[rescue] Re: Wanted - Dual (or quad) PPro

[Rob Harhen]

I have a old compaq proliant 6k with quad ppro's, unfortunatly either
some/all of the 12v VRM's are dead, and some of the cpu's look to be damaged
also.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert F. Schaefer" <rschaefe at gcfn.org>
To: "The Rescue List" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: [rescue] Re: Wanted - Dual (or quad) PPro


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gavin Hubbard" <ghub005 at xtra.co.nz>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:07 AM
> Subject: [rescue] Re: Wanted - Dual (or quad) PPro
>
>
>
> > I personally run a Unisys Aquanta HS/6 (basically an OEM'd ALR
Revolution
> 6x6) with six PII Overdrive CPUs and it hasn't missed a beat in the last
two
> years. I consider it a 6-way mini-Xeon system. In terms of performance,
the
> OD CPUs are a big step up from the 200MHz/512K chips I used to run.
>
> How big a step up?  I thought I heard that the OD chips were only a
marginal
> improvement.  If they're that good, I might look for a pair to stick in my
> peasea.  Dunno if I want to replace the 1024K chips in my IBM yet.
>
> >
> > I have also heard of people successfully running four PII Overdrives in
> quad CPU boards.
> >
> > Incidentally, I'm still keeping space set aside in my zoo for a system
> running multiple 200MHz/1MB Pentium Pro chips. I used to lust after them
> really badly when I was younger.
>
> Like a Netfinity 7000 (8651-RH0)?  Quad PPro200/1024 w/ up to 4GB RAM, 12x
> hot swap SCA bays
>
> I saw a Xenon-based Compaq go for $reasonable on epay a few weeks back.
4x
> 2MB chips w/ 1.5GB RAM...
>
> >> Regards,
> >
> > Gavin
>
> Bob
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