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Re: Running Six Drives As Three RAID 1 Pairs With Intel ICH10R Disk Controller

webadmin@intel.com — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:57:18 GMT

thanks for the link PeterUK, very useful, much appreciated.

Re: Running Six Drives As Three RAID 1 Pairs With Intel ICH10R Disk Controller

webadmin@intel.com — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:23:18 GMT

Thanks PeterUK. Could you please confirm - is that something that you have done yourself or do you know it to be true because you read it somewhere? If the latter and if you remember the source, could you please provide a link?

That's not actually what I meant by similar by the way. I meant similar as in I'm thinking of setting up 3 RAID 0 arrays with 2 disks each whereas he was talking about 3 RAID 1 arrays.

Re: Running Six Drives As Three RAID 1 Pairs With Intel ICH10R Disk Controller

webadmin@intel.com — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:34:20 GMT

Did you get the 3 RAID 1 pairs up and running on the ICH10R disk controller tayzonday?

I'm thinking of doing something similar and would be interested to know how it went.

Re: DX58SO no boot, no video, no beeps

webadmin@intel.com — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:56:14 GMT

PS I tested a Xeon 5660 with this motherboard today and seems to work only with unregistered memory only - it doesn't post with the ECC registered memory mentioned above.

The reason I tested a 5660 was that I had read here that certain 5600 series processors would work with the DX58S0: http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/intel-xeon-x5680-gulftown-p1.html

Re: DX58SO no boot, no video, no beeps

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:25:59 GMT

New memory arrived today (Crucial1gb 1066 unbufferred non-ECC model CT12864BA1067) and I got the system to post. Many thanks for your help folks.

DX58SO registered memory support forthcoming?

webadmin@intel.com — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:31:47 GMT

I note from this site that ECC support has been added to the DX58SO from bios update 5930: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dx58so/sb/CS-029865.htm

Is Intel likely to add registered memory support in the future or is that technically impossible for this board?

My understanding is that Intel's existing dual Xeon boards don't support Nvidia SLI but the DX58SO does, so if registered memory was added I think it would be Intel's only motherboard that supports:

-- SLI

-- ECC + registered memory

-- 1 x the latest Xeon processors (5600 series not officially added to list of supported processors but they do work in the DX58SO - see here: http://ixbtlabs.com/articles3/cpu/intel-xeon-x5680-gulftown-p1.html).

Not many ECC-only memory sticks around so it would make sense to add registered support if you've already gone to the trouble of adding ECC support, right?

Re: WARNING: Intel releases another broken BIOS for DX58SO desktop board

webadmin@intel.com — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:59:28 GMT

Message was edited by: Casperboru I subsequently discovered that what I said may not have been accurate, post removed while I verify.

Re: DX58SO no boot, no video, no beeps

webadmin@intel.com — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:09:09 GMT

Thanks for the help guys, yes that ECC memory issue has now moved to the top of my list along with the PSU - apologies about leaving the '3' out there and throwing people off.

I'll post up on what happens after I've gotten my hands on a stick that has been tested with this board. Also I'll be trying a new PSU soon so I'll post up to say how that went.

Thanks also for the info on the new bios version supporting ECC memory if used with a processor that also supports it, very helpful.

Re: DX58SO no boot, no video, no beeps

webadmin@intel.com — Thu, 20 May 2010 08:56:05 GMT

Thanks for the replies Igor and Domain, appreciate your help.

On the PSU question - yes I've pretty much gotten to the point where I'll have to buy new components to try to get this working. The power supply is high on the list. Bought the no-name brand in a local shop because I was hoping to get this computer together quickly, and it did feel hefty and have nicely tied wires (see image here: http://kayak.csn.ul.ie/gallery/albums/CaspersStuff/InteriorComments.jpg)

Domain I had read that thread and attempted to do that procedure, didn't work for me unfortunately.

Next on my list to try is:

-- Different brand of memory stick

-- If that doesn't work, different PSU (name brand, higher wattage even though I calculated up what I should be draining at max and came to less than 650w)

-- If that doesn't work, different motherboard if I can find one that will take all the components I bought for this one.

DX58SO no boot, no video, no beeps

webadmin@intel.com — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:54:16 GMT

I have a problem with a brand new DX58SO running with an i7-960 that I hasn’t boot since I put it together. I’m not even getting any video output.

From reading other threads, evidently many others have experienced similar issues with this motherboard in the past. I was quite disappointed to read this given that the DX58SO is one of Intel’s high-end boards. Thought I’d post up in case those people have found solutions as a lot of those threads posted problems but didn’t post to say if the problem was ever resolved.

Processor: Intel i7 960 SLBEU http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=37151.
Motherboard: Intel DX58SO AA E29331-702 http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=36888.
Video card: Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_quadro_fx_4800_us.html.
Memory: 1 x 4gb Kingston DDR3 1333mhz KVR133D3D4R9SK2/8GI
Storage: 1 x Western Digital 2tb Caviar Green 64mb cache http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=773

1 x Pioneer BD/DVD/CD read/writer http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Products/BusinessProducts/Blu-rayDisc+DVDWriters/Blu-rayDiscWriters/BDR-205. Couldn't find power consumption.
Chassis: iCute A02GN: http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=99417
PSU: x-power 700 w http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=97107

After assembling the whole lot I plugged my monitor into the video card (there's no integrated video out on the motherboard) and turned it on. Here's what happened:

- little green power light on the motherboard lit up
- LED on the motherboard called 'HDD LED' turns blue when I first switch the computer on, the shuts off
- no motherboard beeps sound, unless I boot it with all the memory removed, in which case I get 3 beeps.
- all the fans come on and run continuously at max rpm (heatsink, IOH, video card, PSU, chassis front fan). Two of the fans have blue LEDs and those light up.
- the little power switch on the motherboard works to switch the machine on and off
- no signal is being received by my monitor (amber light on the monitor)

- computer then shuts down after about 3 seconds as if doing a mini-reboot, then starts back up and stays on but just at the same level just described – fans running, no video output.

Here’s what I did so far to try to fix the problem and the result:

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Try 1 stick of memory in each different slot

Outcome: No change

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Take memory out entirely and reboot

Outcome: Speaker on motherboard sounds 3 beeps (so it seems like there is some life in it!)

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Put the memory back in and change video card to the second PCI express slot

Outcome: No change from my first attempt (ie no beeps, no video output)

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Try a different video card (GEForce 9800 GT)

Outcome: No change.

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Reintegrate CPU

Outcome: No change

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Unplug everything, unscrew motherboard and reinsert it

Outcome: No change

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Put bios jumpers to configuration mode and turn on

Outcome: No change

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Take battery out for an hour to clear the CMOS, put it back in

Outcome: when I insert power cable, the machine turns on, then off, then off again over and over no video output though.

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Install latest bios (version 5200) using recovery (bios jumper cable taken out) and a USB thumb drive

Outcome: When I boot it in recovery mode, the continual rebooting stops and it just turns on with fans running at max rpm, motherboard green light is on, but no video out.

However, when I power the machine off, take the thumb drive out and power on again, it its back to where it powers on for a few seconds, then reboots, over and over again, no video out..

*******

After reading here http://communities.intel.com/message/88172#88172 that bios version 4405 was stable, I cleared the CMOS again and performed bios recovery to version 4405 using a thumb drive.

Outcome: No change - it powers on for a few seconds, then reboots, over and over again, no video out..

Any suggestions more than welcome