Server MBs

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 13:08 -0400, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Friday 19 August 2005 12:18 pm, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > I am not trying to run them in the same motherboard. I have selected the
> > ATX motherboard and CPU that I want. What confuses me is that the rack
> > chassis info say they are for an ATX with a Dual Xeon. I can see that
> > they can say they support such a thing. But does that mean this is all
> > the rack supports? I thought ATX defined where the connectors are and
> > the types of connectors for power and things. The specific CPU should
> > not really be a concern of the rack chassis. In fact, I have found some
> > manufacturers that say their racks support ATX MB with Xeon, P4 or PIII.
> > I think in the other cases (where only Xeon is listed) the manufacturer
> > is being lazy or assumes their customers know this support (P4 and all)
> > is implied.
> 
> Maybe that board doesn't have the power connectors required for a P4, only the 
> Xeon.  They are different.

That is the thing. There is no motherboard or power supply. Only that
the racks can hold an ATX board. These are things I would add. So why
are the racks so specific on stating that they support Dual Xeon and do
not mention anything else? 


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