Hi All
This is my first post here - apologies that it is basically a motherboard/CPU question, but there seems to be a lot of Supermicro knowledge here...
I have recently bought an old-ish Supermicro server - my first 'actual server' - for 'Home Server' type experiments. I am planning on replacing an HP Microserver and an ML110 Gen7. The server is a 2U chassis with 12-bay backplane, is very clean and has hardly been used I think.. The motherboard is an X8DRH-iTF, with a SAS9211-4i HBA.
I have had this running and gone into the BIOS etc. I fitted a small SATA SSD drive and have installed Ubuntu server etc. I then started playing with the fans a bit, using info on this forums and elsewhere on the IPMITOOL and allied utilities. All this was fine - until...
I am now consistently getting a POST error with code 32. The AMI BIOS guide from SMC says "CPU post-memory initialization is started" for this code.
As I say, I have had the unit running fine - I initially got a different POST error (B0?) but after reseating the DRAM everything seemed fine.
The motherboard has one CPU - Xeon E5-2640 V2 - and 40GB of DDR3 (2off 16GB, 2off 4GB) fitted. As part of trying to fix the problem I have done the following:
- replaced the CMOS Battery and cleared the CMOS via the jumper pad
- removed, cleaned and refitted the CPU. All the lands look OK, and the CPU socket also looks fine (I have some electronics skills)
- Removed and cleaned the DRAM. I have tried fitting only one pair of sticks (tried both the 16GB pair and the 4GB pair), in the correct sockets I am sure. No sign or damage on the DIMMs or sockets.
- removed my SATA SSD and the HBE, to have as little as possible fitted
- connected to the IPMI port and looked at the IPMI logs; I know very little about IPMI but can only see info on the chassis intrusion switch. With the POST error I am unable to get into the BIOS
The Description for POST code 0x32 - "CPU post-memory initialization is started" - sounds like a memory problem, but having done my swapping etc. I am thinking that trying a new CPU might be my next step. But it does seem strange for the CPU to go 'just like that', after very little use.
So I'm really just posting to ask if there is anything I might have missed, or something else I could try before a new CPU?
Oh - any suggestions about a lower TDP processor that might work well in this Motherboard? I am hoping to trim the power consumption down at some point.
Thanks a lot from the UK
Jon N
"CPU
This is my first post here - apologies that it is basically a motherboard/CPU question, but there seems to be a lot of Supermicro knowledge here...
I have recently bought an old-ish Supermicro server - my first 'actual server' - for 'Home Server' type experiments. I am planning on replacing an HP Microserver and an ML110 Gen7. The server is a 2U chassis with 12-bay backplane, is very clean and has hardly been used I think.. The motherboard is an X8DRH-iTF, with a SAS9211-4i HBA.
I have had this running and gone into the BIOS etc. I fitted a small SATA SSD drive and have installed Ubuntu server etc. I then started playing with the fans a bit, using info on this forums and elsewhere on the IPMITOOL and allied utilities. All this was fine - until...
I am now consistently getting a POST error with code 32. The AMI BIOS guide from SMC says "CPU post-memory initialization is started" for this code.
As I say, I have had the unit running fine - I initially got a different POST error (B0?) but after reseating the DRAM everything seemed fine.
The motherboard has one CPU - Xeon E5-2640 V2 - and 40GB of DDR3 (2off 16GB, 2off 4GB) fitted. As part of trying to fix the problem I have done the following:
- replaced the CMOS Battery and cleared the CMOS via the jumper pad
- removed, cleaned and refitted the CPU. All the lands look OK, and the CPU socket also looks fine (I have some electronics skills)
- Removed and cleaned the DRAM. I have tried fitting only one pair of sticks (tried both the 16GB pair and the 4GB pair), in the correct sockets I am sure. No sign or damage on the DIMMs or sockets.
- removed my SATA SSD and the HBE, to have as little as possible fitted
- connected to the IPMI port and looked at the IPMI logs; I know very little about IPMI but can only see info on the chassis intrusion switch. With the POST error I am unable to get into the BIOS
The Description for POST code 0x32 - "CPU post-memory initialization is started" - sounds like a memory problem, but having done my swapping etc. I am thinking that trying a new CPU might be my next step. But it does seem strange for the CPU to go 'just like that', after very little use.
So I'm really just posting to ask if there is anything I might have missed, or something else I could try before a new CPU?
Oh - any suggestions about a lower TDP processor that might work well in this Motherboard? I am hoping to trim the power consumption down at some point.
Thanks a lot from the UK
Jon N
"CPU