Building a new box from scratch There is definitely something genetic about getting new toys. I see it in people from a wide variety of backgrounds (not just computer geeks). I have been fortunate enough to have obtained a new workstation. This is the first time in over 10 years that I have owned anything …
XEON gets a new cable which should improve disk speed You might recall how I installed a different SCSI adapter and went from a 13 minute kernel build to a 9 minute kernel build. That’s the The XEON lives! article. Shortly after posting that article, I received a message from a reader suggesting that …
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More dual XEON pics Now that the XEON is alive and running, I figured it was time to take some more pictures. I especially wanted to show you how I rigged up a fan to cool the second CPU. I was given this idea by the techs at Quay Computers. The pictures If you click …
The XEON lives! For those of you that have been asking about the XEON, it now lives and breathes. I was able to borrow a Compaq SCSI card with the proper cable from llearch. This allowed me to get the box running the the SCSI drives. Unfortunately, the SuperMicro S2DGE motherboard didn’t present me …
The XEON assembly story This story is a bit out of order. Two days ago, I posted the pictures and today I’m describing how it was assembled. Fans, screws, nuts, and hot stuff I spent some of Wednesday looking at how the box would fit together. I installed the CDRW into the only available slot …
The dual XEON box takes shape This page will record the progress of the dual XEON box I’m building up. It contains some photographs, an explanation of how I assembled the box, a list of the box hardware, and a request for donations of hardware needed to get the box up and running. Background While …