Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 14:09:49 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier <andre@albsmeier.net> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dual processor setup... Message-ID: <20020204140949.A5609@schlappy.albsmeier.net> In-Reply-To: <20020116113952.60258.qmail@web20101.mail.yahoo.com>; from bsdneophyte@yahoo.com on Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 03:39:52AM -0800 References: <20020115091748.23679.qmail@web20103.mail.yahoo.com> <20020116113952.60258.qmail@web20101.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 16-Jan-2002 at 03:39:52 -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote: > > wow... I got a nice mix of people who say that they should be of the same > stepping and others that say it doesn't matter. > > when do problems arise? will they arise on the POST or the install or > will I notice a serious stability degradation? > > I have an Asus P2B-LS that supposedly the last revision, so it also > supports a 133mhz bus. Don't think so. The P2B series has a BX Chipset which doesn't support 133 MHz. However, I have heard people running it at 133 but this isn't supported. But it is the best Chipset I have seen so far. > On this board I want to run dual P3-700e's. So Don't think so either. The P2B-LS has only one CPU slot. -Andre > far, i've done to bootup... and things seem to work, but if I'm going to > have problems in the future... I really need to think this one through. > > I've noticed alot of unstablity issues with my mom's dual P3-1gig setup > and Win2k. This is what made me think that an unmatched stepping might be > a problem. > > Also, I don't get the comment about how one processor has to be a P0 > stepping. Care to explain that one? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Why are people so happy when things _work_ in Linux? With FreeBSD, that's just expected! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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