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Dual MB only with One CPU?????
- Thread starter Kamikadze
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Yes. Every dual board out there will run one CPU just fine. And on most it doesn't even matter what socket your putting in it.
Personally I don't like the MSI board. It is slow. There was a benchmark done with the ABIT VP-6, the MSI and the Asus dual board, and both the Asus and Abit were faster with one cpu than the MSI was with two. If you're going to go the dual route, spend the extra money and get a better board. It's worth it in the end.
And also remember that your going to need to run an OS that can support SMP, and that's NT or 2000 or Linux. And seeing your going to start with one CPU and move to two, I recommend running 2k. It's simpler to change from a uniprocessor kernel to a multiprocessor kernel with 2k.
Personally I don't like the MSI board. It is slow. There was a benchmark done with the ABIT VP-6, the MSI and the Asus dual board, and both the Asus and Abit were faster with one cpu than the MSI was with two. If you're going to go the dual route, spend the extra money and get a better board. It's worth it in the end.
And also remember that your going to need to run an OS that can support SMP, and that's NT or 2000 or Linux. And seeing your going to start with one CPU and move to two, I recommend running 2k. It's simpler to change from a uniprocessor kernel to a multiprocessor kernel with 2k.
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Kingslayer (Jul 27, 2001 08:05 a.m.):
Yes. Every dual board out there will run one CPU just fine. And on most it doesn't even matter what socket your putting in it.
Sanks for ansver there is next.
But it's posiblu to run PIII733 and PIII600 together?
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No.
Not only do you need indentically clocked chips, but as close to being identically manufactured as possible as well. Same or close FPO/Batch number, same stepping, same stepping mask, etc.
Not only do you need indentically clocked chips, but as close to being identically manufactured as possible as well. Same or close FPO/Batch number, same stepping, same stepping mask, etc.
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Mmmmm.I was thinking in buting an Iwill DVD266 and throwing in my PIII 850E and after I have recovered from the finacial shock buying another 850E.
How crictical is the likeness of the two CPU? Wouldn't it be enough that both be the same stepping (cC0)? Do both have to be the same stepping mask(SL4CC)?
THKS
How crictical is the likeness of the two CPU? Wouldn't it be enough that both be the same stepping (cC0)? Do both have to be the same stepping mask(SL4CC)?
THKS
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It;s desirable for them to be as close as possible. Intel states no problems should arise from using different steppings although I read somewhere it can cause some type of jerkiness.
Mainly it's good to have them the same so you know they will give you nearly identical overclocking results.
Mainly it's good to have them the same so you know they will give you nearly identical overclocking results.
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Ok. I don't know about the other boards, but the Abit will run two different speed chips. But they must run them both at the lowest speed. And they must be the same bus speed.
There is a way to get the Abit to run chips of different stepping. But it's not recommended.
If you are going to do the dual thing, do it right. Get the same chips, same stepping, same lot, and get the numbers as close as possible. This will help in getting an even overclock out of both chips.
There is a way to get the Abit to run chips of different stepping. But it's not recommended.
If you are going to do the dual thing, do it right. Get the same chips, same stepping, same lot, and get the numbers as close as possible. This will help in getting an even overclock out of both chips.
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No you don't need a CPU terminator in order to do this. In the past, some very high end, server class motherboards needed this. They were usually included with the motherboard and are nearly impossible to find anymore. Even the high end server boards are capable of running only one CPU on a dual or more board.
One thing that I will recommend if you have a dual board and don't plan on running two CPUs in the near future.....cover the unused slot or socket with masking tape. This will stop dust and critters from getting in the holes or the slot and causing problems when you add your second CPU.
One thing that I will recommend if you have a dual board and don't plan on running two CPUs in the near future.....cover the unused slot or socket with masking tape. This will stop dust and critters from getting in the holes or the slot and causing problems when you add your second CPU.
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Just for sake of chiming in, Kingslayer is right on.
can run different speed processors but it is recommended they both run at the same speed (underclocking the higher).
can run different speed processors but it is recommended they both run at the same speed (underclocking the higher).
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I tried to run a 733 and a 933 in a dual board. No go.
Asked for Jon's advice and did everything I could before giving up. Tyan Trinity board.
Asked for Jon's advice and did everything I could before giving up. Tyan Trinity board.
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Why waste your time on a BP-6? Why not just get the VP-6. The BP-6 is outdated, it can't run anything higher than a 533 in SMP, and even if your overclocking, 600 is going to be your average limit because of the architecture of the Celeron I. Sure you could go buy the adapters, but they don't work in dual, the new Celeron's 566 and faster can't do dual, and by the time you spend the extra money on the adapter, you could've just bought a VP-6.
