z820 e5-2600 v2 ivy bridge upgrade

[Scoobis]

All Done works perfectly. 

2 x e5-2667 v2's , 128gb memory (16Gx8), gtx570 i had kicking around and Windows 10.

[SalSimp]

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@Scoobis wrote:

All Done works perfectly. 

2 x e5-2667 v2's , 128gb memory (16Gx8), gtx570 i had kicking around and Windows 10.

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Congratulations!!

Like for you, I took this on as a challenge. No other motivation. While I did do several motherboards bought on eBay I resold them for the amount I paid. Not a money deal, just wanted to try several revisions. That's when I found that revision 1.00 would not work for some reason. I did damage one board and brick another in the learning process. It was worth it.

Side benefits were were I had to learn enough about Linux to get the job done. That alone was worth it so now I can play with the Pi. 🙂

Finally, I am glad this thread was opened up again. Not sure why it was shutdown/archived so the knowledge gained could be shared.

[Scoobis]

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@SalSimp wrote:

Do remember to lift the 5V pin of the flash from the board trace or else the BusPirate will be feeding the (or try to) the whole board. I was able to do a couple boards without lifting the 5V pin but failed on about a dozen more so I had to lift the pin on those. 

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In message Message 83 You may want to go back and edit that to read 3.3V .. I fear some poor soul is going to apply 5V to the flash and fry it.