Hello

I recently bought the x99 Ftw K and am getting error code CD, unable to post even with 1 stick of ram and cmos reset.


Below are my specs, can anyone please advise if it's a cpu, bios or ram issue?


Xeon e5 2630 v4 quality sample. 2015, week 33 version, same stepping and clocks as retail cpu. (Tested with 2 CPUs)


Ballistix 16gb ram (8gb x2) BLS2K8G4D240FSB bought from Amazon

1x Reference Rx 480 (tested with an asus and msi card one at a time)


I notice that Xeon v4 CPUs and my ram aren't in the officially supported list.

Can anyone advise if Xeon v4s and my ram works with the board out of the box or requires bios updates? Or perhaps the Evga x99 Ftw k doesn't support quality sample CPUs with retail stepping?

Any advise is much appreciated, thank you.

arestavo
You likely don't have the latest BIOS installed which adds Broadwell-E compatibility (Xeon or i7).

Register your motherboard if you haven't already:

Then call up EVGA to see about getting a free BIOS chip with the latest BIOS already on it sent out to you:

Thanks, I have contacted them about sending a bios chip, hopefully that will resolve the issue. The box mentioned support for broadwell E though.

hi all..., i want to use intel xeon too but its intel xeon e5 2680 v4 engeenering sample.
 
 
My motherboard is evga x99 micro bios 2.01.
Do you think it will work?
 
thank you
sorry for my bad english
 
 
 
 

arestavo

There is a good chance that it will. However, be aware that Engineering Samples are often flawed and won't work quite right in addition to missing options that retail chips have.

For myself, I tried a 2690 V4 Engineering Sample with my X99 Classified. Unfortunately, putting it under any sustained full load caused blue screens no matter what voltage I gave it.

Hi arestavo, thank you for replaying.

What qdf code do you have? Stepping info? Motherboard bios version?
Do you have hwinfo screenshoot for that Processor?
I look at ebay, the seller description says Evga x99 all families supported.

arestavo
Like I said, there is a very good chance that it will boot. However, there is also a chance that it won't run properly because it is a Engineering Sample and those can have defects. The one you buy may not have problems like mine did - just make sure the seller that you purchase from will accept returns.
 
My board was the X99 Classified with BIOS version 2.02.
 
All I have for information, since the original eBay listing is gone, is what was listed in the title of the sale: 

Intel Xeon E5-2690 v4 Broadwell-EP CPU 2.1GHz 14-Core 135W Max 3.0GHz QH2M ES

 
 

thank you very much arestavo for good information.

I just purchased 5 X99**** K motherboards, all had 2.01 BIOS, but this post is 30 days old.
If the CPU isn't one the list I wouldn't try it.