ML150 G6 compatiable 5600 series cpu

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hey everyone trying to upgrade to x5600 cpu from x5500 -which are compatiable...currently trying x5645 but no boot (just fans on)

[Ro808]

These are the supported QuadCore Processors for ML150 G6:

HP ProcessorsQuad-Core Processors 

HP ML150 G6 Intel® Xeon® E5540 (2.53GHz/4-core/8MB/80W) Processor Kit 507849-B21

HP ML150 G6 Intel® Xeon® E5530 (2.40GHz/4-core/8MB/80W) Processor Kit 507848-B21

HP ML150 G6 Intel® Xeon® E5520 (2.26GHz/4-core/8MB/80W) Processor Kit 507722-B21

HP ML150 G6 Intel® Xeon® E5506 (2.13GHz/4-core/4MB/80W) Processor Kit 507847-B21

HP ML150 G6Intel® Xeon® E5504 (2.00GHz/4-core/4MB/80W) Processor Kit507721-B21

Some ML150 G6 users have reported the Xeon x5560 and x5570 to work. 

You might want to try either of these. They can be bought from e-bay at very reasonable prices and should give you a nice boost in performance.

To my knowledge no (official) ProLiant ML150 G6 BIOS exists to support Xeon 5600-series CPUs.

These are the G6 Server products that support 5600 processors:

The HP ProLiant G6 platform, based on Intel Xeon 5600 processors, includes the HP ProLiant BL280c, BL2x220c, BL460c and BL490c server blades and HP ProLiant WS460c G6 workstation blade for organizations requiring high density and performance in a compact form factor. The HP ProLiant DL160, DL170h, DL180, DL320, DL360 and DL380 rack-optimized servers meet the needs of all. The HP ProLiant ML330 and ML350 tower servers deliver proven reliability and performance ideal for small business workloads, while the HP ProLiant SL160z, SL170z and SL2x170z are designed for scale-out environments.

[DjLiLaL-RSA]

Just an update on this, so i have 2 x Intel Xeon X5570's installed at 2.93GHz with 3.33GHz turbo, 4 Cores and 8 Threads. Well thats what its supposed to be.

BUT...

I only see 16  of 16 Logical CPU's enabled for 2 Physical CPU's. BIOS is up to date and "Processor Hyper-Threading" is enabled in the BIOS. All cores are selected for "Active Processor Cores" as well, but the options there are 1/2/All, which may be some of the issue.

So i cant even install new Windows Server, and see all the 4 Cores + 8 Threads = 12 x 2 CPU, so 24 CPU's should be available.

I can only see this as being a BIOS issue, since BIOS updates have not been done for years for this server, even while it was in production, the latest BIOS is before EOL date. New CPU vulnerabilities, therefore are not protected against, all thanks to HP/HPE.

Which is kind of sick, since to stop virus problems, updating all devices to not allow the virus, just like inoculations in humans, can pretty much kill a virus forever. Leaving CPU's, or humans, unprotected means there will always be that virus threat in future.