Proliant 1600 Dual Processors

[Wullie]

Hi all,

I have a Proliant 1600 for which i have purchased 2 * 450MHZ processors and VRM's.

I have installed one of them on my system but it still only reads as 300MHZ (OLD). Can some one please tell me which switches i need to set to make it see my new processors.

Main Board is :- 149089-001

Thanks in advance

Wullie

[Vijay_44]

This information is found in the maintenance guide


SW1 - Bus/Core Ratio Settings
Processor Speed
(Bus at 100 MHz) 1 2 3 4
300 ON ON OFF ON
350 ON ON OFF OFF
400 ON OFF ON ON
450 ON OFF ON OFF
500 ON OFF OFF ON

[Wullie]

Tried that but it just seems to hang my server

[Vijay_44]

hmmm....does it hang on post and if so at what point.

Try this
- Clear your NVRAM
- Put just one of the new processors and see if it picks up on post

[Wullie]

Well at the moment i have the server running on one processor but it is only being reported at 300 MHz even hough i know it is a 450MHz.

When i set the switches on sw1 to on off on off the system will not boot looks like there is no power going through the server at all.

[Vijay_44]

Looks like the boards for the two processors are different. the 300 uses EDO ram but the 400 takes SDRAM so the boards are different

[Vijay_44]

300
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliant1600r/index2.html


400
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliant1600r/index3.html

[Wullie]

So there is no upgrade option for my server unless i buy a new processor cage??

[Vijay_44]

looks like that....you will need to find out if you will need anything else changed if you upgrade the board..for one, you will need SDRAM.

[Wullie]

Thanks for the replies m8.

I have managed to borrow a newer cage to test teh processors in. All i need now is some SDRAM.