I have a Poweredge 2970 that was originally built with two Opteron 2222SE processors. Everything I've read indicates that this should be able to use Opteron 2435 processors so I picked up a pair and installed them.
The server would not boot (not even BIOS screen) with them and displayed a variety of error codes with both, then one installed. I saw things like E1000 failsafe and E123f voltage errors.
I have the latest firmware on everything in the server with the exception of the BIOS. That is version 3.0.3, which is the highest version that supports the 2222SE processors. I could flash it to the latest version with them installed, but I'm afraid that would paint me into a corner if the 2435's aren't actually compatible.
Both of the 2435 processors I have are part number OS2435WJS6DGN. Most of the other markings are the same, but the date stamps are different one is 1108GPM, the other 1028GPMW. I'm not sure if the W is significant. I couldn't find any information about it.
Were there different revisions of this server? Like the II and III versions of the 2900 and 2950 servers?
If anyone has any ideas for things to try to get these processors to work I'm open to suggestions. Thanks in advance.