[rescue] Octane CPU (a word of warning!)

[Corda Albert J DLVA]

A word of warning (some good and bad news) ...

  I won the last one that he auctioned with the same
part number: 030-1432-001. The good news: This is _NOT_ a
250 Mhz R10K.  It is really a 270 Mhz R12K cpu.  Now for the
bad news:  It will _NOT_ run on any of the octane 030-887-xxx
motherboards. It requires a 030-1432-xxx motherboard. From
what I understand, this has to do with this particular CPU
requiring a specific revision of one of the chips on the
motherboard. The R12k CPUs that run >= 300 Mhz will work with
either motherboard, but not the 270 Mhz one.  I'd suggest
that you do a Deja search to confirm this for yourself.

If your octane has a 030-1432-xx motherboard, then you are
all set! If not, you might consider holding on to your 175 Mhz
CPU until you find a new motherboard. BTW, I've been watching
Ebay myself for one, but haven't seen one (that was affordable)
show up yet.  If anyone knows of a source for these,please let
us know!


-al-
-acorda at 1bigred.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Wallbridge [mailto:swallbridge at franticfilms.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:35 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [rescue] Octane CPU
> 
> 
> If anyone needs an Octane CPU, I will have a 175MHz R10k for 
> sale soon.
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1773132979
> 
> :-)
> 
> shawn
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