I envision that we'll be looking to replace the entire mobo (mem/cpu/hdrive). given that these are compaq systems, i extpect that the ps/fans will more than drive any board we put in. guess my real question is can we find cheap enough boards that will fit the dimensions of the chasis.... i'm not sure what the boards are that are currently in the systems.. given the decrease in the price of the boards/mem/hdrives.. we should be ok.. hopefully!! -bruce -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Scot L. Harris Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:36 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Replacing Motherboards... On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 11:24 -0700, bruce wrote: > We've got a few older 800/900MHz Compaq DL360 1U servers, and we're looking > at replacing/upgrading the motherboard/mem with something along the lines of > the 1.8/2.6GHz boards.. Has anyone any experience doing this.. Any pointers, > etc... If you mean pulling the motherboard and replacing it while leaving the harddrive, yes. The caveat is that you will need to keep the same processor type or you will need to install the kernel for the processor you are moving to. In general if you stay in the same family this should be very painless. I swapped harddrives in a couple of systems and was very surprised that the system recognized the changed hardware, USB chip set, network chip set, etc. and came up on the new motherboard just fine. As always make backups first just in case. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
