[Gllug] Compaq Wierdness

[David Irvine]

Having some issues with a compaq Proliant ML370.  I have a server, its 
 been sitting in the corner for a while, everynow and again somebody 
comes along and takes a  bit out for another server thats needing fixed, 
ive decided that i want this machine up  and runnin since i've just ran 
out of pci slots, diskspace is getting low again, and i want cool 
looking fans.

Anyway the problem I am faced with is I need some sort of card for it. 
It used to have a single processor, but i want to put twin pIII's in it. 
 Each  chip has to have some sort of little card next to it in order for 
the machine to boot.  I dont have any of these cards. Nor do i  know 
what they are called.  They are about 1"x2" circuit board with fairly 
large components  coming out of them,  they fit into a male white 
socket, and the board has a  black block connector similar to ide.  they 
sit in line with the processor like so ---------- --- processor/board 
respectively and there are two slots, i'm  assuming one  per processor.

Can anybody tell  me  what these are, what they do, why i need one, 
where i can  get one, and how much they  cost? Its been bugging me for a 
while now. Nobody seems to know what i'm  talking about. :D


Cheers for the help


David





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