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

[John Broome]

If no one local has one, ebay might be your best bet.

On 10/27/05, Andrew Perrin <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
> 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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