U might need the rev1.00 board. If you can get it, 1.00 can boot a lot strange stuffs such as QYGH, QYGG also in the list.
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U might need the rev1.00 board. If you can get it, 1.00 can boot a lot strange stuffs such as QYGH, QYGG also in the list.
btw, some D ver BIOS of gigabyte C741 motherboard could boot it also. Of course if you have the budget and time to collect all these stuffs, otherwise it truly does not worth it.
The hyperthread-on CPU performance will be the half of the performance with hyperthread disabled, especially for the CPU with A- step(both gigabyte and supermicro, tested by myself).
I'm thinking about purchasing a couple of these processors off ebay and getting the Gigabyte MS730-HB1? Will this work? I see that sometimes you need an older bios. Does the Rev 3. or Rev 1. of the motherboard matter? Also which of those processors would be best with that motherboard? Any other 'watchouts' or advice?
8570 ES Q30H
8480 ES QYFS
8480 ES QYFR
8570 ES Q30H
8480 ES QYFS
8480 ES QYFR
1 comes with Fxx BIOS (only Sapphire rapids) from factory.
3 comes with Rxx BIOS (Emerald Rapids support) from factory.
QYFS/QYFR up to R12
Q30H need mod. BIOS but so far with newest. PM me is you have mobo and CPU.
Update (and report):
Since receiving L1.23 from @RolloZ170 I bought a second board and applied that newer BIOS and found that it unlocked more here as outlined. So I now have two—each with 256G of ECC DDR4-2400 RDIMMs that fully passes memtest86 burn-in tests after installation.
CPU: Xeon 6336Y ES QUYS (step 4)
MoBo: ASRock Rack SPC621D8
The boards shipped with BIOS P1.30, so they wouldn't POST with the ES CPU until I patched the BIOS.
Can 100% confirm results now. With BIOS version:
- P1.20
- Completes POST and boots, but seems to lock the CPU base frequency at 1.6GHz
- Even though the BIOS reported the frequency as 1.6GHz, I was still able to reach 2.9GHz in testing.
- Seemed to be locked down a bit for safety.
- No SST-PP mode switching available. Stuck with "Base" in other words.
- Completes POST and boots, but seems to lock the CPU base frequency at 1.6GHz
- L1.23
- Unlocks base frequency. CPU cover plate says 2.3GHz, but BIOS shows 2.4GHz, which matches production
- Testing single and multiple core counts matched frequencies stated for production CPU
- Unlocks 2 SST-PP profiles
- Base
- Mode 3
- Unlocks base frequency. CPU cover plate says 2.3GHz, but BIOS shows 2.4GHz, which matches production
- P1.30+
- Does not complete POST.
Post upgrade to L1.23, these are the firmware values I see in the IPMI dashboard:
| Type | Version |
|---|---|
| BMC Firmware | 3.01.00 |
| BIOS | L1.23 |
| ME Firmware | 4.4.4.53 |
| Microcode | 0b000280 |
| CPLD | 0.07 |
Not sure if it's safe to further upgrade the BMC or CPLD, or worth pursuing since it seems to be working quite well right now.
Any thoughts here? IIRC, BMC and CPLD are not as easily downgraded as the BIOS is, and since it's working well, I don't want to break anything. Is there any value in upgrading the BMC and/or CPLD?
Hi, I've got a (free) HP Z8 Fury G5 with W790 chipset here, no working CPU, and am considering to purchase the Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+ ES QYFS microcode 0x806F3
From what I've understood boards like, ASUS W790 Ace/Sage, Gigabyte MS73-HBx, and ASRock W790 do (or did) support ES D0-stepping. I can't find anything on the HP Z8 Fury G5, so I'd take a risk buying this CPU, and that's an option.
Alternatively extracting the microcode from one of above boards to add in the HP BIOS can happen, but HP has "Sure Start", which has extra physical security chips, so just flashing a microcode modded BIOS isn't an option, as far as I understand? I'd be willing to physically modify the board, desolder / reprogram security chips, if needed.
Anything I'm missing here, an easier route or an obvious blockade?
From what I've understood boards like, ASUS W790 Ace/Sage, Gigabyte MS73-HBx, and ASRock W790 do (or did) support ES D0-stepping. I can't find anything on the HP Z8 Fury G5, so I'd take a risk buying this CPU, and that's an option.
Alternatively extracting the microcode from one of above boards to add in the HP BIOS can happen, but HP has "Sure Start", which has extra physical security chips, so just flashing a microcode modded BIOS isn't an option, as far as I understand? I'd be willing to physically modify the board, desolder / reprogram security chips, if needed.
Anything I'm missing here, an easier route or an obvious blockade?
the BIOS is protected, even desolder and flash the chip will not work.
i tried also on Dell 5860, no way so far.
the problem is Intel Boot Guard is on and the ES is not included as element in the Chain of Trust.
Thanks for your reply.
Any chance the motherboard supports D0 out of the box, like other W790's, or is that wishful thinking?
i checked old BIOS. all missing 806F3 microcode.
E0 microcode is there, but Boot Guard blocks ES.
no retail SPR-SP works on W790 chipset,only stepping D0 and some E0.
habe you proof OEM processor 6450C runs with W790 ?
I've herd about the boost frequency issues of xeon 6 es indeed, but the single core performance is that…regular?
yes, it scales with core clock. if i have the time i install my Q5LS (6741P ES2) and check 4Ghz core clock.