[TriLUG] Uh-oh: hardware question: IBM VRM

[Andrew Perrin]

Folks, I'm afraid I'm in over my head and am hoping someone can bail me
out.

I bought an IBM xSeries 226 server and am souping it up for use in some
number crunching.  One of my "innovations" was to buy a second CPU for it:
an Intel Xeon 2.8Ghz processor, exactly the same as the one that came with
it.

Problem, though: apparently I have to insert a Voltage Regulator Module
(VRM) in order to enable the second processor. I have no idea what such a
thing is or how I get one, and they're apparently not available from IBM,
since the part is 24R2701 or ...02 and nothing comes up on the website
when I search for that.

So, can anyone tell me what a VRM is and how I can get one?

Thanks-
Andy

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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
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