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  • C8000 CPU upgrade

    From Kevin Bowling@21:1/5 to Mazzini Alessandro on Wed Jan 13 22:42:18 2016
    On 06/ 4/11 03:30 AM, Mazzini Alessandro wrote:
    Those are just rumors. Servers can have some features that can be activated by paying (like adding more cpus etc) but the C8000 is not a server.. is
    just a workstation, and as such is fully unlocked.

    As long as you have one of the cpu having a L2 cache, you just need to put inside another identical. Pay attention that the pa-8800 had an entry level cpu without level 2 cache (aka without the 32MB cache).. those are not allowing a 2nd cpu.

    Alessandro

    "Kevin Bowling" <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:isc74b$h6r$1@x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net...
    I've heard rumblings that a single CPU C8000 might refuse an additional
    customer added CPU due to microcode with ludicrous HP control over my
    hardware. Anyone done a field upgrade, or does this hold truth?

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    Kevin Bowling
    Free comp.* Usenet access at http://www.csiph.com/

    I finally found and installed one. It works great, no license stuff to
    worry about as you said.

    Regards,
    Kevin

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  • From Alessandro Mazzini@21:1/5 to Mazzini Alessandro on Mon Jan 25 02:38:32 2016
    Glad to hear it :)

    Alessandro


    "Kevin Bowling" wrote in message news:n77cfq$bv9$1@csiph.com...

    On 06/ 4/11 03:30 AM, Mazzini Alessandro wrote:
    Those are just rumors. Servers can have some features that can be
    activated
    by paying (like adding more cpus etc) but the C8000 is not a server.. is
    just a workstation, and as such is fully unlocked.

    As long as you have one of the cpu having a L2 cache, you just need to put inside another identical. Pay attention that the pa-8800 had an entry
    level
    cpu without level 2 cache (aka without the 32MB cache).. those are not allowing a 2nd cpu.

    Alessandro

    "Kevin Bowling" <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:isc74b$h6r$1@x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net...
    I've heard rumblings that a single CPU C8000 might refuse an additional
    customer added CPU due to microcode with ludicrous HP control over my
    hardware. Anyone done a field upgrade, or does this hold truth?

    --
    Kevin Bowling
    Free comp.* Usenet access at http://www.csiph.com/

    I finally found and installed one. It works great, no license stuff to
    worry about as you said.

    Regards,
    Kevin

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