dual processor board, 1 chip

[Smie]

Im in the process of building a computer, and until my next payday, i want to go with setting everything up, I have 1 chip for my motherboard, but not the other. Is it possible for me to just put the chip in the cpu1 slot and boot it up? thanks!

[HarryW]

There shouldn't be any problem with that. You might possibly have to set some BIOS settings but I would expect it to be very straightforward.

[Gandalf_Grey_]

hmmm, give it a try, the worst that could happen is that it wouldn't turn on. i think

[JungleMan]

I think Xeon systems might need a terminator "chip"...I don't know about the newer Xeons, maybe that's just for the older ones.

From my knowledge Athlon MP systems can boot fine with one chip.

[Jmmsbnd007]

It will be fine. What kind of motherboard is it?

[JoshT]

My dual PIII MBs have always come with the terminator in the second slot, my dual Athlon MP MBs don't, and shouldn't need it, but I haven't needed to run one of them with only one CPU.