[rescue] E5405 CPU upgrade?

[Robert Novak]

You may be able to dereference part numbers for the CPUs... I've done this
a fair bit on HP gear, with pretty good luck. Find the vendor part number
for the upgrade and convert it to S-Spec. As quirky as some vendors are,
the cpu itself is still the same.

Another thing to check is the Dell Community site.
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/956/t/19365441.aspx for
example talks about quad core processors in 2950s.



On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:52 PM, Andrew Jones <andrew at jones.ec> wrote:

> PE2950s came in three generations, each with their own parts and mother
> board quirks.
>
> Unless you are buying from a Dell reseller, I would tread carefully.  I
> know i had to replace voltage regulators to change CPU type in a 2950 at
> least once.
>
> Just because it's commodity hardware, don't assume it has no oddities.
>  Firms like Dell exist to do the integration work Sun used to do.
>
> Patrick Giagnocavo <xemacs5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Maybe a tad off-topic, but, it is going to run ZFS as its file system :)
> >
> >I have cobbled together a decent 32GB RAM, Dell PowerEdge 2950.
> >
> >Right now it has 2x dual core E5405s in it.I was thinking of buying 2 x
> >L5420s off it to give it 8 cores and decent power usage.
> >
> >Is that it?  Do I just buy them, swap the CPUs and put the ginormous heat
> >sinks back on top?  Or do I have to worry about anything else?
> >
> >Cheers
> >
> >Patrick
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