Has anyone had success with running a Xeon W on an X299 board? Based on some discussion in the ES Xeon thread it's just a bit that needs flipped in the BIOS?
The reason I ask is because I picked up a cheap (relatively) Xeon W from Ebay and cheap (not relatively) ASUS C422 WS board from Amazon Warehouse. Everything works perfectly, however, the ASUS board has no fan control. It's all handled via IPMI and there seems to be no way to change the fan profiles.
ASUS has a few X299 boards that I'd like to try - the WS X299 PRO/SE appears to be identical in every way to the C422 WS I have - right down to the same IPMI (and fan problems). The only difference is the chipset (X299 vs C422).
The really interesting one is the WS X299 Pro (non-SE). It's the same board but without the IPMI and instead has the traditional QFan/FanXpert system.
The *best* board seems to be the ASUS C422 WS/SAGE, but the price on it is astronomical. It's lacking IPMI so it has the better fan control, but I can't figure out why it's so expensive (PLX switches, maybe??).
Thanks!!
Riley
The reason I ask is because I picked up a cheap (relatively) Xeon W from Ebay and cheap (not relatively) ASUS C422 WS board from Amazon Warehouse. Everything works perfectly, however, the ASUS board has no fan control. It's all handled via IPMI and there seems to be no way to change the fan profiles.
ASUS has a few X299 boards that I'd like to try - the WS X299 PRO/SE appears to be identical in every way to the C422 WS I have - right down to the same IPMI (and fan problems). The only difference is the chipset (X299 vs C422).
The really interesting one is the WS X299 Pro (non-SE). It's the same board but without the IPMI and instead has the traditional QFan/FanXpert system.
The *best* board seems to be the ASUS C422 WS/SAGE, but the price on it is astronomical. It's lacking IPMI so it has the better fan control, but I can't figure out why it's so expensive (PLX switches, maybe??).
Thanks!!
Riley
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