Lenovo thinkserver ts140 will not boot

[dwagne01]

Was working fine until we replaced the original Core i3 CPU with Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3.
When we boot with new chip we are unable to even see the splash screen and with the original CPU re-installed we get an notice that states that the CPU has been changed press Y to continue. Whether or not you press Y the system restarts and after the splash screen only shows a blinking cursor.

 

[hftvhftv]

You probably need a BIOS update for the CPU support, since the Xeon is newer, look on Lenovo's site for support and find a bios update.

 

[hftvhftv]

Oh wait sorry it doesn't work at all? See if you can boot into your BIOS.

 

[dwagne01]

You probably need a BIOS update for the CPU support, since the Xeon is newer, look on Lenovo's site for support and find a bios update.

We found out that we had not connected the SATA cables to the correct ports so it was pointing to the wrong HDD. We also, found that the XEON has no integrated graphics. We are going to look into purchasing a graphics card which will hopefully solve our problems.

 

[hftvhftv]

You probably need a BIOS update for the CPU support, since the Xeon is newer, look on Lenovo's site for support and find a bios update.

We found out that we had not connected the SATA cables to the correct ports so it was pointing to the wrong HDD. We also, found that the XEON has no integrated graphics. We are going to look into purchasing a graphics card which will hopefully solve our problems.

Oh jeez, I should have though of that . get a DX11 card for sure like a GT 730 (64 bit version!!!), it'll last you a while and if your server ever needs to do anything else, Nvidia is the way to go.