It looks like Raptor Lake support was one of the new features for 10.2
New Features
- Added DIMM and IC decoding for Intel 13th generation Raptor Lake processors
LGA 1700 Alder Lake "Servers"
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New Features
I decided to go all out and picked up processor and memory modules showed up today, just finished running some tests and things are looking good for the Micron ECC UDIMMs I indicated I would pick up.
Finished running tests, and I'm satisfied that it's stable, moving onwards to the OS. I did notice the "SPD not detected", and after a bit of reading, it looks like I have to change a setting in the BIOS to enable this (SPD Write) -> For vendors that use Aptio-based BIOSes (such as Fujitsu Celsius W5012), the SPD Write Disable setting may appear under Advanced in the BIOS setup as below. (as per MemTest86 RAM SPD Issues)
Yes, It's under Ai Tweaker - Tweaker's Paradise.
I'm going to have to download the BIOS manual, because there are so many settings here, lots to learn.
I was looking back at my screenshots and can't find one for the X13SAE with 13th gen CPU and MemTest v10.0 showing ECC "enabled" only when I had the 12th gen CPU installed. So that may be the reason.
Would still be curious if v10.0 shows ECC as enabled for a 13th gen CPU in the X13SAE but I already returned my board.
Memtest? Yes. I can do that tomorrow morning if that is ok. Also yes to the X13SAE.
Edit: I will need to download 10.0 but that shouldn't be a issue.
Here are the results for version 10.0. Apologies for the delay but I had to find a source for it.
- Version 10.00 says ECC Enabled N/A (Unknown)
- Version 10.02 lists my memory as ECC correction
Version 10.0:
Version 10.02:
Just in case anyone is interested, I have asked ASUS if the SATA ports on the Pro WS W680-ACE are hot pluggable. Their response is:
Two years ago, I asked whether the SATA ports on the Pro WS W480-ACE were hot pluggable, and they have also responded "yes".
The manual did not say whether the SATA ports were hot pluggable. I asked this question several days ago and it took very long for them to answer because customer service did not know the answer and they had to ask the Technical department.
Two years ago, I asked whether the SATA ports on the Pro WS W480-ACE were hot pluggable, and they have also responded "yes".
For anyone who's built one of these servers (motherboard and RAM types notwithstanding), has anyone tried using them as an ESXi host? I know there's a workaround required to avoid a PSOD about the P/E core mismatches, but if anyone has done so, can you talk about about how well (or not) it works?
I'm in the market to build a few small VM hosts this year, and I'm stuck in a three-way decision between chancing an AM5 build (with the same issues as LGA-1700 with vendors not providing much in the way of server mobos), an LGA-1700 (with the P/E core "fun"), or going back a couple generations and using Xeon W-21xx (losing performance, but sooo much easier to find parts).
I'm in the market to build a few small VM hosts this year, and I'm stuck in a three-way decision between chancing an AM5 build (with the same issues as LGA-1700 with vendors not providing much in the way of server mobos), an LGA-1700 (with the P/E core "fun"), or going back a couple generations and using Xeon W-21xx (losing performance, but sooo much easier to find parts).
NewEgg has the 13500 up now. Intel Core i5-13500 Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) 24MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz - Box - Newegg.com
I have plans, but am weeks off from being able to work on this. I'll report back what I find.
I'd likely plan to disable the e-cores as I doubt VMware has spent any time on handling Intel's big.little architecture.
Another question for ESXi is being able to passthrough the iGPU for 13th gen cpu - again, not sure.
Did you guys notice that stores have now swapped the price of the non-IPMI and IPMI ASUS boards? Looks like the non-IPMI is $329 and IPMI is $400. Good for us that got in early, I guess.
Any benefit to a 13500 over a 13600k in terms of power consumption? I was about to checkout with the 13500 and then saw that my local micro center has the 13600k in stock for $250. They don’t have the 13500 in stock which makes me wonder where that will be priced if/when they receive them