[Gllug] dual cpu mobo

[Rich Walker]

Ben Fitzgerald <ben_m_f at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking about buying a dual cpu mobo. I'd be looking for
> something that can handle a minimum of two 1GHz cpus.
>
> Other nice to haves are the ability to monitor the h/w status
> through lm_sensors.
>
> Please note that this is not just a speed thing so don't just
> warn me about the fact that it won't be anywhere near twice as
> quick! ;-) I'd like to learn more about running smp.

Buy a 2nd-hand IBM Intellistation M Pro on Ebay. I paid £30 for one with
2xP2-300, 4 DIMM sockets, two SCSI channels, high grade BIOS, AGP
socket, 4GB Ide drive, bell whistle your name in lights.

I'm typing this on it now. 

>rw at zeus:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 3
model name      : Pentium II (Klamath)
stepping        : 4
cpu MHz         : 299.753
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov mmx
bogomips        : 598.01

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 3
model name      : Pentium II (Klamath)
stepping        : 4
cpu MHz         : 299.753
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov mmx
bogomips        : 598.01


To be honest, I haven't tried the sensors, but since it's a PIIX4
chipset, I think it won't be a problem.

cheers, Rich.

> Any suggestions/tales of woe greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- 
> Ben Fitzgerald
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