IBM netfinity 3500

[Croaker]

I got a free IBM netfinity 3500. It old and slow but works. It has 192mb SDram with 1 p2 333 and a SCSI 4.3gb harddrive. I want to know, to add a second CPU(yes it is dual slot 1 LX motherboard) do the stepping codeds have to be the same I can not seem to find a match the to one I have. I can get a second one for $10.00 Also can celerons be used in dual slot motherboards. I have 2 cel 333 that are the same stepping but It will not post when I put the 2 in. I flashed the bios with the most current IBM has.

 

[folken]

Celerons do not have dual cpu capability.
You need 2 identical cpus.
You can get P2 333 cpus off ebay for dirt cheap.

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[Crashman]

They don't have to be an exact match, they do need to be the same speed.

What the last guy said is not exactly true, early Celerons (PPGA, not Copperine/FC-PGA) could be used in a dual configuration. I believe it requires a dual-CPU compatable early Celeron adapter. You could do 2x512MHz Celerons using the appropriate adapter, but good luck finding them.

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[folken]

I thought the older celerons could only work in a dual cpu config if they were modded. Their cores were very simmilar to the PII core so ppl modded them to work in dual. I don't know about newer celerons.

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[Crashman]

The mod can be done on a Socket 370 to Slot 1 adapter card. Many older cards employed that mod. None of the FC-PGA Celerons were capable, just the earlier ones. The split was 533MHz, where both cores were available, faster ones weren't capable while slower ones were.

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[Croaker]

I tried the 2 slot 1 celeron 333 I have it did not post. It will post with only 1. So as long as I get a PII 333 the stepping does not matter.

 

[Crashman]

As far as I know any PII 333 will work in the second slot.

About Celerons, if you wanted to try a pair of those you'd be best off using two Socket 370 versions on 2 Slot-1 adapter cards that are designed for the purpose. I guess you could modify the regular Slot-1 version, but I don't know how.

Of course a pair of Celeron 500's would be faster, but a pair of PII 333's would be far easier.

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