Clarkeminusthee

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I was given two 5650 xeons and put them into a supermicro x8dai, however they do not work together I get an error saying multiprocessor configuration not supported. I later learned the stepping of the cpu's are different, Q3EQ and Q3UQ. Is there any way to make the processors work together in the dual socket board?

I'll try to keep this concise: Specs- Supermicro X8DAi w/ 2 Engineering sample Xeon 5650's, 12GB of Kingston ddr3 1333mhz ecc ram per cpu, Seasonic 1000w platinum, XFX 7970, 240GB Vertex 3, 1TB Velociraptor Problem- The system cannot boot into any operating system (Win 7, 8, 2012, or Mint). I get a bsod saying "MULTIPROCESSOR_CONFIGURATION_NOT_SUPPORTED" Background- I know the risk of working with ES's, but I thought id try experimenting with them for university. Each processor works fine on its own. All the necessary bios settings for dual processor operation are configured. Let me know if you need more info btw. What I suspect the problem is- One cpu is likely an early es and the other is likely a later es that the system sees as them as slightly different. What I will do for the time being is continue to search for people have the same problem. I may want to see if there is a way to trick the system into thinking theyre the exact same cpu considering that they have the exact same specs. Let me know if you have any suggestions or insight, Thanks! I want to underline I did not buy these processors and I do NOT own them. They are being exclusively for educational purposes.

Stick with a larger single monitor for the time being. Borderless/bezel-less monitors are now emerging. I'm personally waiting for some borderless monitors to come out that would work well in portrait mode.