Zenophobe Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I've found one thread here where someone posted success with an Asus Z8PE-D12 dual socket-1366 intel 5500 chipset board and a few others that ended in abject failure (including myself on a Z8PE-D18 board), but not much else. Surely someone, somewhere has done a functional build with dual Xeons in a socket-1366 motherboard ( Intel 5520 / 5500 / ?? chipset ) with all 8 Cores working. If so, post your hardware and install routine if possible. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180994-8-core-dual-xeon-nehalem-installs-2x-socket-lga-1366-success-list/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgersbadgers Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I've found one thread here where someone posted success with an Asus Z8PE-D12 dual socket-1366 intel 5500 chipset board and a few others that ended in abject failure (including myself on a Z8PE-D18 board), but not much else. Surely someone, somewhere has done a functional build with dual Xeons in a socket-1366 motherboard ( Intel 5520 / 5500 / ?? chipset ) with all 8 Cores working. If so, post your hardware and install routine if possible. Well, I just ordered all the bits to do this (here). I will definitely keep you posted. Anyone else? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180994-8-core-dual-xeon-nehalem-installs-2x-socket-lga-1366-success-list/#findComment-1265745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladthebad Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Uh, yeah, I did it several MONTHS ago. Supermicro X8DTH-6F pair of E5520's 12 gigs of ECC DDR3 1333 Install procedure: Set up new machine, only populate ONE SOCKET Install Jas 10.5.4 onto Q6600 rig, add chameleon 2.0, update with software update to 10.5.7 Set bios on Xeon to CPUS=1, HT off, Driveswap drive into xeon rig Run DSDT patcher. Set cores=all and HT on, make sure it works. Install 2nd processor, and tripple channel memory for 2nd socket. Enjoy 8 cores/16 threads of beefy goodness. And the geekbench: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/148230 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180994-8-core-dual-xeon-nehalem-installs-2x-socket-lga-1366-success-list/#findComment-1266426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyLedZepp Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 This is how i built out my z8pe-d12 system with Leopard: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=168883 Ive since installed Snow Leopard with this generic method: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=183751 (and then did the onboard networking fix from the Leopard guide above.) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180994-8-core-dual-xeon-nehalem-installs-2x-socket-lga-1366-success-list/#findComment-1266443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben10 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Adding my contribution, my hardware list is posted on MightyLedZep's thread for the Z8PE-D12 M/B. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php...t&p=1466142 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/180994-8-core-dual-xeon-nehalem-installs-2x-socket-lga-1366-success-list/#findComment-1466347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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