Hey guys,
I'm currently building a new workstation with a Tyan S7012 and two L5639 xeons. Problem is it won't post. If i turn the power on it will seem to power on for half a second and then turn off. There's a green LED on the motherboard that is flashing every second but there's no mention of it in the manual for the motherboard. I've checked the CPU compatibility list and it lists the L5638 and L5640 as compatible so I can't imagine the L5639 isn't compatible (I understand it was only originally made available to system builders anyway). However it does mention that "Motherboards with older BIOS versions may require a BIOS update before they can support the 5600 Series Xeon listed above.". I have no idea which BIOS version the motherboard has as I can't boot up to see!
My question is would the computer behave like just because it currently has a BIOS version that didn't support the CPU? Is the only way for me to check the BIOS version (and if the BIOS is the issue rather than something else) to buy a xeon 55xx cheap on ebay to see if that will boot?
I'm currently building a new workstation with a Tyan S7012 and two L5639 xeons. Problem is it won't post. If i turn the power on it will seem to power on for half a second and then turn off. There's a green LED on the motherboard that is flashing every second but there's no mention of it in the manual for the motherboard. I've checked the CPU compatibility list and it lists the L5638 and L5640 as compatible so I can't imagine the L5639 isn't compatible (I understand it was only originally made available to system builders anyway). However it does mention that "Motherboards with older BIOS versions may require a BIOS update before they can support the 5600 Series Xeon listed above.". I have no idea which BIOS version the motherboard has as I can't boot up to see!
My question is would the computer behave like just because it currently has a BIOS version that didn't support the CPU? Is the only way for me to check the BIOS version (and if the BIOS is the issue rather than something else) to buy a xeon 55xx cheap on ebay to see if that will boot?