Alright. Seeing as how I am a nooB to this forum, I don't expect alot of responses. I recently came under the ownership of an IBM Intellistation M Pro dual P2 400 MHz machine. I am trying to figure out if I can get rid of the P2's and throw in some P3's around 933 or a 1 GHz. Now, normally, I would think that the chipset would limit this and make it not possible. However, after doing a little research, I saw someone make a post on this forum (Overclocking) saying that the board MIGHT support these faster CPUs. I have been scouring the Internet and burning up bandwidth at Google. I am coming up short. Does anyone have experience with these towers? I am looking to throw WinSrv2K3 Standard on it. Attempting to begin the long road to the MCSE considering my limited experience with ANY server OS. Can this machine handle that OS? I am going to put in 1024 MBs of PC 133 RAM that should clock down to 100 MHz just fine. Please let me know guys (and ladys)!! Thanks!
IBM Intellistation M Pro 6889
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I also have an intellistation m pro 6889, and i can tell you for shure: this computer is upgradable to dual intel pIII @ 600 Mhz,
[check your bios version and see if it can update the cpu, if you have the original bios you will get a post error message like this:"176 [or what ever] no cpu bios update",if you have this, then you must download the flash bios utility from:http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=JBAR-3UQJR3.
it will work without the update but it will run your cpu under-clocked
You can try an SEC to PGA adapter for pentium III E models up to 1200 mhz but it will work only with one cpu, and it is better to have 2 cpu's @600 then 1 cpu @1200
about the workstation:I have'it from a second hand computer shop bought'it very cheap[about 150$]only one cpu@450+9.1 gb ibm ultrastar lvd uw 160 hdd , recently I spent some money on two pIII@500 Mhz, one 120 gb wdc caviar se + some extra 256 mb of memory ,after all this there is no program or game that won't run on this multimedia monster
[check your bios version and see if it can update the cpu, if you have the original bios you will get a post error message like this:"176 [or what ever] no cpu bios update",if you have this, then you must download the flash bios utility from:http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=JBAR-3UQJR3.
it will work without the update but it will run your cpu under-clocked
You can try an SEC to PGA adapter for pentium III E models up to 1200 mhz but it will work only with one cpu, and it is better to have 2 cpu's @600 then 1 cpu @1200
about the workstation:I have'it from a second hand computer shop bought'it very cheap[about 150$]only one cpu@450+9.1 gb ibm ultrastar lvd uw 160 hdd , recently I spent some money on two pIII@500 Mhz, one 120 gb wdc caviar se + some extra 256 mb of memory ,after all this there is no program or game that won't run on this multimedia monster
I am building a system somewhat like that with dual PII's. Here is a handy site: http://www.powerleap.com/PL-P3SMP.html. Hey iulius how did u get that video card in that system, isn't it an agp 2x board? Is it a PCI card?
9600 pro on P3 motherboard
initialy I was going for the Asus
» A9600SE/TD/P/128M - Radeon 9600, Agp 8X/4X/2X, ATi Radeon 9600, 128Mb DDR SDRAM (64bit), 325, 400, but that "(64bit)" was not an option, so I asked for something better,that thing vas the Gigabyte
» GV-R96P128DH - Radeon 9600 Pro, AGP 8X/4X, Radeon 9600 Pro, 128Mb DDR SDRAM (128 bit), DirectX 9.0/ OpenGL 1.4, SMARTSHADER 2.1/ SMOOTHVISION 2.1/ FULLSTREAM. Next thing to do:went back home, got my comp,return to the shop & checked for compatibility,-it was -:amazed:. Further more, the Omega drivers allowed me to lower the agp spd to 1X:amazed:
initialy I was going for the Asus
» A9600SE/TD/P/128M - Radeon 9600, Agp 8X/4X/2X, ATi Radeon 9600, 128Mb DDR SDRAM (64bit), 325, 400, but that "(64bit)" was not an option, so I asked for something better,that thing vas the Gigabyte
» GV-R96P128DH - Radeon 9600 Pro, AGP 8X/4X, Radeon 9600 Pro, 128Mb DDR SDRAM (128 bit), DirectX 9.0/ OpenGL 1.4, SMARTSHADER 2.1/ SMOOTHVISION 2.1/ FULLSTREAM. Next thing to do:went back home, got my comp,return to the shop & checked for compatibility,-it was -:amazed:
. Further more, the Omega drivers allowed me to lower the agp spd to 1X:amazed:Hey MicroBell, Where did you find the spec's for the m pro? I have a Z Pro 6865-25u with dual intel 450's which I've been looking for the spec's to see if intel dual P3 733Mhz will work. also have a noob ?. When it says dual 450mhz does it mean it's a 900mhz total or just 450mhz.
Intellistation Z Pro
you will find the specs for your Intellistation at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docvie...1JBAR-3YULC6&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en
you should know that the Z pro is a xeon platform dual capable, you can probably use two xeon's at 500 or 550 Mhz each
you will find the specs for your Intellistation at http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docvie...1JBAR-3YULC6&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en
you should know that the Z pro is a xeon platform dual capable, you can probably use two xeon's at 500 or 550 Mhz each
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