 3rd from goofish but ebay says imports included and can return (minus shipping and import fees).
Do you have a referral code for superbuy? If you do, share it and I’ll use it.
Not that I know of.
i can use latest available BIOS for EMR A0 ES
(ASRock Rack does not provide new BIOS often, and if they have, you have to ask/beg for it)
but not SPR D0 ES because Intel CSI/MRC does not support SPR D0 from version 115.D14
no, EU = worst case.
value < $150. risky, no returns.
never heared of it, i have subscribed, topped up my balance, and purchased.
once arrived in china warehouse i checked item and submitted parcel.
Hi guys
Did anyone got gigabyte MS33-ARO F04 version BIOS? Or MS03-CE0 F03 version BIOS. There is a slightly tiny little issue when light up a processor.
I went through the log and find out that these two versions have the feature I urgently need.
Anyone have those files?
MUCH APPRECIATED : )
Did anyone got gigabyte MS33-ARO F04 version BIOS? Or MS03-CE0 F03 version BIOS. There is a slightly tiny little issue when light up a processor.
I went through the log and find out that these two versions have the feature I urgently need.
Anyone have those files?
MUCH APPRECIATED : )
have both NOT.
what exactly do you reaching for ? what issue ?
Hi,
QVV5 and QYGH CPU must light up with the 806f1 microcode(other limitation still not discovered), which is removed in the later version.
Not even in F06. The version mentioned earlier got the SPR-A- step microcode inside.
