From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 00:23:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99DC716A41A for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 00:23:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4781B13C467 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 00:23:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:65340 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JADry-0001oB-7J for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:23:36 +0100 Received: (qmail 41140 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2008 01:23:30 +0100 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 3 Jan 2008 01:23:30 +0100 Received: (qmail 29616 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Jan 2008 01:23:30 +0100 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:23:30 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Rob Message-ID: <20080103002330.GA29534@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Rob , Chris Maness , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <477AF4F3.1040703@chrismaness.com> <477C283E.9070705@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <477C283E.9070705@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1JADry-0001oB-7J. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1JADry-0001oB-7J bf7ba2f0c85a0f2f8c92bd68caa82c48 Cc: Chris Maness , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pIII coppermine? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:23:42 -0000 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.) -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se