topic Re: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition doesnt recognize all 4 processors in Compaq Proliant 6000 in ProLiant Servers - Netservers

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition doesnt recognize all 4 processors in Compaq Proliant 6000

CA1307151 — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 09:59:20 GMT

I have a Compaq Proliant, that works and runs just fine (on one processor), but it doesnt run on the other 3 processors. I only see one (400Mhz) processor running in Windows Server 2003. I have upgraded the ROM firmware to the latest, installed all Windows updates for Server 2003, and it still doesnt recognize the other 3 processors. All 4 worked on server 2000, so its not a hardware issue. Any answers or solutions?
HELP ME!!!!!

SPECS:
2.1GB Ram
Quad 400 Mhz Pentium II Xeon Processors
RAID 5, 4-Disk SCSI Array
CD
Floppy

Re: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition doesnt recognize all 4 processors in Compaq Proliant 6000

Raj_75 — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:45:10 GMT

How did you identified that all 4 processors are not working? How many of them can you see in the Device Manager?

Re: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition doesnt recognize all 4 processors in Compaq Proliant 6000

CA1076661 — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:17:04 GMT

Have you installed the driver for multiprocessor?

Re: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition doesnt recognize all 4 processors in Compaq Proliant 6000

Oleg Koroz — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:05:09 GMT

If from SW side all done
Access to F10 / Ctrl +A for Advanced mode/ System configuration/Configure Hardware/Review and Modify/ Edit and Modify/ APIC mode see verify settings what you have.

Re: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition doesnt recognize all 4 processors in Compaq Proliant 6000

CA1307151 — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 07:39:23 GMT

You mean set APIC to mapped?

Re: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition doesnt recognize all 4 processors in Compaq Proliant 6000

CA1315451 — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:02:23 GMT

Hi, I had the same problem with my HP Netserver LX Pro. it is sort of the opponent of your Server. What kind of processor do you have? Are they Pentium Pro CPU's?
If so, Windows 2003 doesnt run on the 4 CPU's. I had the same problem running mine on 2003.
The best thing to do is run W2k, it works perfectly fine, and the rest I have installed everything of the latest possible. No probs. (Exch2003, latest SQL etc.)
Regards,
Rene

Re: Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition doesnt recognize all 4 processors in Compaq Proliant 6000

CA1315451 — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:15:01 GMT

If you install Windows Server 2003 on some dual-processor or multiple-processor servers, the server may run with only one processor. This may occur if the server uses some Pentium Pro or Pentium II processors.

If you upgrade a Microsoft Windows 2000-based server or a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based server to Windows Server 2003, you may receive an "Unsupported Multiprocessor Configuration" warning when you upgrade a Pentium Pro or Pentium II dual-processor or multiple-processor server that uses one of these processors.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319091