Ok Thank You no-fate !

hi
 
SRX bios start with 16 support only C0 C1 C2 cpus ES
 
the serie B0 B1 B2 not supported ex QA92 QA91 is B0 cpu
 
with asus support Bx cpu  warnnig  last  bios CPU ES Bx not supported 
the last bios is 3105 running for my Z9 PE16 server Motherboard with B0 cpu ES QA92 the bios after not for ES B1

Safe?  Engineering Sample (ES) processors are never officially supported on any [EVGA] board simply because they are stolen.  Intel 'lends' them to developers to test their software and hardware compatibility, they weren't bought and are supposed to be returned.  So for someone to sell you an ES, both of you are doing something illegal.  While Intel lends thousands of ES' out annually and can't prosecute everyone, at least mainboard manufacturers do their part by not supporting them.
 
Besides, if EVGA hasn't already tested them, they won't put it on their support list; should something go wrong with the board and you're using a CPU not on their list (ES included), you can't prove it was the board's fault so EVGA will not accept responsibility, i.e. void warranty.
 
If you want safe and guaranteed, choose a processor on their list in the support section up top.
 
E5-4600 series are for quad-socket boards; similar socket was for Intel's convenience, not ours.
 
I'd like to think Ivy-EP support will come soon, Newegg already has the $2700 12-core available; but EVGA will put more efforts on their X79 Dark board for now and then address BIOS updates for SR-X when demand warrants it.  

hello CX is ok on SRX
better is C1 version
 
 

hi all!
 
http://rghost.ru/48768096
 
1) CPU microcode updated to v. 710
2) OROM SATA Marvell DID 9182/918a updated to v. 1.0.0.0026

It is the last version for CPUID 000206D7h that it was succeeded to find. The list of changes isn't known :(

I would like to know this aswell.  Don't want to have to use an unofficial BIOS (my thanks to no_fate too btw) but EVGA has yet to even give word on their x79 boards getting an update for Ivy-E (besides the Dark).  Also, Asus's Z9PE-D8 had a new BIOS available immediately following the V2 Xeon's launch.  Can we be given any idea of time? 

Yes, I was  talking about the Ivybridge Xeons, not the Haswell.

With this I can answer my own question 
 

3dluvr

Also, I would not hold my breath that EVGA will support anything on SR-X as the board has been discontinued and basically abandoned by EVGA.

According to what little info I have, the microcode in no_fate's BIOS (version 710) is the last for the Sandybridge-E CPUs and won't enable support for the IvyBridge-E/Xeon V2s.  I don't know what microcode is required for the Ivybridge Xeons but if its the same as with their desktop counterparts (4820k 4930k and 4960x), then it would appear to be 416 we need.
 
Intel (06D7) SandyBridgeE Microcode 70B to 710
Intel (06E4) IvyE CPU Microcode 416 added
 
The above was edited from a post on another forum.
 
I have contacted EVGA directly and asked if/when a new BIOS for the SRX is coming to address this issue, they didn't give me a date but did say they are working on one.  Whilst I appreciate that its difficult to make any firm promises regarding ETAs when testing can cause unexpected delays, I think the time has come where a little "official" reassurance or clarification on the forum would be better than silence.

I think you are giving EVGA way too much credit...
 
Most of the firmware code is the same or very very similar across all OEMs. Matter a fact it would not surprise me if they just used Intel's generic code straight OOB without any changes. Intel has surely optimized their chipset code before releasing it to OEMs so it works with whichever chipset it's meant to. If you don't think I'm correct, extract couple of EFI modules form EVGA, ASUS and Gigabyte firmware and compare them. Yes, defaults might be different because OEMs will customize that part, but "meat and potatoes" is the very much alike, or the same.
 
Having said that, we should be able to just take whatever IB code from another OEM's firmware and put it into EVGA one.
 
The only reason all this sounds like "rocket science" is because BIOS internals had been deliberately obscured by Intel and OEMs for many years, under the guise of "proprietary." I'll call BS on that any time of the day or night...the tables are turned and people have gotten smarter over the years so we know a lot more now than before.
 
I'll use no_fate as example, because I used his firmware and flashed my motherboard with it. Lo and behold the motherboard still works so he must be doing something right. We just need more people to engage in this and we won't need anyone to do anything for us after they've abandoned their product.
 
Sadly, we still need them to produce hardware itself, but then again a day might come when we'll be able to print our own hardware. That day would be the fall of the hardware OEMs and their monopoly over the hardware World...

Despite finding the two former posts very interesting to read, I still don't know enough about the mechanics of BIOS tweakery at such low levels to know what or who might be correct.  
 
What I do know is that Asus have, for over a month, had an official BIOS available for a very similar board (the Z9PE-D8 WS) that enables the support we need for the SRX.  Over a week ago, Asrock released multiple bioses for its dual CPU EP2C602 series, all of which now support the V2 Xeons. Every one of Supermicro's server class boards based on the c602 and c606 chipset now also offer full Xeon V2 support.
 
Regarding single CPU boards, I've seen a giant thread on another forum which provides modified third party bioses for Gigabyte's boards including those based on the X79 chipset, several of which apparently include support for the new IVY Bridge-E 4xxx CPUs.  Moreover, Gigabyte themselves came out with their official BIOS last week.  Asus, Asrock and MSI now have official IVB-E bioses available for all of their x79 boards.  
 
This leaves Intel themselves, who as many will know, shamelessly abandoned all its motherboard customers from the moment it wound down production earlier this year and EVGA, who has thus far seemingly dedicated a huge portion of its tech support and engineering team to optimizing its newest x79 board (the Dark) and communicating with those who have invested in it, whilst in so doing, leaving many other equally loyal customers without support or even a sliver of relevant information.
 
Again, I understand that sometimes delays are unavoidable for a multitude of technical reasons and have no doubt that everybody who represents and/or works for EVGA feels the company is doing the best job it can.   Nevertheless, at this stage, to request official confirmation that a BIOS is being developed that will enable the SRX to support new CPUs (ones specifically intended as upgrades), along with an approximate ETA, is surely not unreasonable.

@psyq321,
 
I am planning to try many things the moment I complete the build of this system (based on the SR-X). Sadly it's taking longer than I expected due to other circumstances, but such is life. BAH!
 
I still firmly believe that things are not as different as they might appear. I did note that settings would differ from OEM to OEM so what you mention is totally correct in the light of various customizations. Never the less, both OEMs still use the same CPU and the same memory so things cannot differ that much.
 
 
@Ishtra,
 
I really doubt (I'd love to be proven wrong) that EVGA is working on a SR-X BIOS to support IB. Looking at how fast they dropped SR-X from the product line and how SR-2 has been dwindling for years, I think they might be focusing on a new dual CPU board, or more likely on other things as their past board did not do so well (not EVGA's fault though - Intel locked the Xeons from OC and all the features they built into SR-X went to waste).

@Ishtra,
 
As I said I'd love to be proven wrong, but from all my past experience of what I've seen everywhere is that folks at Tech. Suppt. are not always clued into what management and marketing/sales plan to do. Part of their job (Tech. Suppt's) is customer relations, so they will try to help users as much as they can, but sometimes they are left in the dark just as much as users are...

Jacob, I'm very sorry..
But do you have any news about the Bios update Version 21 for SR-X compatibility with E5 Ivybridge Xeon V2s?
It is still missing the micro code update.
I have purchased the new v2...I hope you can Help us to still believe in EVGA
In the last years you have made us very happy...so I can only thank you...but I hope we can still believe In EVGA...specially when we have an 10Y extended warranty purchased