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‎02-15-2020 01:52 PM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have a Xeon X5680 in an HP Z400 motherboard. I can't seem to get a post from the computer. I have 4 dimms of 4GB DDR3 1333. I also have an R9 390 in the system. Any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW the board has 4 DIMM slots if that is any help.

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‎02-15-2020 10:37 PM

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@clscomputers_14,

According to this, you have a version 1 unit, 4 RAM slots. X5680 not rated for that unit.

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-PCs-Workstations-and-Point-of-Sale-Systems/hp-z400-cpu-compat...

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‎02-16-2020 07:25 AM

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Actually it is. After posting, I continued to do research because I don't have money for a new board. I found a video on YouTube where he BIOS updated the board and got a x5690 working on the 4 DIMM board. I am confident that my board just needs a BIOS update. All I need is to get a CPU to BIOS update it. I will look up a link to the video later and post it.

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‎02-22-2020 06:01 AM - edited ‎02-22-2020 06:03 AM

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Sorry for the long wait on the link. Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCjVfv8-rNo
I am getting my CPU to BIOS update today. I will let you know on the outcome.

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‎03-05-2020 04:54 PM

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Sorry for the late update. I updated the BIOS and stuck in the x5680 and it booted fine. One thing that has been plaguing the system is random crashes. I will be using for a couple hours and it randomly crashes. I have no idea why this is. It crashed why I was typing this post. And by crashing, I mean screen going black randomly and the whole system restarting.  If you could help, me with that, that would be greatly appreciated.

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