ASUS P6X58 E WS Xeon X5680 Support

[palanthas]

Hello!

Trying to update my trusty test lab motherboard from i7 920 to X5680 failed because I didn't check CPU compatibility before ordering, getting a black screen.

Motherboard is ASUS P6X58 E WS and I have the latest BIOS flashed 301.
Through Google and asking around in other forums, closer I got is read the cpu microcodes from the BIOS and indeed it reports 3 platforms for 206C2 which is according to ASUS Website: X5650, X5675 and x5690.

It is an AMI BIOS but I can't figure out how to add the latest 206C2 microcodes and UEFI Tool reports "parse: not a single Volume Top File is found, the image may be corrupted" when loading the BIOS even though I can see the structure in the UEFI Image.

Tried on my own but I just know I'll do something wrong, so can anyone add support for X5680?

BIOS is here Asus P6X58-E WS BIOS V.301 and I'm attaching it as well.

I'm also attaching the extracted microcodes from MC Extract (7kb) and the latest 206C2 microcodes from github (11KB) if it helps.

Thanks!


  P6X58-E-WS-ASUS-0301.zip (Size: 886.18 KB / Downloads: 0)

  cpu206C2_plat03_ver0000001F_2018-05-08_PRD_77DADA73.bin (Size: 11 KB / Downloads: 0)

  cpu206C2_plat03_ver00000013_2010-09-07_PRD_62F14FDF.bin (Size: 7 KB / Downloads: 0)

[DeathBringer]

Post a screenshot of Mainboard tab of CPU-Z.

[palanthas]

Hello and thanks for the reply!

I'm running Manjaro on this PC so CPU-Z is not available. Here's a screen from CPU-X though.

   

I'm also attaching the mainboard part of the report from dmidecode.

Code:

# dmidecode 3.5
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.5 present.
64 structures occupying 2536 bytes.
Table at 0x000F0700.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
    Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
    Version: 0301  
    Release Date: 02/22/2011
    Address: 0xF0000
    Runtime Size: 64 kB
    ROM Size: 2 MB
    Characteristics:
        ISA is supported
        PCI is supported
        PNP is supported
        APM is supported
        BIOS is upgradeable
        BIOS shadowing is allowed
        ESCD support is available
        Boot from CD is supported
        Selectable boot is supported
        BIOS ROM is socketed
        EDD is supported
        5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
        3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
        3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
        Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
        8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
        Serial services are supported (int 14h)
        Printer services are supported (int 17h)
        CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
        ACPI is supported
        USB legacy is supported
        LS-120 boot is supported
        ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
        BIOS boot specification is supported
        Targeted content distribution is supported
    BIOS Revision: 8.15

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
    Manufacturer: System manufacturer
    Product Name: System Product Name
    Version: System Version
    Serial Number: System Serial Number
    UUID: a09a001e-8c00-0058-1a47-10bf484e7610
    Wake-up Type: Power Switch
    SKU Number: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
    Family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 15 bytes
Base Board Information
    Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
    Product Name: P6X58-E-WS
    Version: Rev 1.xx
    Serial Number: ST2023022400049
    Asset Tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
    Features:
        Board is a hosting board
        Board is replaceable
    Location In Chassis: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
    Chassis Handle: 0x0003
    Type: Motherboard
    Contained Object Handles: 0

Hope this helps! If you need any other info I can get from Linux please let me know.

[DeathBringer]

Your motherboard already has support of X5680: https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/2017479

[palanthas]

Your motherboard already has support of X5680: https://browser.geekbench.com/geekbench2/2017479

Oh! That's odd, there are only 3 206C2 platforms reported with MC Extract which match the 3 ones that the m/b officially supports (5660, 5675 and 5690) according to ASUS.

Maybe that user was using a modded BIOS as well? Anyway, thanks for the help! Guess I should just grab an X5675.

Cheers!

[DeathBringer]

All Xeon 5600 series use the same microcode.