6 Maintaining and Troubleshooting the Gateway ALR 9000 Server
Central Processing Unit(s)
The system comes standard with one Pentium Pro and a VRM installed on a CPU
card
A
which in turn is installed in CPU card slot
A
. In CPU card slot
B
, a
terminator card is installed in place of an optional CPU card
B
.
MP specification dictates that the system will boot with the CPU that has the
highest ID. In this system configuration, the highest ID is assigned to the sixth
processor.
For optimum performance, install your CPU upgrades in a specific order. That is,
the first CPU must be installed in CPU socket
C
, the second in socket
B
, and the
third in socket
A
.
In the same manner, the corresponding VRMs must also be installed in their
respective sockets. Refer to Figure Chapter 2:- on page 7 for the installation order
of the CPUs.
Subsequently, CPU card slot
A
must be occupied with a full CPU card (all 3 CPUs
and VRMs installed) before the system can recognize any CPUs on CPU card
B
.
WARNING!
Make sure you are properly grounded before handling the cards, or
static electricity may destroy both card and system board
components.
Note:
If you are unsure of the
location of the CPU card slots,
refer to your User’s Guide for
the illustration of the system
board.
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