RE: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 1950 III

2010-03-03 Thread PJF
> -Original Message- > From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge- > boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Tim Small > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:18 AM > To: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com > Subject: Re: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a

Re: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 1950 III

2010-03-03 Thread Tim Small
PJF wrote: > I've been through the dell docs and intel docs, not sure if the stepping > matters. > Out of curiosity I had another look at this. Intel's line on older processor lines were that the steppings shouldn't differ by more than 1, Intel's 5400 series datasheet says: http://www.intel.

Re: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 1950 III

2010-03-03 Thread Tim Small
PJF wrote: > I'm top posting on my on post... > > I added a second quad core, everything is working fine. > > I noticed the second one is Model 23 Stepping 6 > The first one Model 23 Stepping 10 > > Do these need to match? Openmanage reports everything is okay... > I believe t

RE: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 1950 III

2010-03-02 Thread PJF
7; > Cc: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com > Subject: RE: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 1950 III > > Yes, I believe the only issue is the heatsink which is often specific > to the server model. You can buy them 2nd hand for cheaper than you can > probably get them directly fro

RE: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 1950 III

2010-02-18 Thread Bond Masuda
JC867-PowerEdge-1950/Deta il -Bond From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Ooi Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:57 PM To: PJF Cc: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com Subject: Re: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 195

Re: Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 1950 III

2010-02-18 Thread Brandon Ooi
Actually I tried this for some of our SC1435's, the cpu doesn't matter but it's the 1U heatsink that needs to be Dell to mount properly. There is almost 0 market for the heatsinks. Did you find a Dell heatsink? If it is, that's probably all you need. I've seen it replaced before and it's part-less

Adding a second Quad Core L5420 CPU to a 1950 III

2010-02-18 Thread PJF
I currently have a 1950 III with a single Quad Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5420 @ 2.50GHz, I'd like to add an additional one. Street price for the L5420 with Heatsink and Fan included is $424.99 Dell wants to charge me $795.00 for the CPU and $49.99 for the Heatsink and install kit, this is even w