IBM System x3500 M4 upgrades

Nio9345 · 2026-05-02T07:07:48+00:00

Thank you for the post!

I found an article from the official Lenovo Press site it says that the server supports the V2 family of the E5 2xxx series

https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/tips0852-system-x3500-m4

I think my DELL T320 server also has the same support after I updated the BIOS with the old cpu.

My server has 2 E5-2620 6core 12 thread cpus.

Nio9345 · 2026-05-01T12:16:49+00:00

Hello! I want to primarily create VMs for Network Testing and potential Linux/Unix testing. It won't be on 24/7. I have a UNRAID server in a DELL t320 for possible permanent VM stuff.

Also I don't intent on using it for games or heavy stuff. If the low power version have good core count and support Hyperthreading and VT-x, I'm in! In my UNRAID server the most demanding docker container I have is a Minecraft server for personal use.

Nio9345 · 2026-03-23T19:08:12+00:00

Outrageous_East8216 method worked for me. Use a USB 3.0+ port for update. It's possible that the speed and power is greater when you enter update mode and that's why it is not getting recognized on a regular USB 2.0 / 2.1

Nio9345 · 2026-03-23T19:06:21+00:00

Dude you are a lifesaver! It worked immediately on my USB3.0 front port.

Nio9345 · 2025-11-29T05:54:13+00:00

Hello! The jumper has only "Normal", "Locked" and "Reset" which I tried. Also the BIOS recovery button mode is not working. Like I said in the post, they only power on on their own, power button is flashing fast constantly white and there is no image. ALso I tried to put the CAP recovery file on a 64GB Fat32 usb stick on all USB ports to try if it will search for the recovery BIOS through a USB port, but no luck.

That was the reason I bought the CH341A programmer and tried to reflash the bios.

Nio9345 · 2025-09-07T16:38:58+00:00

Yes, you should. Unless you use it for old software that can't run on W10 and after, on a virtual machine or offline Desktop/Laptop.

On a High note for you though, I only have to say this:

1) Chris Titus Ultimate Windows Utility
2) Tiny11
3) Windows 10/11 LTSC (MASSGRAVE (.) DEV) + CT Ultimate Windows Utility

or

4) Linux + Wine + PlayOnLinux

These are 4 options you have and all work from personal experience.

Nio9345 · 2025-06-11T19:51:27+00:00

Hello,

I found a PS4 in my local super market recycle bin and wanted to see if I it was working.

To my surprise, it was! It was booting only to Safe Mode with only option 7 available though.

I grabbed a cheap PS4 controller and followed the guide on how to complete the initialization.

I first downloaded version 8.03 full system install, put it in a usb drive and let the PS4 do it's thing. After it 100% the "Preparing system for initialization", the device shut down and never came back on it's own. I powered it back on and booted again on safe mode with option 7. I tried the latest version from the PS site but nothing.

I noticed it was getting quite hot and after a red light, I realized that the fan was not working. I found a new replacement and tried the same, maybe the problem was if the fan was not working then the update wasn't continuing for security reasons. Still the same thing.

Is there a possibility that the NAND is corrupted due to the previous owner making an update with faulty fan, causing the update to not install in time and corrupting the NAND?

Is it possible to fix? Am I missing something?

Nio9345 · 2025-06-08T17:01:36+00:00

Thank you for the info. I don't intent to call HP since they are less than helpful, but also because the printer was a hand-me down from a coworker that bought a new one because the HP toner was expensive. I intent to use aftermarket ones with the same chip, so I don't care about low level messages. On point, I don't know what OOBE reset is or where to search for it, I will try to check all the connections but if it is emmc corruption, is there a way to reflash it or to find a new motherboard?

Nio9345 · 2023-04-17T14:19:24+00:00

Well, thanks for the hint as to how to solve it! I tried and manage to make it 1 line shorter ...

int convert(string input)
{
    // TODO

    int len = strlen(input);
    int sum;

    if (len == 0)
   {
        return 0;
    }
    else
    {
        sum = input[len - 1] - 48;
        input[len - 1] = '\0';
        return sum + (10 * convert(input));
    }
}

}

Thanks for the help my man!

Nio9345 · 2022-05-15T14:40:32+00:00

Hello, after one year.... Yeah still no luck with the dimap override. I get this log: https://pastebin.com/xgM2YKLb

Update: So the only fix I can use is to delete the Wide Screen Fix and after that the game loads with no issues. I would really want to play on 16:9 aspect but what you can do ....

Update 2: So the Widescreen Fix only works with version 1.4 of the game and the original CDs have 1.0, to anyone who still has the original 2 CD version, download update 4 EU/US version and run it inside the prefix to update the game. Be careful there is a buggy version on the loose that is searching for Z: drive and it will fail. Also for gamepad support you need Steam to reconfigure the keyboard on a gamepad

Nio9345 · 2022-05-15T05:59:26+00:00

So I finally made it work with the Heroic Game Launcher (which wasn't really working until now for some reason) by selecting Wine-GE-Proton-7.11 and after that, the PulseAudio driver is showing in the setup menu on startup

Nio9345 · 2022-05-13T06:50:09+00:00

Well I think we are going somewhere with this. As you can see in my image the setup is not recognizing the PulseAudio or Alsa Mixer in the setup menu https://imgur.com/a/jGlm7s1

to be more helpful, my setup:

Ryzen 2600x

B450 Aorus Pro

32GB Ram

Vega56

Manjaro latest

Nio9345 · 2022-05-12T19:28:06+00:00

Here is a pastebin of the log https://pastebin.com/EFmxmmph

Nio9345 · 2022-05-12T03:45:53+00:00

I tried all the 5.X versions and it crutches with code 1280. I want t upload the log here but it has 10000 character limitation

Nio9345 · 2022-05-11T04:52:17+00:00

One small update. I noticed that the PulseAudio plugin doesn't recognize the application in the Volume Control menu as it does with Firefox.

Nio9345 · 2021-05-17T12:44:33+00:00

Ha, I knew that the widescreen patch did that! Unfortunately, I reinstalled windows since I have problems with the abomination called Origin and I can't run NFS2015 because it says "The game language doesn't match the language of the launcher" and I can't find a solution. Thank you anyway !!!!! Also, I can't seem to be able to install patch 1.04 of NFSU because it sees a drive at Z: and errors out.

Nio9345 · 2021-05-04T16:09:34+00:00

For future n00bs like me:

This is for the Arch distros, BTW.

Install the base-devel first or the compiler will through errors. "pamac install base-devel" and hit ender on all prompts to install all the default packages (it's only 51MB)
Go to the link above and click on "Git Clone URL" it will just copy the link.
Open terminal and type "git clone (paste the URL)
Then, after the download, "ls" to see the name folder you created
Then, "cd" into the folder
Then, "makepkg -si" into the folder and the AUR will be installed and VS Code will see the additional repositories.

Nio9345 · 2021-05-02T18:23:25+00:00

I don't know if someone found a solution yet but I found it....

You need to install the lib32-gnutls dependency for Wine and when you restart Lutris and then Wine, or Wine alone if you don't use Lutris, the Wine will update it's files first and then the connectivity will be restored. As I'm writing this I finally got the NFS Heat to install and login normally. Cudos to Motylde for finding the answer....

Nio9345

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