Ivy Bridge compatibilty

[ilikecomputersalot]

Hi, I am having some frustrating compatibilty issues, does anyone know how compatible Ivy Bridge and Sandy bridge are? All the documentation says that my motherboard should support myprocessor ( Thinkstations S30 motherboard, 1x8GB DDR3 1600 PC3-12800R, Xeon E5-2680 v2 [so Ivy bridge EP] ) however I have since read that there may be incompatibilties. Is there a difference between them? Is LGA 2011-0 Version 1 (sandy) and LGA 2011-1 version 2 (ivy) only? both fit perfectly and pins all line up, cpu is suppported on the spec sheet, although there is a chacne the spec sheet is updated version and the older Sandy bridge variant was removed. Called lenovo, no help at all.

 

IF these are not compatible and one is placed into ther other, is there any chance of damaging the CPU? Can a faulty PSU also damage a CPU? so many questions, sorry, but I'm trying to cover every possible problem for my system not working.

 

Thanks for reading !!

[skNDstry]

There shouldn't be any incompatibility problems with there two architectures. 

By the way, can it boot into the bios?

[Oshino Shinobu]

LGA 2011 (socket R) and LGA 2011-1 (R2) are physically compatible (as in, the CPU will fit), but electrically and logically, are incompatible. 

 

LGA 2011 (R) is Sandy Bridge E/EP + Ivy Bridge E/EP and LGA 2011-1 (R2) is Ivy Bridge-EX and Haswell-EX. 

 

If your board is LGA 2011-1 (R2), that CPU will not work. If it's LGA 2011 (R), the CPU is compatible, but it's possible that the board could require a BIOS update in order for it to work. 

[skNDstry]

Well it worked with mine...

[ilikecomputersalot]

can i ask which motherboard you used @Aldog360 ?

thanks for the replies

[skNDstry]

Hang on let me find the cardboard box... ASUS Rampage IV

[KingTdiGGiTTy]

I have an S30. Some motherboards are "Socrates Rev. 1" these support only the older chips. There revision 2 boards support both I believe.