Re: Mixing CPU's
On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 12:01:27PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> I had a MSI K8D Master3 (380 Euro, Two Opteron 240) which drived me
> crazy and I have tried to run one of those CPU's on a Singel-Opteron
> mainboard from Tyan and it does not work.
>
> Then I have bought two Tyan Dual-Opteron Boards andused it with only
> one CPU each, which works very fine.
>
> Then I have tried to run a Opteron 142 on a Dual-CPU-Board and it does
> not work.
>
> So you NEED the right CPU to your Mainboard. You can not use a 1xx on
> a Mainboard which was made for a 2xx.
I wonder if that is for technical reasons, or just lack of cpu support
in the bioses.
Len Sorensen
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