From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 19 22:45:16 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8565416A41F for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:45:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glenn@antimatter.net) Received: from cobalt.antimatter.net (cobalt.antimatter.net [69.55.224.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4937B43D69 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:45:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glenn@antimatter.net) Received: from glenn-mobile.antimatter.net (cpe-66-91-226-109.san.res.rr.com [66.91.226.109]) (authenticated bits=0) by cobalt.antimatter.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j9JMjEQ9019932 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:45:15 -0700 X-MailKey: purple frogs are falling from the sky Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20051019153539.07430b90@cobalt.antimatter.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:42:41 -0700 To: Doug Poland , questions@freebsd.org From: Glenn Dawson In-Reply-To: <20051019204428.GB46703@polands.org> References: <20051019204428.GB46703@polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: Subject: Re: Installing 2nd CPU on SMP board 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: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:45:16 -0000 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"