[rescue] Help needed rescuing a HP9000/K370

Andrew Weiss ajwdsp at cloud9.net
Mon Oct 16 09:01:59 CDT 2006


On Oct 16, 2006, at 2:22 AM, Andrew Gaylard wrote:

>
> Yeah, I know that.  But before I even get that far, simply going from
> a single CPU in slot 0 to CPUs in slots 0 and 1 (both in the front),
> the CPU in slot 1 isn't seen by the BIOS.  This is on the K570.
>
> On the K370, I get a little further: the system sees CPUs 0, 1, and 2.
> But when I put the last one into slot 3, the box refuses to turn on!
>
> Am I doing something stupid here?

I think one of the processor slots has to be a memory board in  
certain configurations.

I will check tonight since I have an official K class service manual.

For the love of all that is holy, however, do not call the firmware  
interface on a non-PC server a BIOS.

Andrew



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