Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:23:30 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Rob <bitabyss@gmail.com> Cc: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pIII coppermine? Message-ID: <20080103002330.GA29534@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <477C283E.9070705@gmail.com> References: <477AF4F3.1040703@chrismaness.com> <477C283E.9070705@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:11:42PM -0500, Rob wrote: > Chris Maness wrote: >> I have an ABIT VP6 dual socket that I want to use as my FreeBSD server. I >> only have one CPU installed, and I was told that if I were to add another >> CPU that the serial numbers of the CPU had to be sequential. Is this >> true? I see these processors on e-bay for $7 it would be nice to > > I assume you mean "BP6". Why? The Abit BP6 and Abit VP6 both exist, and are two different motherboards, with the VP6 being newer and supporting faster CPUs. I see no reason to not believe he did mean "VP6". > It's best that they be the same "stepping" > number; this is like an engineering revision level in Intelese. Usually > looks like "SLQ7" or similar. But it wasn't required on those boards. Of > course Intel never sanctioned Dual Celerons, which is what made it so cool > :) I still have one of those with very low hours that I keep thinking I > should dust off and recommission for sumpthin'. > > I hope you're not using this machine for any critical applications. All > the ABIT boards of that day (circa 1999) had really low quality > electrolytic capacitors in the voltage regulators that are notorious for > failing. And the BP6 had one cap that got a totally wrong value installed > on the board. Google BP6 capacitors and you'll find lots. Also www.BP6.com > Have fun. Both the BP6 and VP6 have a reputation for bad capacitors (the VP6 even more so than the BP6.) -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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