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Quad Pentium Pro Compaq Proliant 5000 claiming their is a cpu error

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First post, by Winman486

Posted on 2022-03-03, 01:05

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Hello I just got this server today and I have cleaned the CPU board contacts with deoxit and tried the second CPU board it came with but it still is giving me a bad CPU error anyone have any idea whats wrong and yes I have checked they are all Pentium Pro 200MHZ

Reply 1 of 3, by Winman486

Posted on 2022-03-03, 09:09

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Figured it out just needed to run the Compaq Smart Start 5.5 disc.

Reply 2 of 3, by Errius

Posted on 2022-03-03, 13:51

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Oh, that's a sexy beast. more pix please.

ETA: I also see you have a Blueberry iMac G3 Rev. C/D. I have the same model. I've upgraded mine to 333 MHz/384 MB/128 GB with dual boot OS 9.2/OS X 10.3

"This all reminds me when i took the windows vista sticker thingy off my old laptop, and on my washing machine as a joke. A few days later said washing machine stopped working. I still think this cannot be a coincidence."

Reply 3 of 3, by pentiumspeed

Posted on 2022-03-03, 22:12

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Great! Good job on reviving that server.

Cheers,

Great Northern aka Canada.

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