Lenovo Thinkstation D10 (type 6493) & Xeon X5482

[MATTY G]

Hey Guys!,

I'm a complete NNNNEEEEEWWWWWWBBB at this, so I do hope this will make sense....

I need to upgrade my LENOVO bios from a Thinkstation D10 so that I can upgrade my CPU.


From what I know, I need to inject the microcode that will allow my new CPU to work

I already have the original BIOS file and I have the microcode that I need, but I do not know how to update the bios

Is this something you can help me with please ?

Thank you

[DeathBringer]

Post screenshots of first (CPU) & third (Mainboard) tabs of CPU-Z with current CPU.

[MATTY G]

       

Post screenshots of first (CPU) & third (Mainboard) tabs of CPU-Z with current CPU.

Hey DeathBringer!

Thanks for your reply

WOW - I didn't even know about the app CPU-Z (This would have saved me a lot of time...)

I've attached the 1st (CPU) & 3rd (Mainboard) tabs as requested.


I would like to run an Intel Xeon X5482 CPU on my mainboard.

From the research I've done, I believe these are the specs of that CPU :

Xeon X5482 (3.2GHz)
Code Name: Harpertown
Socket type: LGA771
Technology: 45nm
CPUID : 10676

[MATTY G]

  2xkt31a.bin (Size: 1 MB / Downloads: 4)
One more thing...

Here is the original BIOS for my mainboard

It's a Lenovo Thinkstation D10 (type 6493)

Not sure if this helps ?

[DeathBringer]

Make a screenshot of regedit with expanded key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0
And explain exactly what happens when you try to boot with X5482.

[MATTY G]

Here is screenshot requested

   


When I try using the X5482 CPU - I can only hear the fan from inside the PC turn on and that's it.

No display on the monitor at all

No Beeping from the mainboard

[DeathBringer]

Current BIOS already has suitable microcode for X5482.
I think it's FSB's problem.

[MATTY G]

hmmm... that's interesting ?

What CPUID did you get for the X5482 ? Is it 10676 ?

[DeathBringer]

http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/Intel...L088N.html

[MATTY G]

Yes - I found that result as well...
My one is the SLANZ version , so CPUID should be 10676

When I looked into the bios i sent you, I couldn't see any microcode for 10676 ?