Re: RS6000 /320 vs /390

From: Ben Staffin (benley_at_yakko.math.uiuc.edu)
Date: 12/24/03 

Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 19:24:48 +0000 (UTC)

On 2003-12-24, Benjamin Gawert <bgawert@gmx.de> wrote:
> Dennis Grevenstein wrote:
>
>> I just got an RS6000/320 because I wanted an AIX box at home
>> without paying for it. It will do for running 4.3.3 headless.
>> However, I might get a /390 CPU as an upgrade soon. I know
>> it won't be that much faster,
>
> The 390 _is_ much faster ;-) Besides the higher clock rate it's a POWER2...
>
>> but anything should be
>> better than 20MHz.
>> Can I install AIX now and just exchange the CPU without
>> reinstalling AIX later?
>
> Basically, yes, if the remaining hardware is the same or if You at least
> install all drivers for the new hardware...
>
> BUT: when I remember right the 390 has a different board than the 320 and
> the CPUs are incompatible...

The 390 does indeed have a different system board from a 320. It isn't
likely that a 390's CPU will work in a 320. 

-- 
/--
| Ben Staffin
  perpetual nerd  |
                --/

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Grafikkartenempfehlung... mal wieder ;-)
    ... dass Dinge wie AI oder Physik (sofern nicht bereits auf die GPU verlagert) von der CPU erledigt werden. ... Von daher steigt bei vielen Spielen ab einer gewissen Mindest-CPU-Leistung die Framerate auch nur nur sehr gering an, wenn eine stärkere CPU eingebaut wird. ... verzichten und stattdessen lieber nur nakte Hardware benutzen. ... Nicht alle Fehler treten sofort auf, und nicht immer meldet sich die Hardware und sagt "ich bin kaputt". ...
    (de.comp.hardware.graphik)
  • Re: Quad core CPUs loaded at only 50% when running a CPU and mmap intensive multi-threaded task
    ... Well, I just bought this new box, so there isn't a kernel version that I know that worked on this hardware. ... However on my previous box I have never seen such a problem (that the CPU is loaded only 50% with clamd) and I've been ... # Device Drivers ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: [tip:core/rcu] rcu: Add diagnostic check for a possible CPU-hotplug race
    ... Complain if the RCU softirq code ever runs on a CPU that has ... Hardware name: System Product Name ... bus: 'platform': registered ... # CAN Device Drivers ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: How to develop a random number generation device
    ... single shared CPU; much less, in fact, since irrevelant interrupts, ... probably through shared memory and semaphores. ... switches are a reliability issue - processors don't have problems with them. ... If you shift the complexity to hardware, you'd get hardware that is expensive and buggy. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Starting Windows 2000 hangs on new install.
    ... There might also be other mobo updated drivers. ... I've heard it said that winme is less 'hardware picky' than win2k ... > || Kevin. ... trying to return the CPU, but I'd need to show that it is faulty ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.setup)