Actually, it’s a Precision 690! Same case, though I’m pretty sure. And yes, I do have the second CPU installed. Dual Xeon 5355’s! And 32GB of DDR2. And a GTX 980TI.
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rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 day agoOh hey, another T7500 owner! You have the second-CPU caddy installed in that thing?
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 1 day ago
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What do you use yours for?
rekabis@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
One is light hosting using VMs. It boots normally.
The other is for experimenting on various OS’ in VMs. It does not boot normally. Even before the 2nd CPU caddy, it always POSTed 10 times - no more, no less - with a memory error code before booting into the hypervisor. And yet, no issues with memory, no issues with RAM slots themselves. Or, at least, it’s affecting all 4 of the on-mobo slots equally.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s wild. Mine posts just fine, though it was very particular about the ram. I had to re-seat most of the 8 sticks several times. And one time it posted with memory errors when I had a dirty cpu pad on cpu 0. But now, it boots perfect every time.
Do you leave yourself running for extended periods? This thing seems like a power hog. Ive got dual Xeon 5355’s, 120W each. The GTX 980TI is 250W, and I’ve heard those sticks of ram are 10W each. I have been turning it off when im not actively doing something on it.