How to fix: BMC can't force ME to recovery mode when updating BIOS

[RolloZ170]

The 2 CPU' I tried are a E5-2620 V4 and an E5-2650 V3

motherboard in a chassis ? forgot one standoff ?

 

[Deleted member 28354]

Outta of the chassis, nothing touching checked the back, the front, everything

 

[RolloZ170]

Outta of the chassis, nothing touching checked the back, the front, everything

ok, the motherboard should at least power the FAN if you press the pwr btn. but nothing ?

 

[Deleted member 28354]

Nope, no fans working, tried all connections on the mobo

 

[Deleted member 28354]

Is a weird one. Either the board is fried or the PSU

 

[Deleted member 28354]

Man, I tried everything, 2 CPU's, 2 set of memory, 2 PSU's, absolutely no go, no POST, no boot, no nothing. Checked all jumpers, checked the surface and bottom, nothing shorting, I am outta of options here

 

[oneplane]

If the BMC works but nothing else, it sure does seem like the CPU/chipset part is not starting, but enough power is flowing to enable the BMC and the buses used to read the flash...

Dead board it is.

 

[Deleted member 28354]

I am thinking mismatched CPU and memory. I am waiting on one more CPU from China that I am 1000% will work with my memory and if that does not work I declare this mobo dead

 

[RolloZ170]

I am thinking mismatched CPU and memory.

healthy mboard does start without memory.

 

[Deleted member 28354]

ok then, so is clearly dead. Crap

 

[kram96]

My first post to just say THANK YOU! As of 9/1/23, this process revived my X10SLM+-LN4F update that went sideways after updating via IPMI browser.

 

[kram96]

My first post to just say THANK YOU! As of 9/1/23, this process revived my X10SLM+-LN4F update that went sideways after updating via IPMI browser.

Also to note, there were rumors of the update secretly enabling PCIe bifurcation but that was not the case for my specific motherboard model.

 

[jcl333]

Hey dudes, another motherboard saved X10SRH-CF that refused to post, saved with the sum utility.
Just wanted to come here and thank you.


I have a new respect for the resiliency of SM motherboards.

-JCL