Replacement for Intel S2600 CP server board that is fully compatible with Server 2016 and will accept CPUs & RAM in S2600CP board

The problem is that whenever I have had Server 2016 Standard or Server 2016 Data Center OS installed the OS bluescreens at least a couple times a day (including while the OS is running idly and isn't really doing anything).

This has continued to happen even though the Server board has had the latest BIOS update installed (Version: 02.06.0006).

I have installed Server 2016 several times and these blue screens continue to happen.

But then when I go back to running Server 2012 R2 on this server board everything works fine and there are no problems or blue screens at all.

I would prefer to keep this existing Intel S2600cp server system board and run Server 2016 on it if possible.

Are there any special BIOS or other configurations, settings, or changes that need to be done so that this server board will run Server 2016 without having any problems or blue screening?

Are you running Server 2016 as a Host or as a VM?

Server 2016 is being run as the Host OS.

I realize that this doesn't address your question directly, but I'd suggest setting it up as a VM for many reasons aside from the present one you are facing.

With that said, I agree with David's comment that it could be very valuable to analyze the actual cause of the problem.  It may or may not come back if you are using Server 2016 as a simple host for the VM.

You could use 2012R2 as the host with a 2016 VM inside of it.  While that will likely work, I'd want to try to resolve the basic issue first.

I need to setup a Server 2016 Hypver-V base server that will have Server 2016 virtual servers.

Exactly... depending on what is causing the blue screens, the base server may or may not have the same problem.

Time to close this as you found out it doesn't crash without the 4-port USB card in it.

@andyalder: I'm not seeing any comments about 4-port USB cards.  Where did I miss it?

Not in this question but in a new one, they pulled a USB card out and it stopped blue screening. https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/29077908/PCI-Express-USB-3-card-with-4-USB-3-ports-fully-compatible-with-Intel-S2600cp-server-board-running-Server-2016-DataCenter.html

Probably sloppy PCIe signal timings, PCIe 3 is especially susceptible to [nominally zero] voltage floating out of range. 8b/10b encoding is pretty solid, 128b/130b floats like a lead balloon.

Got it..... makes sense now!

Oh, and I win as they asked for a board that could replace S2600CP and was compatible with Win2016 and I suggested another S2600CP ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4

Wasn't it determined earlier that the S2600CP IS compatible with Server 2016?