And the winner is:
1. To have 4 CPU's you have to have two power supplies.
I pulled the PSU out the extra 2100 server and placed it in the 4 CPU
machine and the server started perfectly. Not sure if all 2100's require
two PSU's to operate 4 CPU's, but mine did. It could mean my 1st PSU is
weak.
Thanks to everyone who responded!
-Ed Silver
Original Question:
I have two AlphaServer 2100 5/250's.
One has 3 CPU's and two 512MB Memory boards.
The other has 1 CPU and 1 512MB Memory board.
I am no longer using the second machine in production and wanted to steal
a CPU from it.
I took the CPU from the second and put it in the first, but it would not
boot. The 2100 clearly can handle 4 CPU and two Memory slots.
Any idea why it wouldn't boot? Power flickered on for a second and than
died out.
My thoughts are that either:
1. To have 4 CPU's you have to have two power supplies?
2. Bad power supply and it can't handle 4 CPUs?
3. The 0 CPU from machine #2 is 'special' and can't be used as anything
but the primary CPU?
Any ideas?
-Ed Silver
Received on Wed Jan 10 2001 - 14:54:48 NZDT