Thanks to Mark McManus and egold@fsa.com but the jackpot goes to Eugene Smith. heres the complete answer very illustrative. Thanks ! The original question is below ! -- Angel Alejandro Vega Soto Gerente de Servicio Tecnologia Informatica y Consultoria Tel: 55-23-19-75 alejandro.vega@tecinfocon.com.mx Fax: 55-36-95-28 Return-Path: <fereug@acute.co.za> Delivered-To: tecinf01@localhost Received: (qmail 23465 invoked by alias); 5 Aug 2003 21:27:34 -0000 Delivered-To: alias-tecinf-alejandro.vega@tecinfocon.com.mx Received: (qmail 23459 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2003 21:27:33 -0000 Received: from fedex.is.co.za (196.4.160.243) by ipfarm03.uservers.net with SMTP; 5 Aug 2003 21:27:33 -0000 Received: from esxp (c8-pta-35.dial-up.net [196.39.119.36]) by fedex.is.co.za (Postfix) with SMTP id 98B28B88A2 for <alejandro.vega@tecinfocon.com.mx>; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:27:03 +0200 (SAST) From: "Eugene Schmidt" <fereug@acute.co.za> To: "Angel Alejandro Vega Soto" <alejandro.vega@tecinfocon.com.mx> Subject: RE: Change the CPUs on a 280R Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:29:18 +0200 Message-ID: <PPEKIOOCEAPGAPLJPPFHOEKKCBAA.fereug@acute.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <1060103026.1075.12.camel@aldebaran.tic.com.mx> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Angel This is quite possible. However, beware of one small crucial item, the fan tray. The original 280R shipped with a 2-fan tray. With upgrading, this does not supply sufficient air flow, and with the introduction of the 900 Mhz CPU, Sun substituted the 3-Fan tray. At the same time the 750 Mhz systems were still produced. As such certain 750's have 2-fan, some 3-fan trays. Old 2-fan tray: P/N 540-4434-02 (label says 'Assembled in Mexico') New 3-fan tray: P/N 540-5088-02 (label says 'MAYSTEEL USA') Also see: http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/SunFire280R/components.html But beware of the error, it describes the 540-4434-02 as 3-fan! However, it gives you an idea of where to look. Also: http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/CPU_Module/UltraSPARC_1200MHz_U ltraIII_CU.html http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/CPU_Module/UltraSPARC_900MHz_Ul traIII_CU.html Additionally, I recommend upgrading to the latest firmware, if you have not done so, prior to installing the new CPUs. Regards Eugene -----Original Message----- From: sunmanagers-bounces@sunmanagers.org [mailto:sunmanagers-bounces@sunmanagers.org]On Behalf Of Angel Alejandro Vega Soto Sent: 05 August 2003 07:04 To: Sunmanagers Subject: Change the CPUs on a 280R Hello, managers I have a question regarding change hardware on a 280R. I have one 280R with one CPU at 750 Mhz, this cpu is no longer ordearable, at least new, only refurbished.. which doesn't like me a lot. If I buy TWO new 1.05 or 900 Mhz cpus, I install it on the machine, will it work ? (of course both have to be the same speed), but do I need to do anithing else, from a part number from sun, or just patch the system ? thanks in advance .. I will summarize ! -- Angel Alejandro Vega Soto <alejandro.vega@tecinfocon.com.mx> _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Thu Aug 7 19:27:35 2003
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