[rescue] O2's

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Joshua D Boyd wrote:

>On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 01:34:14PM -0500, Shawn Wallbridge wrote:
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>>So I have been trying to figure this out, but I haven't had any luck.
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>>Do you have to replace the motherboard on an O2 if you want to go from 
>>an R5k to an R12k?
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>Well, I don't know about r5k to r12k, but r5k to r10k required a
>motherboard swap.
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>Also, you might want to make sure that you don't need to also a new
>power supply or backplane.  I don't think the backplane is likely, but
>the PS wouldn't surprise me.
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>>If so, do both motherboards use the same ram?
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>I think so.  People advertising O2 ram don't specify the difference.
>Crucial has different part numbers based on CPU though...  The price
>is the same for R5k versus R12k RAM from them.  SGI might be able to
>answer that question for you.
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Exactly what I wanted to know, thanks. I figured it would need a 
motherboard swap, but I wasn't sure. I may have a line on an R10k 195, 
but I don't know what it would cost and if it would be worth it.

shawn