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Message 103219 - Posted: 24 Apr 2005, 5:10:39 UTC

hi, In my insain attempt yo crunch a few more units, and make all new warm places for my cats to sleep, I bought a load of older rack mount servers, compaqs and HPs, they all have pII 400's or 450s now, but the documantation says they can take a p3 800, do I need new VRM's when I upgrade? or will the PII ones in the system work?
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Message 103228 - Posted: 24 Apr 2005, 5:48:08 UTC

Not sure what a VRM is, but if it can take a p!!! 800 then upgrade!
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Message 103257 - Posted: 24 Apr 2005, 7:15:21 UTC - in response to Message 103228.  

> Not sure what a VRM is,

Voltage Regulator Module

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Message 103295 - Posted: 24 Apr 2005, 10:25:10 UTC


Best bet would be to check the the manufacturer's documentation.
Early boards may require an upgraded VRM, later ones shouldn't. All depends what version they are.
Likewise, BIOS updates may be necessary, dependiong once again on their present version to support the newer CPUs.
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