Hi folks, especially Matevž
Over a month later, I've found time to upload pictures of the guts of
my 2·0GHz single-processor XServe G5.
You should be able to make out a rectangular white connector block on
the right of http://tinyurl.com/438333t. (You can see its location at http://tinyurl.com/428p8rb
and http://tinyurl.com/3gyj7bs, not far above the existing
processor.) There is normally a white cap over this connector but I
took it off just to show the pin-holes in these photos.
Can anyone tell me
- Is this a connector for a second processor?
- Would a second processor work in an XServe that was sold as a single-
processor set-up? If found conflicting opinions about this online.
- If so, would any 2·0 G5 processor do or would it have to be a
specific one for this location? That is, can I use one from a G5
desktop (which I think would be more easily available) or can it be
one cannibalised from another single-processor 2·0 XServe G5 (which
will be rarer) or even one specifically made for this position in this
model (much rarer, I guess)?
- Any ideas about cost?
- Would the performance boost be worthwhile - or even noticeable?
This XServe runs vanilla 10·5·8 (Leopard) - I don't yet have Leopard
server - and has 5GB of SD-RAM (four times 1GB ECC SDRAM PC3200U-30330
plus two times 256MB ECC SDRAM PC3200U-30330 plus two times 256MB
SDRAM PC3200U-30330). The most frequently used apps are Mail, Safari,
iTunes, Adobe Creative Suite version 3 and MS Office 2008.
And in case you were wondering, yes, the XServe is mounted on the side
of my desk. It has a cover to duct away noise and fan heat but runs at
a comfortable(?) 53°C even when it's been on continuously, with high
processor use (compressing data for a complete online back-up) for
over 10 days now. Pix of cover are at http://tinyurl.com/3s9chgx and http://tinyurl.com/4x4l2e8
Thanks muchly
Bruce
On 25 May 2011, at 06:47, Matevž Markovič wrote:
Hy!
Here is the link to the Xserve G5 developer note:
http://developer.apple.com/legacy/mac/library/documentation/Hardware/Developer_Notes/Servers/XserveG5/XserveG5.pdf
.
I still do not know whether it is possible to install second-cpu,
perhaps
others can tell you more? Do you have a secondary cpu slot?
Anyway, in the note it states: "Warning: DON’T TRY TO USE OLDER
PROCESSOR
CARDS! This connector differs from those in earlier
computers and it is not pin-compatible."
As for the memory upgrade, the maximum for this computer is 8GB (184-
pin,
unbuffered, ECC DDR400 SDRAM DIMMs, unbuffered,
8-byte, with parity, PC3200 compliant).
Yours,
Matevž Markovič
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