Problem with rampage II extreme and xeon w3540

[fernandek65]

Hi everyone, this is the first time i write here so i will try to explain myself better than Ana "bottle"...
The question is that i have a rampage II extreme with an old i7 920 c0/c1 oc at 3600mhz and i can't get past this, and even now i have insane temps and vcore voltage at 1.40 .... so i had the chance to get a second hand xeon w3540 for a reasonable price, and decided to get it to oc in order to make my computer last a year and then upgrade it all. I saw a lot of people using this mobo with this xeon with no problems, but for me, when i change my i7 920 for the xeon the computer does not even boot, no sound, no beep, just powered on but nothing happens. I tried two different bios, 2101(latest) and downgraded to 2002 with no luck, even tried 2 different set of ram memmory but no changes. Am i missing something?
My computer is:
Rampage II extreme
i7 920
6gb corsair tr3x6g1600c7d
Thanks in advance and sorry for my english

 

[inzone]

It doesn't say where that motherboard will support a Xeon processor, it states Core i7 (1366).

 

[cars12345]

Please note that the Xeon is not officially supported, as is viewed here: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/list.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&m=rampage%20ii%20extreme
However, I have seen lots of online builds with the Rampage II and Xeon.

Does the old CPU still work?
Please go through this step-by-step: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems
Read through this: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/296877-28-problems-diagnosis-booting#2829832

 

[fernandek65]

Please note that the Xeon is not officially supported, as is viewed here: http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/list.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&m=rampage%20ii%20extreme
However, I have seen lots of online builds with the Rampage II and Xeon.

Does the old CPU still work?
Please go through this step-by-step: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems
Read through this: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/296877-28-problems-diagnosis-booting#2829832

Hi, and thanks for the help, the thing is that the i7 920 is perfectly working but when i change cpus... i even used beta bios 1403 that is supposed to give xeon support but it keeps without booting, nothing happens when xeon is mounted, im starting to resign because i dont know what to do, i followed the links you posted but if something were wrong 920 wouldnt boot neither so maybe i should return the xeon while i can and try to find another bargain, but this time staying on i7

 

[inzone]

If you want to get a dynamite CPU for that board and can find one it's the i7-980x. I had that same board and CPU combination and there is no better CPU on the planet then that i7-980x. Intel made something special when they made that model of processor and if you can find one , maybe Ebay or someplace like that grab it you won't be sorry and you'll quickly forget all about that Xeon.