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Server System Event Log SEL time may be one day later than BIOS, time after entering year 2008.,

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Monthly Specification Update Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing 56. Server System Event Log (SEL) time may be one day later than BIOS time after entering year 2008. Problem Server System Event Log (SEL) time may be one day later than the BIOS time after entering year 2008. Implication BIOS version 85 or even an earlier version may produce this erratum. Status Will be fixed in a future BIOS release. Workaround None. 57. Performance Power Management Error in Microsoft Windows Server 2008* Problem If you are use any Intel® Xeon® Processor of the 5300 or the 5400 series in the Intel® S5000PAL Server Board and install Microsoft Windows Server 2008* on the system, you may encounter the following error in the Windows* event log: Implication The Event Error is related to a change in Microsoft's validation and logging of supported P-States for a processor. The wording of the error that is displayed is misleading. There is no performance impact. Microsoft logs the error because the BIOS has a default PSS object (P-State info) in the ACPI space for these processors. Basically, this default PSS object indicates no PState is supported. However, Microsoft Windows Vista* and Microsoft Windows Server 2008* have changed their interpretation of this table. BIOS version 88 or even an earlier version may produce this erratum. 27

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Monthly Specification Update
Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing
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56.
Server System Event Log (SEL) time may be one day later than BIOS
time after entering year 2008.
Problem
Server System Event Log (SEL) time may be one day later than the BIOS time
after entering year 2008.
Implication
BIOS version 85 or even an earlier version may produce this erratum.
Status
Will be fixed in a future BIOS release.
Workaround None.
57.
Performance Power Management Error in Microsoft Windows Server
2008*
Problem
If you are use any Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor of the 5300 or the 5400 series in the
Intel
®
S5000PAL Server Board and install Microsoft Windows Server 2008* on
the system, you may encounter the following error in the Windows* event log:
The Event Error is related to a change in Microsoft’s validation and logging of
supported P-States for a processor. The wording of the error that is
displayed is misleading. There is no performance impact. Microsoft logs the
error because the BIOS has a default PSS object (P-State info) in the ACPI
space for these processors. Basically, this default PSS object indicates no P-
State is supported. However, Microsoft Windows Vista* and Microsoft Windows
Server 2008* have changed their interpretation of this table.
Implication
BIOS version 88 or even an earlier version may produce this erratum.