IT Technicians successfully remove 2nd CPU
Posted by Matthew on Friday February 6, 2004 @10:35PM
from the abnormal-physiology dept.
Matthew writes: IT Technicians successfully removed the 2nd CPU from a new Dell Workstation Friday afternoon. The Dell Workstation, purchased January 22nd in Vallejo, California, was delivered with a second CPU and had a motherboard with two processor slots. Dual processor workstations are a rare but not unheard of configuration.
“The Computer had two CPUs, and two processor sockets. But the two CPUs shared memory and all of the peripherals. The concern of course is that the second processor would steal power and memory bandwidth from the primary processor, which of course necessitated its removal.” Said A+ certified IT Technician Rudy Wilson. “We had to jumper some contacts as well to ensure proper operation. It’s a delicate operation.”
Technicians subsequently booted the computer and have verified that it is properly operating.
“I’m so thankful that everything worked out correctly. Now my computer has a chance at normal operation.”
Subject:Perhaps they aren't better than one
Sorry about the link. The moving lips thing totally creeped me out.
Comment by Matthew — February 6, 2004 @ 10:46 pm
Subject:Re: Perhaps they aren't better than one
good story. funny.
..link is quite unfunny, but it's not the “1K people died” one after all…
“Smile, they said, life could be worse”. So I did and so it was.
Comment by theKnight — February 8, 2004 @ 6:46 am