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  1. Jun 15th, 2002, 03:57 PM #1
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    dual processor board, 1 chip

    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!
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  2. Jun 15th, 2002, 09:09 PM #2
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    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.
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    hmmm, give it a try, the worst that could happen is that it wouldn't turn on. i think
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    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.
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  6. Jun 18th, 2002, 12:23 AM #5
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    It will be fine. What kind of motherboard is it?
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    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.
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