Re: RS6000 /320 vs /390

From: 73blazer (yoyo_at_ma.com)
Date: 12/27/03

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    A 390 CPU card will NOT work in a 320/32h machine.
    Why don't you just buy a 43P140 off eBay for $40?

    Ben Staffin wrote:
    > 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.
    >
    >

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