[rescue] 480Mhz Cpu's in an Ultra 2 Chasis? Can it be done?

Patrick Finnegan pat at computer-refuge.org
Fri Feb 16 12:48:21 CST 2007


On Friday 16 February 2007 13:16, Nick B. wrote:
> The 360mhz USII CPUs I have do not physically fit in a U2, the
> heatsink impacts some plastic moulding.
> 	Nick

Yeah, part of the problem with U2's is that the CPU slots are too close 
together, and you can't fit any module inside it that has a heatsink on 
the "back" of the module (the "solder side" of the PCB).

> On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 06:34:04AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > Pete Wargo looked into using 360 MHz CPUs in Ultra 2s a while ago,
> > and I remember his findings were that it just wasn't supported, and
> > I think the same is true of the 480 MHz CPUs.
> >
> > Sorry I couldn't be more authoritative. Hope this helps,
> >
> > Lionel
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