So I know the Bios is set to Performance Per Watt which apparently leaves some options enabled that ESXI has an issue with.  Something that has to do with CE and CE1.  I am going to switch it to just performance which apparently turns that off. 

I understand what your'e saying joshopper.  I am just really hoping that isn't the case.  The performance is pretty bad all around.    I was over there and one of the users hit ctrl-alt-del and it took over a minute for it to pull up.  They had a few programs open but nothing to crazy intensive.   I just can't believe that a E5 even an older 2GHZ one would rank below a Core 2 Duo from 2007.

I just feel that with a server decked out like this even though it is a little older it should still be able to run 20-30 desktops no problem.

I will change the power setting and upgrade them to ESXI 5.5 and if none of that helps then I will just chock it up to my expectations being to high for an older processor like these and look at a replacement server with a new E5.

Thanks again for all your help!

J