Disable Processor in BIOS??

Question

Hi, I have a PowerEdge 2650 dual processor server in a live enviroment running 2000 server & SQL2000 server. The SQL license is for a single processor only, so unless I want to fork out another £4000 I need to disable a processor or worse case scenario remove it physically?   Has anyone any ideas on how I would acheive this, preferable diabling through BIOS if possible?   Thanx   Gary

Mark_A_Smith · Answer

A processor that is installed can not be disabled in the BIOS.  You can remove it and this will do the same thing.   The easier method is to use the /numproc=1 switch in your boot.ini:   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721/en-us

scan1703 · Answer

Hmm, that sounds interesting, would Microsoft be OK with that on a licensing front do you know?   Thanx   Gary

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Disable Processor in BIOS??

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