[rescue] Help with my Ultra 5

Bryan Gurney arb_npx42 at comcast.net
Mon Aug 15 21:11:51 CDT 2005


On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 21:29:57 -0400 (EDT), Sandwich Maker  
<adh at an.bradford.ma.us> wrote:

> " From: "Bryan Gurney" <arb_npx42 at comcast.net>
> "
> " On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:10:55 -0500, Paul Mantz <angelixd at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> "
> " > I recently bought a 440 MHZ to upgrade my box with, and when i threw
> " > it in, it doesn't boot up.  Should I have done something beforehand,
> " > or is it just a bunk chip?
> " >
> " > Also, with the same box, I'm having problems getting X11 running.
> " > Could someone else with an Ultra 5 please mail me a working copy of
> " > xorg.conf?
> "
> "
> " IIRC only the Ultra 10 board will run the 440 MHz chip.
>
> that can't be the real reason - u5 and u10 motherboards are the same;
> only the case is different.  mb rev or obp ver maybe?
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You're right; it's most likely a later rev board.  I was stuck in that  
because I have an Ultra 10 440 MHz board in an Ultra 5 case, and I know  
the old board from the chassis (with a 270 MHz CPU) won't take the 440.



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