Recent content by Susquehannock

Know you have probably already returned the item. My thought is it's your worstation. Nothing wrong with it. Just fact that your card will not boot with the older Legacy BIOS used by the Dell T3500. UEFI option did not start until the T3600 series.

The Dell T3500 are Legacy BIOS. Option for UEFI did not start until T3600 series.

The Dell T5500/7500 motherboards are based on the Intel 5520 server chipset so dual QPI link CPUs must be used, even in single CPU operation. Here is the compatibility list. W3680 and W3690 are single QPI processors and will not work in your system. Fastest for your machine is X5687 = 4-core...

The Sims?

6+2 is an 8 pin. Connector is split for convenience if only a 6-pin is needed.

That model PSU has a 60-amp 12-volt rail. Should be plenty to power a decent graphics card and CPU. PCP&C were very good. Have a 425w unit that I bought in 2003 that still holds 1-2% tolerance under heavy load in my WinXP gaming rig.

SATA to 6-pin. Definitely not. Two molex to 6-pin. Possibly, but not ideal. Another consideration is voltages. An older PSU may be stronger on the 3.3-volt and 5-volt rails but weaker on 12-volt than power supplies made for newer systems. To conclude ... get a better PSU.

That card only needs one 8-pin connector. So the first one will be sufficient if the one on your PSU is not long enough.

Hello Yes, 1060 should work fine in the T5500. Do as william p suggested and upgrade to both latest BIOS and motherboard Intel chipset driver. This will give maximum possible compatibility, including use of high end Westmere CPUs. Fastest of which would be the X5687 which will make a for a great...

One more thing. Tap F12 at Dell screen as you normally would to access 'Boot Device menu'. Highlight 'Onboard or USB CD-ROM Drive' , then tap enter. Now the system will look for a USB device first.

Hello. I run Win10 in Dell T5500. To cover the obvious ... go into BIOS > System Configuration > USB controller, ensure "enabled" is checked. Double check on other system that your USB key can be read. If so try wiping the key then re-configuring the drive with boot image again.

Hello, Just here to confirm post above. I am running Dell T5500 with exact same motherboard and X5687. Being that you are running a Westmere CPU currently, as in X5647, the latest BIOS (=A16) must be installed already. So you are good to go. If interested, here is the Intel compatibility page...

Try contacting tech department of card brand. You can also measure what you have. Look at both crushed and un-crushed portion extending beyond the mated parts.