just for fun I just tried bios 83 and s22d and nether will load esxi. I have found one other post about evga x58 motherboards not able to run esxi and they just purchased a gigabyte board and were happy...

yeah I have read about the video ram issue, the video card i have in has 1 gig of ram, but if it is not using it properly then that could be the problem. on the flip side I connected my usb install of esxi5 on to my new pc with x79 chipset and 3930k and 2 gtx 480s and it boots right up but tells me it does not like my nic. It is very strange, I wonder if it would work if ip changed my vid card or added an intel nic.
 

well here it is from evga support
 


Your Answer:

Randy,

Unfortunately that board was not designed with ESXi in mind, and we do not support those configurations. We apologize for the confusion, and if you have any further questions please let us know.

Regards,
EVGA
 
 
I realize that it is not supported, but a lot of other x58 motherboards have this feature, and it does have virtulization support...and esxi 4 works just fine just not esxi 5...  oh well ./snicker gives me a reason to support my hardware addiction!

There may be no reason for you to support this, but for me It would have been cool to have  a use for my $450 motherboard after it was a bit past its prim, and I have a feeling it is just a bios tweak to make it work, after all a large portion of x58 boards do support this.
 
And just because you don't have a use for ESXi  Doesn't mean other people wont, there is a limited free version that is plenty for what I do with it, But what this really means is that I will purchase a Motherboard from another manufacture. I find your attitude amusing.

Dear funny man
 
I would prefer a server board too ... will you buy me one with all the components i need???
 
there is no reason for this board not to work with EXSI and i think all it will take is a bios tweak to make it tick
i have been a loyal customer to evga since years and sadly i have wasted my hard earned money on your company's boards instead of purchasing a server board and i am sure after your comment to look elsewhere for my hardware addiction
 

zombu2

Dear funny man

I would prefer a server board too ... will you buy me one with all the components i need???

there is no reason for this board not to work with EXSI and i think all it will take is a bios tweak to make it tick
i have been a loyal customer to evga since years and sadly i have wasted my hard earned money on your company's boards instead of purchasing a server board and i am sure after your comment to look elsewhere for my hardware addiction

I don't understand.  You won't buy EVGA motherboards anymore because you wasted money on them instead of buying server motherboards?
 
If that is the case,  you are absolutely correct.  You probably shouldn't have bought that motherboard for a server.  You CAN make it work with other software, but if you want to make that specific software work with an enthusiast/gaming motherboard, don't be surprised when the answer is, "It won't." 
 
Why aren't you shaking your fists at VMware?  Shouldn't you be mad at them for not writing a server OS for your gaming motherboard?

I see no attitude in his answer at all..  In fact,  here it is again!
 

rjohnson11

ESXI is an Enterprise level software and the X58 motherboard is aimed at the Consumer market. There is no reason to support this.

 
If that is considered offensive, then I think you need thicker skin.  That looks like a pretty straight forward answer to me.    
 
Not everything said is offensive just because it is not what you want to hear...  The OP was told that it is not supported, and then the OP claimed that he was being shown attitude and that he will buy from another manufacturer.  That is his choice, but his reasoning is pretty ridiculous.  Oh well!

Just for fun I tried 5.5 and it did not work ether, however microsoft server 2012R2 works just fine so I am still getting some use out of my much older PC now.
I am considering getting my soldering gun out and modding it to support the newer xeon 5650 hexacore. $70 on ebay and they overclock great.

rjohnson11 I really have a hard time understanding your point. Why would I buy more hardware for home/hobby use? I understand that you have a lot of spare cash laying around and buying server hardware is what you do with it. In my situation I like to get the most out of the products that I own, this includes finding uses for my older machines that are past there prime. When I original made this post I was looking for a solution or work around to get my very expensive motherboard to work with vmware esxi, for a home lab, so why would I just put the older machine in a box to collect dust and spend $$$$ on a new setup ( I actually did end up doing this), other manufactures x58 motherboards work so I thought it would be possible. It was very nice to get Microsoft server to work on my e759 and have it doing more vm hosting and It performs just as good as the server parts I purchased that run esxi, actually in some regards better because it supports more ram, but Microsoft server costs lots more money than the free edition of esxi.
 
anyway I just posted this information for the people that may have been interested in trying something similar, and to say that your old gaming hardware is not useless, there are lots of fun things to do with it, and just because it doesn't work with default settings doesn't mean there aren't work arounds and solutions to make it work the way you like.