Just purchased a dell t5500 motherboard

Aivia

I just purchased a dell t5500 motherboard, I have no idea what im doing.

Firstly what cpus are compatible with this motherboard? I have an i7 920
(Since the sockets matched)
but im not getting any signal when I power up
(I am also using a single 4gb stick of ddr3 1333 non ecc)

I have looked around abit and have found no sources saying anything about cpu compatibility but everything thats recommend seems to be a xeon
(x or e) so I think swapping the 920 for a xeon would be the easiest choice for now.

Also am I even using the right ram? again I cant find any sources on compatible anything with this motherboard so a push in the right direction would help.

I am also using a standard atx Corsair cx500w, this is fine right (i dont know why it wouldn't im just checking)

Thanks in advance for any advice on this!

ED E

Why? Just...why?

Feature Dell Precision T5500 Workstation Technical Specifications
Processors Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processors up to six-cores, 6.4GT/s (Intel QuickPath Interconnect) and 12MB shared cache. Turbo Mode
and HyperThreading technology on select processors. All processors are 64-bit, support Intel DBS (demand-based switching) and
Intel VT (Intel Virtualization Technology). Note: Intel TXT is not supported.
Operating
Systems
• Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 32-Bit; Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
• Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 32-Bit; Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-Bit
• Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit with XP mode; Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit with XP mode
• Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate SP1, 32-Bit; Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate SP1, 64-Bit
• Genuine Windows Vista® Business SP1, 32-Bit; Genuine Windows Vista® Business SP1, 64-Bit
• Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® WS v.6 (v5.3 supported)
Chipset Intel 5520
Memory3 Up to 72GB2
with optional dual processors installed. Three-channel memory architecture per processor with up to 1333MHz DDR3 ECC
Registered DIMM memory. Up to 9 DIMM slots; 6 slots (2 per channel) on motherboard and additional 3 slots on optional 2nd processor riser card
Flash BIOS BIOS 8MB flash memory for system BIOS; SMBIOS 2.5 support
Graphics3 Support for 2 PCI Express® x16 Gen 2 graphics cards up to 150W. 2 to 8 monitor configurations depending on card(s) chosen
High End 3D Mid-range 3D Entry 3D Professional 2D (not certified)
NVIDIA® Quadro® 6000 AMD FirePro V7900 ATI FirePro V4800 ATI FireMV™ V2260
NVIDIA Quadro 5000 AMD FirePro V5900 NVIDIA Quadro 600 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
NVIDIA Quadro 4000 NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
NVIDIA Quadro 2000
GPU NVIDIA Tesla C2075 GPGPU - Supports Nvidia Maximus™ technology5
Hard Drives6 Chassis supports up to two internal drives plus 3rd/4th drives in flex/optical bays (mini-tower) (6.0TB maximum storage capacity). Max 2 SAS HDD
in desktop chassis. 4 HDD tower configuration for rack environments available by special order. Single RAID 0 data volumes greater than 2TB are
available as factory-installed option with the integrated controller and optional PERC6 RAID adapter (not supported on Linux operating system)
SATA 3.0 Gb/s 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 10K RPM SAS 15K RPM SSD
Up to 2TB with 16MB DataBurst™ Cache Up to 600GB with 16MB DataBurst™ Cache Up to 600GB 256GB
Up to 250GB with 8MB DataBurst Cache
Hard Drive
Controller
SATA 3.0 Gb/s host controller (part of the integrated Intel ICH10R I/O controller hub); Optional SAS 6/ir controller supports SAS drives with hostbased
RAID 0 or 1; Optional PERC 6/i PCIe SAS/SATA/SSD hardware RAID card supports RAID 0, 1, 5, (RAID5 in mini-tower orientation only)
Communications Network: Integrated Broadcom® 5754 Gigabit Ethernet controller; 2nd Gigabit port available via optional PCIe Broadcom Gigabit controller card
Modem: Optional Dell 56K v.92 Data/Fax PCI modem
Audio Controller Integrated High-Definition Audio (Rev 1.0 Specification) implemented with a two-chip audio solution comprising the ADI 1984a
High-Definition Audio CODEC and the ICH10’s integrated AC97/High-Definition digital controller
Standard I/O
Ports
Eleven USB 2.0: two on front panel, six on back panel, two internal: one serial; one parallel; two PS/2; one RJ-45; stereo line-in
and headphone line-out on back panel; microphone and headphone connector on front panel; one ESATA port on back panel,
front and rear IEEE 1394a ports are provided with optional 1394 PCIe card
Mid-Tower
Chassis
Dimensions: (WxHxD) 6.73" x 17.64" x 18.54"; 17.1cm x 44.8cm x 47.1cm (maximum including badge)
Bays: Two internal 3.5" HDD bays; two external 5.25" optical bays, one of which can accommodate a third HDD in desktop
orientation. One external 3.5" flex bay for floppy or media card reader or third (SATA) HDD, in mini-tower orientation.
Slots: All full length except as noted. Two PCIe x16 slots wired as x8 (half length); two PCIe x16 Gen 2 graphics slots up to 150W
each; one PCI-X 64bit/100MHz slot with support for 3.3V or universal cards; one PCI 32-bit/33MHz 5V slot (half length in
desktop chassis orientation).
Power Supply: 875W 88% efficient (80 Plus® Silver Certified) Power Factor Correcting (PFC) power supply7
.
Monitor
Compatability
Compatible with performance flat-panel displays, Dell UltraSharp™ widescreen and standard flat-panel displays from 17"
viewable image size to 30" viewable image size; Analog flat-panel displays also available.
Keyboard Dell-Enhanced Quietkey™ USB; optional Enhanced Multimedia USB or Smart Card keyboard USB
Mouse Dell USB two-button mouse or optional Dell USB optical two-button scroll mouse

Dell boards are non standard (not ATX)
Often proprietary PSUs
You need Registered ECC ram
You need a 56xx Xeon from 2010 (A waste of energy at this point)


Go build a cheapo 4th gen i3 rig, itll serve you much better.

Aivia

Oh no dont worry, I have a i5 2500 rig spare, and my main rig is a i5 4690k. I just want help getting this board working as I know nothing about these kind of boards. Also I have a dell xps 630i case that I have tested and just about the motherboard fits (and the stand offs line up)
Ill look into getting the ecc memory and a xeon (plenty for cheap on ebay)
I just didnt want to start buying stuff just incase what i already had was compatible

riclad

Try putting ram in slot 0, slot 1 , some motherboards need ram in 2 slots to boot up.even its 4gig slot o, 2gig slot 1.
slot 0 and 1 may be blue, slot 3,4 , a different colour .
on my old pc ,looking from the cpu side, outwards ,
theres slot 0. slot 2,slot1,slot 3 .
eg my pc will not boot with 1 stick of ram ,i need a least 2 , using slot o,slot 1.
or check the mobo Manual re ram install info ,

TerrorFirmer

I agree it's a waste, the cost of the board and the xeon with ram, the fact that it won't fit in a normal case, etc all make it pretty much a total waste of money. You can pick up entire S1155 based-i5 machines, which are superior, for €150 on ebay. Even if you do get the Xeon and some ECC ram, what are you going to do with the board?

Aivia

This is mainly just for abit of fun, its also more of a conversation topic aswell "hey whats in your pc?" "oh its just an i5"
but with this board "hey whats in your pc" "its dual 6 core xeons with 72gb of ram"