Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:42:41 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 2nd CPU on SMP board Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20051019153539.07430b90@cobalt.antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <20051019204428.GB46703@polands.org> References: <20051019204428.GB46703@polands.org>
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At 01:44 PM 10/19/2005, Doug Poland wrote: >Hello, > >I've inherited an SMP machine for which I've no documentation and don't >have convenient access to the hardware itself. The computer has a >single Xeon 2.8GHz CPU and I'd like to purchase another CPU. Question >is, can I simply match another Xeon of the same speed and expect it to >work? If I need more info, will dmesg(8) tell me what I need to know? You definitely need to match the speed of the existing processor. It's also a very good idea to match Intel's sSpec number. Intel's processor spec finder has more info on the sSpec numbers: http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/default.asp -Glenn >Sorry if this is too off-topic for -questions. Please point me at the >appropriate list if necessary. > >-- >Regards, >Doug >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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