compaq proliant 1500 server

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Hello,

I received an Compaq Proliant an I want upgrade it. My question was
this one: is it possible to put a new motherboard in the compaq and
by witch vendor i can find such motherboard?? It must be not
neccesairly a Compaq motherboard, asus or tyan is quite good also.(
but it must be compatibel of course)

Thanx to help me

Thewise

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?)

Ben's correct. Forget about a non-Compaq board. Even a newer Compaq
motherboard, though it might physically fit the chasis, is likely to have
different connectors and internal pinouts.
HH

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:4339386e.440178@nntp.charter.net...
> For the most part, motherboard layouts in older Compaq servers are quite
> proprietary. With luck, you may find a newer Compaq server board that
> fits in
> the same chassis... Ben Myers
>
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:31:43 GMT, bxldaniel@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid
> (thewiseoldmen) wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I received an Compaq Proliant an I want upgrade it. My question was
>>this one: is it possible to put a new motherboard in the compaq and
>>by witch vendor i can find such motherboard?? It must be not
>>neccesairly a Compaq motherboard, asus or tyan is quite good also.(
>>but it must be compatibel of course)
>>
>>Thanx to help me
>>
>>Thewise
>>
>