I have been running only one xeon x5660 while I waited for my second heatsink to arrive. Today I installed the second CPU with heatsink but sadly It wasn't smooth sailing like the first CPU.
My first issue was that I was running kingston 3x8gb with HP OEM 3x2gb but they don't have the same voltage so there was no power up. I reduced to two 8gb in each DIMM1 slots and made progress.
Once the computer turned on, the HP invent logo appeared on my screen but that's where it gets stuck, there is no beeping yet no BIOS or boot occured and the f8/f9/f10 option are written.
The computer is stuck powering on.
Note I have not had a chance to switch things up and test what (second CPU or new heatsink) is the issue. the new heatsink is the OEM HP part for the z600.
My first issue was that I was running kingston 3x8gb with HP OEM 3x2gb but they don't have the same voltage so there was no power up. I reduced to two 8gb in each DIMM1 slots and made progress.
Once the computer turned on, the HP invent logo appeared on my screen but that's where it gets stuck, there is no beeping yet no BIOS or boot occured and the f8/f9/f10 option are written.
The computer is stuck powering on.
Note I have not had a chance to switch things up and test what (second CPU or new heatsink) is the issue. the new heatsink is the OEM HP part for the z600.