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Question about Dual Processors

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kylef14

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I have a PIII 600mhz box with the Intel® 440BX chipset which supports dual proccesors. My question is this. I have a PII 400mhz processor laying around and I was wondering if I could add that as a second processor? Will this work? If so do I need anything special and what OS should i put on it? Thanks for any help. If your curious all the specs are listed here:
Processor
Intel Pentium III 600 MHz

Cache Memory
256-KB Full speed Level 2 cache per processor

Upgradability
Upgradable to dual processing

Memory
Standard 128 MB of 100-MHz Registered ECC SDRAM memory
Maximum 1 GB

Network Controller
Compaq NC3161 Fast Ethernet NIC Embedded 10/100 WOL standard

Expansion Slots
I/O (Total) 6, 5 available
Shared PCI/ISA 1, 1
PCI 3, 3 or 2 (depending on model)
ISA 1, 1
AGP 1, 1 or 0 (depending on model)

Storage Controller
Wide-Ultra SCSI and integrated Ultra ATA

Storage
Diskette Drives 1.44 MB
CD-ROM 32X Max CD-ROM Drive IDE
Hard Drives 9.1-GB Wide-Ultra2 SCSI (7200 rpm)
(Wide-Ultra SCSI or Wide Ultra2 SCSI capable depending on controller.)
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I believe you need the same type of CPU down to a stepping of almost equal number.
I could be wrong but I don't believe so.
Also you have to get away from the 98 kernel.. Upgrade to NT or 2k to get access to the other CPU other wise it'll just sit there.

Gatsby - 735
 
So main question is now: In a dual processing system do they two processors have to be the exact same?
 
i think they have to be the same speed AND the same stepping. that's wut i have always thought. that's one reason y ocing is a problem. tho i know a friend who had a dualy celeron 300@450's. so yea..same speed and stepping.
 
They must be the same speed, and preferably the same stepping. Different steppings may work together, but it can cause instability.
 
Just do it right the first time and spend the money on the same speed and steppings so that there is no headache down the road.
 
they done have to have the same stepping. It was even found that you could dual a celeron and a p2 if needed. But its preferable to have same stepping and chip type
 
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