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Ayman Altounji
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‎08-02-2001 04:00 PM

‎08-02-2001 04:00 PM

CPU upgrade

I have an Proliant 800 PII and i want to upgrade to an 550 PIII.
Can i just swap cpu's ore do i need to install an other power module ?
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Mark Cloutier
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‎11-13-2001 04:00 PM

‎11-13-2001 04:00 PM

Re: CPU upgrade

no there are multiple different versions of the proliant 800 but each level of processor (from ppro..to pII to PIII) requires a different ssytem board...it wont work the way you intend..it will give you an unsupported processor message
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