[rescue] Octane CPU (a word of warning!)

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Well, I checked. I have a 030-0887 motherboard, so I guess we are both
going to be looking for a 030-1432 board :-(

shawn

On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 14:19, Corda Albert J DLVA wrote:
> A word of warning (some good and bad news) ...
> 
>   I won the last one that he auctioned with the same
> part number: 030-1432-001. The good news: This is _NOT_ a
> 250 Mhz R10K.  It is really a 270 Mhz R12K cpu.  Now for the
> bad news:  It will _NOT_ run on any of the octane 030-887-xxx
> motherboards. It requires a 030-1432-xxx motherboard. From
> what I understand, this has to do with this particular CPU
> requiring a specific revision of one of the chips on the
> motherboard. The R12k CPUs that run >= 300 Mhz will work with
> either motherboard, but not the 270 Mhz one.  I'd suggest
> that you do a Deja search to confirm this for yourself.
> 
> If your octane has a 030-1432-xx motherboard, then you are
> all set! If not, you might consider holding on to your 175 Mhz
> CPU until you find a new motherboard. BTW, I've been watching
> Ebay myself for one, but haven't seen one (that was affordable)
> show up yet.  If anyone knows of a source for these,please let
> us know!
> 
> 
> -al-
> -acorda at 1bigred.com
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shawn Wallbridge [mailto:swallbridge at franticfilms.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 1:35 PM
> > To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> > Subject: [rescue] Octane CPU
> > 
> > 
> > If anyone needs an Octane CPU, I will have a 175MHz R10k for 
> > sale soon.
> > 
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1773132979
> > 
> > :-)
> > 
> > shawn
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