Proliant 3000 Dual CPU Problem

[charlescosby]

Here is the scenario:
Proliant 3000 with dual PII 300 CPU's in a GEN 1 system board (takes small
motherboards with Slot 1 processors as opposed to the processors fitting
into the system board itself). I bought it new with a single CPU and ran NT
4.0. Several years later I bought another CPU card and VRM from Compaq and
installed it no problem. Upgraded to multiprocessor kernel and worked fine.
A few months ago I pulled the system apart and upgraded the ram. I got an
error that Processor 2 failed. I pulled out the processor and reseated it.
Went into the SCU and told it the processor was changed and then it worked
fine again.

This year I decided to upgrade to W2K server. Installation went fine but
during the first reboot, it died saying multiprocessors not supported.
Apparently W2K is fussier about matched stepping than NT. I replaced the
CPU with one of the same stepping. Now I constantly get a Processor 2
failed. I go into the SCU, tell it the processor was changed and reboot.
Still says the Processor 2 fails. Now I still hung onto the terminator
board you need with only one processor. If I use it in either slot, and
either processor in the other slot, it boots fine. So in other words, no
matter what configuration I use as single processor, its great but still
refuses to use the second one.

Anyone got any ideas how to fix this? Or is something gone wrong with my
system board?

Thanks in advance
Charles

 

[BradThornton]

When you tried the processors in a single config did you use both vrm's? If so since you are reloading the os have you tried a system erase and went the smart start setup again?

 

[TechyArt]

Also check with the RAM. Because on this higher memory is not supported, So reduce (As min as possible) the RAM and try to boot with both processors.
Check for the VRM. During booting press F10 to enter diagnostic utilities, save the changes and reboot.

Best Regards,
Mukul Dutt

 

[riffty]

Below 333 Mhz processor only 512Mb memory was supported on the Proliant 3000 / 5500 system boards.

May need to configure as Single processor reverse HAL to single processor, disabling system config option.

Re-install Processor, enable system config and the upgrade HAL.

 

[pietjebell]

Processors need not only be same stepping but also have same cache size..

Win2k is more picky on SMP than other OS-es.

Regarding the memory
On your CPQ 3000, the proccies are PII 300 whith a 66MHZ FSB
This board -as riffty said- cannot go beyond 512MB RAM. What 's even more;
More than 512 gives errors (says HP/Compaq on their site)

When installing the RAM
Slowest memory in 1st two banks, biggest size in last.
(When mixing mem size & speed)

G-luck!