Will this dual-xeon motherboard boot with a single CPU?
May 18, 2009 5:31 AM Subscribe
Will a dual-1366 (Nehalem, Xeon 5xxx) motherboard work with a single CPU?
Specifically, a SUPERMICRO MBD-X8DAL-i-O Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5500 motherboard and a single Intel Xeon E5504 CPU.
The second CPU/ram will be loaded in a few months but I need to replace a box pretty soon so I'm bootlegging it.
I know I'll have to populate only the loaded CPU's ram slots, but it ought to work anyway, right?
Specifically, a SUPERMICRO MBD-X8DAL-i-O Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5500 motherboard and a single Intel Xeon E5504 CPU.
The second CPU/ram will be loaded in a few months but I need to replace a box pretty soon so I'm bootlegging it.
I know I'll have to populate only the loaded CPU's ram slots, but it ought to work anyway, right?
Best answer: I'm not sure if it had the same motherboard, but I had a 1U rack server from supermicro that had only 1 cpu in it (cockup with the ordering process) and it worked just fine until the second cpu arrived.
posted by DreamerFi at 7:32 AM on May 18, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by DreamerFi at 7:32 AM on May 18, 2009 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Update: One round trip by UPS later due to a DOA motherboard and the described system booted fine with one CPU. It's also hilariously faster than the P4 it's replacing.
posted by Skorgu at 1:19 PM on June 17, 2009
posted by Skorgu at 1:19 PM on June 17, 2009
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posted by jmd82 at 6:36 AM on May 18, 2009 [1 favorite]