I think I made a mistake

[lsu365]

I just ordered a dual processor intel board for a server and a xeon chip. The chip just came in but I'm having this horrible feeling that to run the board will need both sockets filled which means buying another xeon chip. I couldn't find anything online that said you needed both sockets filled but then I didn't find anything that said you didn't. Which is it?

 

[Thor86]

Some boards require a terminating chip on the socket that doesn't contain a cpu.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

If it needs one, it should come with the board. But the Xeon will have to be a DP model anyways.

 

[lsu365]

Now I feel stupid. I went and checked the tech specs for the board (intel SE7320VP2D2 btw) to see what it says about a terminating chip and clear as day it says "Support for one or two 64-bit Intel® Xeon?processors". Thanks though. Even though I found the answer myself, probably wouldn't have unless you said something about a terminating chip.

 

[TerryMathews]

I don't think any DP Xeon boards require terminating chips, dunno about MP. I personally haven't seen a board require a terminator chip since the Slot 2 days.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: lsu365
I just ordered a dual processor intel board for a server and a xeon chip. The chip just came in but I'm having this horrible feeling that to run the board will need both sockets filled which means buying another xeon chip. I couldn't find anything online that said you needed both sockets filled but then I didn't find anything that said you didn't. Which is it?

Look in your manual. I doubt any recent DP Xeon board actually requires a terminator.

 

[AkumaX]

it would have been a no brainer if it was AMD