[Gllug] Compaq Wierdness

[David Irvine]

Rich Walker wrote:

>In message <3B9AF935.3070407 at yahoo.com>
>          David Irvine <co2cool at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>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.
>>
>
>Voltage regulator modules, or VRM's
>
>They *might* be interchangeable between machines that use VRM's, and
>they might not. I went through some fun getting one for a
>Professional Workstation 5000.
>
>>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
>>
>
>Most CPU's these days wither tell the mobo what voltage they need,
>or the mobo has a set of dip switches. Back way back when, CPU's
>just used 5 and 3.3, so no-one needed special regulators. But they
>were expected one  day, which is why you'll see sockets like this on
>lots of old Socket 7 or Socket 8 motherboards. The VRM allows the
>CPU to specify the required voltage, IIRC.
>
>You're probably going to have to poke round the Compaq web site for
>the maintenance manual for the relevant Proliant; that will tell you
>the Compaq part number for it, and then you can either get gouged,
>or find someone with one for sale on ebay or otherwise.
>
>
>hth
>
>cheers,Rich.
>

Nice one! Cheers.  I've been  able to find plenty of boards with 
sockets, but very rarely have  I actually seen one in them. Is this just 
a compaq thing, i've seen the slots on other older non-compaq machines, 
but i think most modern  boards have  them built in   don't they?

Cheers

David

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>>Cheers for the help
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>>David
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