Ian Greenhalgh

22H2 has the memory leak, don't touch it, it's f&*$ed. I think it was 21H2 that introduced the memory leak, not sure. 1909 from back in Novemeber 2019 works fine, wish I'd stuck with that.

It's all about the money.... They even released updates that broke Win10 so people would upgrad to 11 Win10 was stable for years, then they released updates that broke the memory management so that win10 now has a serious memory leak problem and my PC runs out of memory and crashes a couple of times a day, despite me having 128Gb. Lots of other people report the same problem witgh this memory leak, it seems to be impossible to fix. I love Linux but need a wondows box to run several pieces of software that are unavailable on Linux.

Tracing the tracks to the power connectors isn't possible, or at least, I can't see how it would be. The bottom of the board is labelled with G and P pins, which I take to be Ground and Power, but that's just a guess and if not, the result would likely be the release of the dreaded blue smoke, so I hoped someone might know more than I do so I wouldn't need to guess.

Hi folks With the long winter nights approaching, I decided I needed a DIY project to keep me busy and I've long had a hankering to hack a blade into a functioning workstation. So I obtained a Fujitsu Primergy BX924 S4 dirt cheap and I already have a pair of Xeon E5-2650 V2s and a dozen 8Gb DDR3 ECC DIMMs. I chose the Fujitsu over the many other blades available as it has a pair of PCI-E slots (16x and 8x) which will make it much easier to add a graphics card and networking. However, I have not got very far due to not being able to determine how the power pins on the back of the blade are configured - I have a suitable 1200W HP PSU and I think the blade probably requires just a +12v supply, but it's not at all obvious which pines are +12v and which are GND, even worse, I can find nothing in any Fujitsu documentation nor in any Amphenol documentation either. Anyone got any idea how the power pins are configured on this thing?

Please, you clearly don't know what you're talking about, so kindly stop, it is not at all helpful, just obfuscating. I contacted Lenovo, they told me that all the 46xx v2 chips work, I also spoke to a person running a pair of 4658L v2s in a D30 and another person running a 4650 v2 in an S30

Actually, I have found out that it does, as does the S30. So, please, if you don't actually know something, then please don't chime in with incorrect information.

I made a little chart to help me see the options in perspective. It's largely a case of what CPUs can be found at what price.

Yeah, I originally chose the E5-2667s for their higher lcock speed, although for the tasks this machine will be put to, a lot of RAM and storage is more important than sheer CPU power. I also have a Dell T7810 with a E5-2873v3 which is my Windows daily driver machine, this dual setup will run Linux and spend it's time chugging away doing a lot of image processing of photographs and videos. I'll upgrade when the price of DDR4 ECC drops nice and low, which will happen when the data centres and server farms upgrade from it. They will probably bump a load of newer Xeons onto the secondhand market too, we shall see.

It is not a sensible suggestion as it completely ignores the context of the the question, which is my very small budget and wish to use the 128Gb of RAM and other components that I already have.

Er, why are you suggesting I buy a Ryzen that won't fit in my machine and won't work with the memory I have? Sensible suggestions only please.

Hi folks My long suffering Dell Precision T7600 had died on me, the mainboard had developed a fault where only three memory channels worked and now has died altogether. So I have 16x 8Gb DDR3-12800R and a pair of E5-2667s plus various drives and expansion cards salvaged to build a replacement machine. I've bought a dirt cheap (70ukp) Thinkstation D30 and because I got is so cheap, I have been thinking I can afford to buy a pair of v2 Xeons as an upgrade - the E5-2667s have a passmark rating of 7725, single thread rating is 1678 and the two CPUs together rates at 12798. Obviously, some of the high end E5-269x v2 chips would be the best upgrade but they are still quite expensive, over 100ukp each. So I have been looking at cheaper options and the E5-2680 v2 seems a good bet as it's available for 25ukp each and the passmark ratings are good - 12631, 1794 single thread and 20691 for a pair, which would be a significant upgrade over the E5-2667s. Another option is the E5-4650 v2 which is even cheaper, they can be had fr around 20ukp each and have 10 cores, but I can find no benchmarks. Anyone got any experience of this chip? Also, does anyone know if there might be any compatibility issues with using a 46XX v2 series chip in the Thinkstation D30?

You mean they reported they won't work? Photo and video editing, I'll probably get a pair of 2650v2s as 2667v2s are a lot more expensive.

Hi folks I've just obtained a barebones HP z820 workstation for almost nothing and intend to build it into a nice dual Xeon setup. It has dual 2011 sockets that support v1 and v2 E5 Xeons. I know the 26xx series work but there are also the 46xx series, which interest me because they can sometimes be had for 15-20% the price of the 26xx equivalents. I'm thinking a pair of 4650v2s would be rather nice and a lot cheaper than a pair of 2680v2s. Now, what I'm wondering is this - does the BIOS have to have specific microcode for a specific CPU in order for it to work? If so, does that mean that only CPUs on the HP Support List for the z820 will work? Is it possible to mod the BIOS and insert microcode to add support for a CPU such as the 4650v2 if it isn't supported by the existing BIOS? The z820 uses the C602 chipset rather than the X79, does this mean Intel XTU won't run? Being a HP, there won't be any options in the BIOS for overclocking, and apart from a handful of 16xx series chips that won't work in a dual socket setup, these Xeons are locked, well, I know the 26xx series are, but are the 46xx series also multiplier locked? Are there any workarounds/hacks/mods that would enable a moderate overclock of the CPUs in a z820?

Bump, no-one with any experience of Nvidia Maximus setups or knowledge of how Tesla cards need to be deployed?

I shall do that as soon as I can. At the moment I have the card removed from my PC as the fan bearings were going causing it to vibrate and emit a very annoying noise. I've ordered a replacement fan, as soon as it comes I'll get it installed and put the card back in my PC and run those tests for you. The performance seems good, I can play The Outer Worlds at 1920x1200 with high settings and Vsync enabled (60Hz monitor) and it seems nice and smooth. I've only just managed to complete that game, so I haven't played much else, No Man's Sky runs well too, but I've not played it for more than an hour or so.