That *may* void your warranty or support agreement on the box, if you have
one....

  I recall that in Socket 7 days, many dual-capable motherboards didn't
include the voltage regulator for the second CPU.  I don't know if anyone
still does that, but upgrading to two *might* require more than just the
CPU.

  Do you know if the box uses regular PIII chips, or Xeons?  That could make
a difference, too.  I don't remember at exactly what point Intel dropped
multi capability from their non-Xeon chips.

David Gillett


On 5 May 2004 at 23:33, Jose E. Dominguez wrote:

> I have a client that has an HP Netserver E800. It's got one 1GHz PIII
> CPU but it's dual capable. The HP second CPU upgrade is $998. Can I just
>
> remove the factory CPU install two boxed PIII 1GHz CPUs and be done with
>
> it? Or must I buy the HP upgrade? Has any of you done this?
>
> TIA,
>
> Jose
>
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