RE: [cobalt-users] XTR CPU Upgrades

["Greg O'Lone" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Bruce Timberlake
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 5:03 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] XTR CPU Upgrades
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> > Thanks Bruce! I was actually thinking of upgrading a 733 to a 933
> > since they were manufactured at the same time. If you think this
> > config is any different, please let me know. I won't have a new
> > processor until after the holidays some time, but am looking
> > forward to the boost!
> 
> That should work, but FYI, the 733/933 MHz XTRs are the "defective" 
> units.  You might want to contact Sun and see if they are still doing 
> the free swaps...  the RAID on the 733/933 can fail unpredictably, 
> especially under load.  Also random data corruption to the hard 
> drives even if you're not running RAID.
> 
Bruce-

Do you know if there's any way to tell if the unit has already been
fixed? We bought this one used.

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Greg