CPU Upgrade of LH 3000

[Mans]

HI folks,

i will upgrading the cpu of my lh 3000 server, but i can't find anything under support or maintenance.
Currently i have a pentium 3 1Ghz.

[Sachin_16]

Can you be more specific:

1, what are you trying to upgrade to? CPU of higher frequency or to dual CPUs.


2. Is your server under warranty,

3. What are you looking for, upgrade guide, or server specs or...

4. Have you considered Upgrade Kit from HP to move to LH6000 servers.

[Mans]

hi sachin,

1) i will upgrade to dual cpu with higher frequency.
2) the server is under warrenty.
3) i search for the hp product number like C4195A.
4) no, but it's a good idea.

thx
mans

[Sachin_16]

According to specs for LH3000, P3 1Ghz seems to be the highest CPU supported by HP.

You can search for LH3000r at www.hp.com

Have you looked at
http://h20004.www2.hp.com/soar_rnotes/bsdmatrix/matrix50449en_US.html

Look at setup,install or configure link, there are specs and manuals here.

Since you are under warranty, call the HP support to see what they say.

[e4services]

The fastest CPU the LH3000 BIOS can support is a PIII-1000 Slot 1 and it is a VERY rare item these days. The cost is almost that of a new server.

There is another option we have found but you will incur a Microcode error at POST, but operation is not effected. This option can take you to 1.4 GHz.

[Sachin_16]

You can install a non HP specified CPU but when booting up, the system will stop at the microcode error. To continue, a person has to click F1 key. If you can live with it, it is fine. As stated by e4services.com, this will not affect the operation. This only affects the booting up of server.

But presently, the server is under warranty, so it is not recommended to undergo such a change and void warranty.

[Mans]

hi,

what contains the upgrade kit from lh 3000 to lh 6000?

[e4services]

LH 3000 to LH 6000 upgrade kit includes two Intel Pentium III Xeon 700MHz
processors, system board, 256MB PC-133 SDRAM, one additional power supply module, plus HP Netserver Navigator CD-ROM and
documentation.
They are very hard to find and quite expensive, $6000