Service Guide

Workstation System Features
Intel® Workstation System SC5650SCWS Service Guide 17
Graphics Card Population
Graphics Card Support
One graphics card with maximum 300-W power in PCI Express* slot 6, or up to two graphics cards with
maximum 150-W power in PCI Express* slot 4 and slot 6.
Keep PCI Express* Slot 3 empty for optimal air flow when populating a graphics card in PCI Express*
slot 4.
Note:
Please follow the installation guide accompanying your graphics card for the power connection.
Graphics cards with power greater than 75W must be self-cooled with exhaust out the back of the chassis.
Table 5. Graphics Card Population
Hardware Requirements
To avoid integration difficulties and possible board damage, your system must meet the following requirements
outlined. For a list of qualified components, see the links under “Additional Information and Software”.
Processor
One or two Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor 5500 series or Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor 5600 series.
For a list of supported processors, see the links under “Additional Information and Software”.
You must populate the processors in sequential order. You must populate processor socket 1 (CPU 1) before
processor socket 2 (CPU 2).
For optimum performance when two processors are installed, both must be the identical revision and have the
same core voltage and Intel
®
QPI/Core speed.
Memory
The Intel
®
Workstation System SC5650SCWS provides twelve DIMM sockets in six channels. Each channel
contains two DIMM sockets:
 Channel A contains DIMM sockets A1 and A2
 Channel B contains DIMM sockets B1 and B2
 Channel C contains DIMM sockets C1 and C2
 Channel D contains DIMM sockets D1 and D2
 Channel E contains DIMM sockets E1 and E2
 Channel F contains DIMM sockets F1 and F2