https://blog.insanegenius.com/tag/quadro/Recent content in Quadro on Pieter Viljoen's BlogHugoenMon, 06 Aug 2012 08:45:13 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2012/08/06/windows-8-install-crash-with-nvidia-quadro-5000/Mon, 06 Aug 2012 08:45:13 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2012/08/06/windows-8-install-crash-with-nvidia-quadro-5000/<p>I got Windows 8 RTM installed on my two SuperMicro SuperWorkstation machines, with a <a href="https://blog.insanegenius.com/2012/08/05/windows-8-install-hangs-booting-from-lsi-2308-sas-controller/">bit of trouble</a> along the way, but nothing I could not work around. But, I ran into a problem with NVidia Quadro 5000 cards causing a <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff557263(v=VS.85).aspx">VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE</a> BSOD during the Windows 8 install process.</p> <p>I was running my two workstations with <a href="http://amzn.to/LZehYW">ATI FirePro V7900</a> graphics cards, but I decided I wanted a bit more rendering horsepower. I wanted a card that had a good balance between modern architecture, great 2D performance, good 3D performance, OpenCL or CUDA support, and reasonable power consumption. I found the <a href="http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/workstation-graphics-2012/benchmarks,139.html">Tom&rsquo;s Hardware Workstation Graphics 2012</a> benchmark site to be very informative, and I decided that the <a href="http://amzn.to/RrHg9L">NVidia Quadro 5000</a> was a very good choice.</p>https://blog.insanegenius.com/2012/07/30/supermicro-beta-bios-supports-windows-8-and-server-2012/Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:15:32 +0000https://blog.insanegenius.com/2012/07/30/supermicro-beta-bios-supports-windows-8-and-server-2012/<p>In a <a href="https://blog.insanegenius.com/2012/07/19/windows-8-and-server-2012-on-supermicro-results-in-acpi_bios_error-bsod/">previous post</a> I reported that my <a href="http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/4U/7047/SYS-7047A-T.cfm">SuperMicro SuperWorkstation 7047A-T</a> failed to install Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 due to an <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff560114(v=vs.85).aspx">ACPI_BIOS_ERROR</a>. I contacted SuperMicro support, and I was informed that new BIOS releases are on their way that will support Windows 8 and Server 2012.</p> <p>This morning I received an email from SuperMicro, with a new Beta BIOS for the <a href="http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9DAi.cfm">X9DAi motherboard</a> used in the 7047A-T. The new BIOS allowed me to install Windows 8 and Server 2012.</p>