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Proliant 2500 CPU Upgrade?
Is there a way...??
I have a Proliant 2500 Tower Case Model with the CPU/Memory module for two Slot 1 Pentium II 333MHz CPUs. It also has 1.5GB of memory and a five drive RAID and a two drive mirror. It all works fine under Win2K Server. (I Think I would like to make a Linux Server out of it, for self training purposes... and maybe something useful too.) I also have two of the original Celeron 466MHz PPGA processors that are SMP capable; and two MSI 6905 Master Slocket adapters that are SMP capable. (The Celerons have a 66MHz FSB like the P II 333s). I removed the P IIs and put one Celeron/Slocket into the Proliant to see if it would boot. I got video and IBIT with the memory test running all the way to completion (much faster too). Then IBIT got to the CPU and decided that it was a "not supported CPU type" and halted. This in spite of the fact that it was obviously running. I think it is likely that I could install and run these CPUs with no problem, if only the BIOS IBIT would let me past the CPU check. Is there a BIOS patch for Celerons? Or, one for ignoring the CPU check? Is the BIOS in flash memory, and if so what tools would I need to have to read out a copy of it for modification and reinsertion (assuming I had to hack it myself)? John Dean in Seattle |
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