Dell Precision 690

[spve400]

Hi all

I have a Dell precision 690 which came with xeon 3.00ghz dual core cpu, when i purchased the system they did say it can take a quad core cpu, i then purchased 2 xeon quad core 2.00ghx 12m from ebay when i install one xeon quad core cpu in CPU 0 slot and power the system on the power button is solid green and 3 and 4 stay on also fans on full speed and no display,

Can any one help please

Many Thanks

this is my first time on Tom's Hardware please forgive me if i have post it in the wrong forum

 

[C12Friedman]

Welcome to Tom's Hardware Forums,
Try removing and reinserting your memory modules - I'm assuming you are referring to the diagnostic lights on the back by "three and four", that relates to a memory failure which is why attempting to reset the memory just might work here.

 

[spve400]

Thank you for the reply i have 17gb in total in the system, the new xeon quad core cpu are E5405 2.0ghz 12m and my motherboard is 0MY171 i was told by the company i bought it from it can handle xeon quad core cpu's

there are 8 slots and all occupied with 4gb 2gb and 512 dimms

when i inserted the xeon 5405 cpu all i got was power button solid green, 3 and 4 lights on the front of the system and fans at full speed

 

[Calvin7]

INTEL and the 51XX chipset. Your upgrade options are limited to the same processors that the original Mac Pro from 2006 can use. That means 51xx and 53xx period end. Its not ever going to change. The highest spec processor you can install on a 690 is the Xeon X5365 (3.0 Ghz).
http://en.community.dell.com/what-do-i-buy/for_enterprise/f/4516/t/19243960.aspx

 

[spve400]

Thanks

 

[spve400]

Sorry last question is it possible to fit at Dell T5400 motherboard in to my Dell 690 case i know the T5400 does not support IDE