Motherboard for Xeon MPs

wahran

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Hello,

I got my hands on a bunch of Xeon MPs, I have no other information about them, other than they have been manufactured within this year.

They came from some quad CPU test servers. They do not have ANY markings on the heat spreader, the only marking they have is a 10 digit 'batch' number on the corner green pcb (not a spec #).

Now to my question; I would like to at least run them to get their specs and at best setup a machine with one or 2 of them (I have 10). I have put together at least 4 dozen system over the last 2 decades, but I am unable to narrow it down to one motherboard in this case.

My understanding is that these Xeon MPs have a 667Mhz FSB, and most MBs speced for them are quad CPU ones. I would like to pick a single or dual MB, but those are rated at either 400, 533 or 800Mhz FSB (probably fixed, not user/custom settable).

Anybody can suggest a 'low cost' solution to get these CPUs booted?

Thanks,

Chafik