Re: [LUG] Hardware: SMP Board, One Processor...

[Rob Heath <robs_mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok the terminator board is required but these are usually part of the
actual motherboard but i could be proved wrong

you have to use matched pairs of processors my last dual board ran 2
processors with sequential serial no's but that maybe a little over the
top

if you only run 1 processor  you have to put it in the master slot the
terminators are usually on the secondary slot

celerons will only dual process if you start cutting and soldering wires
to the pins on the chip

hope this helps

Rob

Julian Hall wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 23:27, Grant Sewell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I recently acquired an SMP PII (Slot 1) board that will take either 66MHz or 
> > 100MHz FSB PIIs.  Luckily enough for me, I happen to have a spare PII processor, 
> > a 233MHz job, however I have only the one.  I managed to track down the 
> > motherboard manual (God bless motherboards.org... even if the board isn't listed 
> > in mobot, it is still there in the manuals section) and it says that I will need 
> > a "Terminator Card" in order to use this SMP board as a uni board.  Alas, I do 
> > not have one of those.  Now, I am guessing that at least one of you will have 
> > more experience with SMP boards than I do (this is my first :D), so I was 
> > wondering: Do I _really_ need a terminator card to use this as a uni board?
>
> Hi Grant,
>
> I have no more exeprience of dual processors than you, *however* I've
> just looked on a couple of sites and the terminator board is described
> as *required* if you only intend populating the one CPU slot.
>
> >   If so, anyone know of where I could get a Slot1 PII term card?
>
> Try Ebay :)  There were a couple when I looked, but not knowing the
> board or system I don't know how useful they would be :)
>
> As for them being matched, well al I can says is that boards are finicky
> enough about matched memory, and I can't really se them playing nicely
> with two CPUs running at different speeds.
>
> Hopefully someone with more experience will be able to give a full
> answer :)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Julian
>
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