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December 11th, 2007 11:00

PE1900 Second Processor

Hello! I have a PE1900 with one Xeon Woodcrest 5110 1.6Ghz and I would like to add a second one. Do I have to stick with Dell for this or can I purchase the Intel 5110 from someone else? Yes, there is about a $200 price difference between Dell and say Newegg for the processor. I am not sure if the Dell Intel 5110 is proprietary or not.
 
If I can purchase elsewhere I am noticing that there are two different 5110's. One is  BX805565110P Passive 2U processor and the other is the BX805565110A 1U Active processor. Can anyone tell me which one I would need?
 
Thanks for your help!!
 
Tyler
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    Posted December 11th, 2007 19:00

    I just came here to ask pretty much the exact same question. I have searched around and found that the passive/2u is only a heatsink on top of the processor, whereas the active/1u is a heatsink with a fan mounted on top. The passive/2u is only for systems that have a fan and some kind of tunnel/shroud that blows air over the processor. Unfortunately my PowerEdge 1900 is at our data center so it is not convenient for me to go down and crack open the case to look at the existing CPU. If you have your PowerEdge 1900 handy can you please open it up to see if there is a fan or not on the existing CPU? I was pretty disappointed that neither Dell tech support nor Dell spare parts could answers this question for me. Thanks! -Adrian

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