[KLUG Members] Dual Pentium Pros

[Rusty Yonkers]

Ok ..... this may sound really stupid .... but what is
a VRM??

--- Brian Ritz <britz@whitemice.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Adam Bultman wrote:
> 
> >Okay then: here's a neat-o thing:  I was just
> offered a Dual PII-333
> >motherboard with procs for 40 bucks "paid only if
> it works". This is a
> >definate step up; this will outperform (most
> likely) my one workstation
> >now (which is a single 500).
> >
> >Howver, it lacks a VRM. Does it *need* it? I have
> *no* info regarding
> >setting up dual machines. 
> Yes you need a VRM unless you are only running one
> processor. 
>  Where can I get them, assuming I can at all?
> I have a couple different PPro machines one came
> with a VRM and the other 
> two I had to search all over for them. The only
> consistent place I found 
> them were at Ebay, but make you get the correct one
> for your motherboard. 
> 
> >Are they standard along manufacturers, speeds, etc?
>  I'm lost.  I'm hoping
> >I can get a VRM for like, 30 bucks.  That would
> kick me from single
> >ppro 200 (which just sits around) to a dual 333 PII
> box, which is useful
> >for other things.
> >
> Yes a dual 333 PII is the home machine for us at
> whitemice.  We will have 
> three to four people on at once and notice no
> problems. 
> >
> >
> >--
> >Adam Bultman
> >adam@glaven.org
> >[ http://www.glaven.org ]
> >
> >On 3 Apr 2002, Bruce Smith wrote:
> >
> >> > Okay: Does anyone here have dual pentium pro
> linux boxes?
> >>
> >> Yes, I have a couple at work, and have run Linux
> on them.
> >>
> >> > ... and I want to know how they perform.
> >>
> >> I'm quite happy with the performance.  Of course
> it depends on what
> >> you're doing.  If this is a desktop, typically
> running one process at a
> >> time, SMP may not be give you much of a boost. 
> If it's a server running
> >> a lot of things, you should notice a fair
> improvement.
> >>
> >> > If they don't perform that well, I'll save my
> money.
> >>
> >> I wouldn't spend much money for anything that
> old, especially with
> >> today's hardware prices.  But if you can pickup a
> board cheap, why not!
> >>
> >> > P.S.  Should I guy a special power supply for
> it?  Right now it's probably
> >> > got a 250 in it.
> >>
> >> No idea.
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------------
> >> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> >> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> >> Armstrong International, Inc.
> >> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
> >> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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