On Sat, 23 Oct 2010, John David Anglin wrote: > On Sat, 23 Oct 2010, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > > It showed "WARNING: Too many CPUs for this system." and the new cpu wasn't > > shown in "IN PR" command. Also, "BO" command refused to boot becuase of > > the warning. > > I would check system LEDs to see if a fault is indicated. Also, look > for relevant errors in the service error logs. LEDs 2 and 3 are red --- just like a normal boot, when the machine is waiting in the PDC menu for the boot command. > Are both processor modules same speed and cache? Yes. > The following suggests Carlos is correct: > > http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1287851022683+28353475&threadId=1251754 Yes, I found it too. > In reviewing the technical reference, I don't see any warning that > upgrading/replacing a processor module may require a HP technician > to reset the system configuration. > > In the section on replacing the system board, it says to use the ss_update > utility in the BCH Service menu to reset the serial number. Is the MFG > menu accessible? There may be some hidden commands to setup config. There is a service menu, but no mfg menu and no ss_update command. Interesting ... "mfg" gives "ERROR: Unsupported command" while any other bad commands gives "ERROR: Unknown command". So there is something magic abouth that "mfg" menu, but it's inaccessible. > It appears that processors have to be installed in the correct slot > since the BCH has the following warning: > WARNING: Processors are not installed in the correct order. > > Dave > -- > J. David Anglin dave.anglin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > National Research Council of Canada (613) 990-0752 (FAX: 952-6602) Mikulas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
