Dual 700MHz PIIIs in a Proliant 1600 ?

Has anyone had any success upgrading the CPU's of a Proliant 1600 to
anything more powerful that 600MHz... if so, I'd really like to know
the spec of the CPU's you've used ?

Thanks in advance.


Steve

Nope ... I dont think its a function of the processor spec. It has to do
with the chipset support for Coppermine die architecture support. Basically,
the proliant 1600 has a BX chipset implimentation ( on a GTL+ system bus
architecture ) which limits you to the Medocino (SP?) based CPU's, and that
die process tops out at 600Mhz.

If you want a more powerful system, you can put the guts of a ML370 in there
and have coppermine CPU support on a 133Mhz bus, and 4GB ram support. They
have the exact same chassis, and while I havent done that particular
combination myself, in theory it is doable.

- LC

"Steve" wrote in message
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Has anyone had any success upgrading the CPU's of a Proliant 1600 to
anything more powerful that 600MHz... if so, I'd really like to know
the spec of the CPU's you've used ?

Thanks in advance.


Steve

Cpu cage only or more?

Nut Cracker wrote:
Nope ... I dont think its a function of the processor spec. It has to do
with the chipset support for Coppermine die architecture support. Basically,
the proliant 1600 has a BX chipset implimentation ( on a GTL+ system bus
architecture ) which limits you to the Medocino (SP?) based CPU's, and that
die process tops out at 600Mhz.

If you want a more powerful system, you can put the guts of a ML370 in there
and have coppermine CPU support on a 133Mhz bus, and 4GB ram support. They
have the exact same chassis, and while I havent done that particular
combination myself, in theory it is doable.

- LC

"Steve" wrote in message
oups.com...

Has anyone had any success upgrading the CPU's of a Proliant 1600 to
anything more powerful that 600MHz... if so, I'd really like to know
the spec of the CPU's you've used ?

Thanks in advance.


Steve

"Alex Blanco" wrote in message
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Cpu cage only or more?


the more i think about my previous statement, the more I think I might have
been mistaken.

the ML370 has a much different systemboard and PCI I/O board design than the
1600, so i dont think that particular trick will work. There isnt a CPU cage
in ML370. Its a 2 board desigh, where the 1600 has a CPU cage, a power /
bridge board, and then the PCI I/O board (3 components).

Your 1600 will top out at 600Mhz.

If you want more ram and faster processrs, the ML370 is an upgrade path
worth conisdering.

- LC