Update: I ended up resetting my HP Z800 and reinstalled windows, it boots up normally now, however, there is a new (rather worse) problem. I will link the new post I made: -Software-and-How-To-Questions/Administration-powers-removed-fr...
Hi, I'm sorry I replied late, but the CR2032 MB Battery reset didn't work, I replaced the battery but the Workstation still takes hours to boot up. I haven't made any BIOS changes or add any new hardware or software. I also can't run HP Diagnostics because the diagnostics software that I download from your link never extracted its files. It also took away my administration powers from my PC.
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I installed an Intel W3680 processor in the first CPU socket. I did not have a heat sink with 5 pins so I took one out of my old z400 workstation. It is too large to fit the small fans back in the z800 case though now.
I'll add a link that will give you access to the Z800's QuickSpec changes and you can make up a chart from that to include the old and new processors if you wish. The newest Z800 QuickSpec I could find is attached.
Note that you can alter the link address to accomodate any QuickSpec number you wish.... find the latest QuickSpec for a workstation, note the QuickSpec's 5 digit number and copy/paste that into the corresponding two parts of this address to get another workstation's history.
I have linked 2 items. The first is the z800 specs with all the recommended cards. The second link is a comparison of the quadro 6000 ($3400+) vs the FX 3800..... Never realized this $$$$ just for a card.
Problem solved! Contrary to what has been said, the Z800 is definitely able to use drives greater than 2TB. I have one Z800 with a 10TB drive in it working perfectly. In my newly acquired refurbished Z800, both the BIOS and Windows would only see 2TB of the 10TB. After changing the SATA Emulation to AHCI in the BIOS (it was set to IDE), updating the Intel RST driver, and reinstalling Windows 10, I could still only see 2TB. Thankfully, I happened upon the "HP Z800 Maintenance and Service Guide" which should be mandatory reading for anyone with a problemed Z800. Here's the link:
to use a 10gb drive you either need a newer system that uses a UEFI bios which supports GPT format, or you can try placing the drive in a ext usb 3.0 case and accessing it that way allows the usb case to provide the nessary translation, allowing the z800 to see the full size, however the drive access will be slow due to the usb 2.0 interface
when i install only CPU 0 with all RAM ports filled the system boots up FINE (24gb ECC) IF i fill all slots up on both cpu;s with BOTH cpu's intalled i got ALLOT of ram issues! is there a way to fix this? im realy getting sick of this HP z800, i even swapped the cpu;s with 4 other xeon cpú's spares i have around no luck what so ever i also swapped with another HP z800 mainboard dit solve the problem either, i also shecked the sockets for bend pins with a powerful lamp and magnefied glass
Added tips: In the version 1 of the Z600 (and I'll assume also the Z800) only ECC unbuffered sticks were supported. Then came the version 1 to version 2 motherboard roll, and the details (for the Z600) are presented related to memory types and the fact that only the version 2 supported buffered ECC sticks. Same is true with the Z800 v2. The PDF link is HERE:
That illustration is for the Z600 which has a total of 6 memory sockets and which can only use 3 of the 6 if only one processor is present. Do not use that diagram. Yours has 12 total sockets, as you know. The Z800 memory controller and load order is more complex than with the Z600. Look at the engineer's blog post linked below, the lower diagram, for load order for a dual processor Z800.
if i still had a z800 i could troubleshoot/figure out what's going on, but all i have at this point is a single z820 that isn't doing anything so i'm afraid i'm not going to be much help.........sorry
On that page under the Electronic Parts heading the top cable assembly shown ("Front user interface cable with speaker") gives you the part number you need, 534474-001. That number can lead you to the HP PartSurfer link, HERE. You don't actually need the speaker, and that other small white connector is for a case intrusion/solenoid lock part I've never seen used. The black connector goes to the motherboard. The corresponding Z600 number is 536305-001, but that would be too short for the Z800. The ambient air temp sensor is also integrated into this cable. The green rectangle PCB part is where the 4 blue leds reside and I suppose you could get a Z600 one and harvest that component and solder/heatshrink in just that part.
The green PCB part for both the Z800 and the Z600 are virtually identical. The wire lengths may be different. The blue leds are the 4 surrounding the black power button, and there is an added single led at the bottom corner. I'm guessing that if one of the blue leds goes out they all do. My recollection is that one of the LEDs has dual color capabilities.... probably that one in the bottom corner, to designate HDD activity versus crisis blinks. For the Z400 there are only two LEDs, and they are more conventional. The Z400 one that is clear plastic is blue, and the other LED with translucent plastic has the dual color capabilities. The method of control for that via 2 wires is to have one color driven from +/- and the other from -/+. The Z400 switch/led parts are not interchangable with the Z600/Z800.
the z800 has twice as many dimm sockets (12) with each dimm module placing a small load on the memory buss and this adds up also 16/32gb dimms will have twice as many chips on the dimm as lower capacity chips
The pictures below show exactly what I used in a Z600 v2 workstation with two of the same processors you have, and they worked fine. Note they are dual rank... maybe that is why they worked so well. DGrove's attached link on Z800 points to quad rank memory being throttled to 800 MHz.
the reason HP slows down the dimm speed is due to the chips using "quad rank" for the chips on the dimm this setup is like cramming two dual rank dimms into one, and this increases the latency and electrical load on the memory bus along with the actual number of dimm slots (12) on the z800/z820....... it became necessary to lower the memory buss/dimm memory speed in order to maintain system stability as the z800 does not support "LR" dimms
I run three vm's on a z400 all with dedicated gpus. I would assume the setup would be similar on the z800, but it may also need the RMRR fix... but couldn't tell you without seeing the diagnostics after trying to start the vm and seeing the failure.
Hello to all of you. Sorry about my average English.We would like to replace our HP Z800 workstation (dual CPU X5650, 32 Gb RAM, Quadro FX3800) with a newer computer. We will upgrade from Media Composer 8.4 to the latest version 2019.9.I'm checking out the HP Z6 G4 and HP Z8 G4 stations. We will need to edit rushes in XAVC intra 100 maximum.Can you recommend me a configuration (microprocessor references and graphics card) that can work well with this codec and rate?Also, we will keep a Blackmagic Design Decklink Studio 4K card and a Sonnet Fusion R400QR5 fast storage.Thank you in advance.Best regards 2ff7e9595c
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