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french tony
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 Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:05 pm Post subject: can you run any dual proc mobo with 1 proc? |
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can you?
I enherited a p3 1.13GHz Tualatin. Now i'm looking for a bargian on a mobo (B-grade prolly) and I have seen some cheap dual proc mobos.
will there be any kind of probleme running such a motherboard with only one processor? |
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jlg
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:36 am Post subject: |
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| their shouldn't be any problems but some boards require a null card in the slot where the second cpu would be. a single board should be much cheaper to buy though.. |
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broschi
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:31 am Post subject: |
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Works here at least.
| jlg wrote: | | their shouldn't be any problems but some boards require a null card in the slot where the second cpu would be. a single board should be much cheaper to buy though.. |
If you're saying that it's because you never did dual!
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JanErik
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| Get two processors, it´s worth it! |
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zephyr1256
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 7:17 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe he's going to wait until the processor he wants for the second slot goes down in price. |
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delta407
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| zephyr1256 wrote: | | Maybe he's going to wait until the processor he wants for the second slot goes down in price. |
Pentium III? They don't drop in price (they already have); you're still looking at ~ $130 per CPU. (This is a good place to pick up Pentium IIIs. I've gotten 3 from them.)
Anyway, every dual P3 mobo I've seen works with a single processor. In fact, one of my dual P3 mobos broke and now only works in a single processor mode. 
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jlg
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| Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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broshi instead of calling me an idiot would you mind explaining your point!
I have done duals in fact I have done racks of duals. Some I did are all over the world! |
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JanErik
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| At least my BP6 would work perfectly with one CPU. |
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Can O' Beans
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| Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I have a BP6 and it works with one and doesn't need a null card. Some dual-mobos DO need the null card though - completely depends on the board. My Compaq ML350 600mhz server has the null card in the 2nd slot. |
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