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ASUS X99-E WS Motherboard

TheBeagle

TheBeagle

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I'm in the market for a new 8-core board. I'm presently running an ASUS x79 WS board, but since I do a lot of encoding and recoding, the X99-E boards have my eye.

I've studied all the available specs for the new ASUS X99-E WS board, but one thing I can't determine is whether or not the onboard ASMedia eSATA controller has port multiplier capability.

If somebody actually knows the answer to that question (for real, no guessing), I'd be much obliged for an accurate answer. Best regards to everyone. Beagle
 
TheBeagle said:
I'm in the market for a new 8-core board. I'm presently running an ASUS x79 WS board, but since I do a lot of encoding and recoding, the X99-E boards have my eye.

I've studied all the available specs for the new ASUS X99-E WS board, but one thing I can't determine is whether or not the onboard ASMedia eSATA controller has port multiplier capability.

If somebody actually knows the answer to that question (for real, no guessing), I'd be much obliged for an accurate answer. Best regards to everyone. Beagle
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It would appear to. According to the manual, the eSATA ports are powered by an ASMedia ASM1061 controller. According to this forum post, the ASMedia ASM1061 controller supports port multipliers.
 
TheBeagle said:
I'm in the market for a new 8-core board. I'm presently running an ASUS x79 WS board, but since I do a lot of encoding and recoding, the X99-E boards have my eye.

I've studied all the available specs for the new ASUS X99-E WS board, but one thing I can't determine is whether or not the onboard ASMedia eSATA controller has port multiplier capability.

If somebody actually knows the answer to that question (for real, no guessing), I'd be much obliged for an accurate answer. Best regards to everyone. Beagle
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According to Asmedia it does
 
I wish to extend my thanks to those who took the time to read my post and respond. I sure does look like the eSATA ports on the X99-E WS board are of the ASMedia family of controllers that support Port Multiplication.

Best regards to everyone. TheBeagle
 
People, like me, may have been confused by Asus' mixed messages about ECC support on the X99-E WS motherboard. Asus' current US specifications for the X99-E WS motherboard exclude Xeon and ECC support, but Asus' current global specifications for the X99-E WS motherboard include Xeon and ECC support. Beginning at 2:24 in the "ASUS X99-E WS Motherboard Interview" video on Newegg, an Asus representative states the X99-E WS motherboard does not support ECC DRAM.

I presume the X99-E WS supports Xeon CPUs and ECC DRAM, like the X79-based Asus P9X79 WS and P9X79-E WS motherboards. But considering Asus' contradictory claims, can anyone confirm ECC support on the X99-E WS? We'd like to use a bunch of these motherboards in new workstation builds, but ECC support is a requirement.
 
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Blazer7 said:
ECC memory is supported with XEON E5 cpus.
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I was told by an Asus rep that Xeon CPUs are supported but ECC memory is NOT.

I thought this was strange since the X79 version of this board supported ECC.

If the information I was told is accurate, the one explanation I can think of is that it's a limitation of the X99 chipset. The P9X79 WS only supported unregistered ECC and the new Xeon v3 CPUs ONLY support registered ECC.

I'm not aware of any X79 boards that support registered memory. So maybe it's the lack of support for unregistered memory that is the reason we're not seeing ECC support with the X99 Xeon platform.

I've also used Asus boards, like the Rampage Gene for example, where Xeons and ECC memory are supported, but the BIOS does not have the ability to enable ECC functionality. So it's not just a matter of supporting ECC memory, but the ECC functionality as well.
 
They have quite a few Z10 series server and WS motherboards listed under their 'commercial' heading that are using the C612 Chipset , which looks to be the 'commercial' equivalent to the X99 . These support the 2011-3 socket and ECC memory ..
 
artvscommerce said:
I was told by an Asus rep that Xeon CPUs are supported but ECC memory is NOT.

I thought this was strange since the X79 version of this board supported ECC.

If the information I was told is accurate, the one explanation I can think of is that it's a limitation of the X99 chipset. The P9X79 WS only supported unregistered ECC and the new Xeon v3 CPUs ONLY support registered ECC.

I'm not aware of any X79 boards that support registered memory. So maybe it's the lack of support for unregistered memory that is the reason we're not seeing ECC support with the X99 Xeon platform.

I've also used Asus boards, like the Rampage Gene for example, where Xeons and ECC memory are supported, but the BIOS does not have the ability to enable ECC functionality. So it's not just a matter of supporting ECC memory, but the ECC functionality as well.
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I thnk that this may be the case with this one too. I've read somewhere that ECC may function as non ECC on this board.
 
Just spent 57 minutes on hold waiting for an Asus support person. Finally got through and was informed this board DOES support ECC memory with any Xeon processor which supports ECC. Asus recommends unbuffered ECC. I told the guy their website specifications are confusing people, and he is aware of it.

There is also a discussion about ECC and this board on the TechPower Up article:

http://www.techpowerup.com/205155/a...ws-workstation-motherboard.html?cp=2#comments

Question: Are the ECC memory error logs generated by the bios chip on the board?
 
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Yeah .. I'm in the process of evaluating a build versus buy , based on the E5-16* series processors, etc . They use the C612 chipset , and , there are a few single socket mobos 'announced' , and the processors don't seem to be widely available standalone(yet) .. Dell has spec'ed the platform for the new T58 Precision workstations, but the earliest ship date is late October .. I think it will be just a little while longer ..
 
Gigabyte has a dual processor ATX board..

http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5147#sp

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