Does This CPU Still Work?

[wertie8297]

I recently got a server case from a bin, and it still had a motherboard and CPU in it. The CPU is an Intel Xeon E5-2470v2. It has a fair bit of heat grease on it, but it came with a fairly good cooler. I want to know if it is still working, but I don't really have a computer that I can connect it to. Is there anyway I can see if it still works?

 

[cklaubur]

Does the motherboard it came with work?

Casey

 

[rds1220]

Do you have the motherboard to or just the CPU and cooler? I can't really think of any way of finding out if it works other than plugging it into a compatible motherboard and trying it out.

 

[wertie8297]

Do you have the motherboard to or just the CPU and cooler? I can't really think of any way of finding out if it works other than plugging it into a compatible motherboard and trying it out.

A motherboard came with it (I'm going to assume it's compatible, as it came from a company that has been using it, and I found the CPU and Cooler plugged into it), however I'm not sure if it is working.

 

[rds1220]

Well there is only one to find out plug it in and star it up.

 

[wertie8297]

Well there is only one to find out plug it in and star it up.

I don't have a display or anything else though...

Here's a list of what it came with:

Altos G530 Server Case
Motherboard (Don't know what type yet)
Intel Xeon E5-2470v2
CPU Cooler
Power Supply


That is what I found in the case that I found in the bin. I know the CPU is one of the best on the market, and I want to know if it still works.

 

[CodenameHaswell]

Plug it up, turn it on, if it stays on for more than 10-20 seconds, it most likely still works, unless the company threw it out because the mobo died or something.

 

[wertie8297]

So I just plug it in? How do I know if the CPU in it will be working?

 

[wertie8297]

Remembring that I don't have a monitor.

 

[wertie8297]

Just rechecked the case. There is no Power Supply and I don't have one (What I thought was the power supply, was just a box that connected everything together -.-). Any new methods?

 

[sapperastro]

Just send it along to me and I will check everything out...

Seriously though, you either have to take it to a friend with the gear, take it to a pc shop and see if they can test it out, or buy the gear yourself.

 

[rds1220]

Remembring that I don't have a monitor.

You don't need a monitor if all you are doing is testing the hardware. Even if you had a monitor it wouldn't do you any good because you don't have a HDD with an OS so there is nothing to display. All you have to do is bread box it. Plug the 24 pin PSU connector into the motherboard and short the on/off pins on the motherboard with a screwdriver or key. If everything is working it will turn on and stay on if not then you have to start troubleshooting.

 

[wertie8297]

Remembring that I don't have a monitor.

You don't need a monitor if all you are doing is testing the hardware. Even if you had a monitor it wouldn't do you any good because you don't have a HDD with an OS so there is nothing to display. All you have to do is bread box it. Plug the 24 pin PSU connector into the motherboard and short the on/off pins on the motherboard with a screwdriver or key. If everything is working it will turn on and stay on if not then you have to start troubleshooting.

Ok I tried it. It turned on, made three long beeps, and then shut down. I believe the three long beeps are for RAM? Oh and I did a little bit more research, sadly it wasn't an Intel Xeon E5-2470v2. It was an Intel Xeon 3.0 -.- ... So I'm not sure if I want to keep it for what I'll be using it for.

 

[CodenameHaswell]

No wonder they threw it out

 

[rds1220]

Yes you need RAM or it will start but then shut down. That CPU is old and pretty much useless.

 

[wertie8297]

Yes you need RAM or it will start but then shut down. That CPU is old and pretty much useless.

I was looking at the Specs for it yesterday and I realized that XD. I might just have to keep looking. I might sell it though, how much do you think I'll get for the CPU?

 

[rds1220]

I'm not really sure. There probably isn't going to be much demand for a single core 32 bit IS server CPU. You can see if anyone is selling the same CPU on Ebay then you can get an idea of what to ask for.