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27 January 2004, 12:32 PM

Bravo2zero_sps

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Need a starter chip for a second processor on an old (understament I know) Compaq 5100 Professional Workstation?

It is going to be chucked but I thought I could use it as a basic server (at home) if I can get a second processor running on it. However can not find a starter chip for the second slot anywhere

Would anyone have a spare one of these floating about?

Please let me know if you do

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27 January 2004, 12:48 PM

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what cpu is in it?

Darren

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27 January 2004, 01:03 PM

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Hi mate

its currently got a pII 333 in it. I should have another processor lieing around that will match that but havent looked yet until I knew I could get a starter chip for it as its useless without one.

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27 January 2004, 05:06 PM

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The compaq pro workstation will work with only one CPU, what's this starter chip do you mean the psu module that sits next to the CPU

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28 January 2004, 07:46 AM

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According to Compaq (well HP now

) the 5100 Professional Workstation has a dual processor board and is compatable with 2 cpu's.

I am still strugling to find out what a starter chip is though. Is it similar to a vram module for a xeon chip that controls voltage to the cpu? I onlt found this out the other day when swapping some over

Darren

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28 January 2004, 11:57 AM

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Yeah I know it works with only one processor. I only want to try and get it working though if its got both processors running. But its not just a case of whacking the second processor in the spare slot, it needs the starter chip that sits next to the processor slot (might be known as the vram module - its whatever the chip is that sits next to the processor on dual processor boards as I've only known it to be called the 'starter chip')

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