[comp.sys.hp] swapping cpu cards 350 <-> 360

dme@doc.ic.ac.uk (Dave Edmondson) (06/28/90)

I wish to swap the CPU cards in my 9000/350 and 9000/360 (for various
reasons, all of which are never apparent to me at any one moment).
the 360 is a scsi machine, the 350 is hpib, but has an expansion
cabinet (and different size slots in that cabinet).  should i have any
trouble ?

replies to me please - i'll post if there's lots of interest (which i
doubt).

dave.
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rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (06/29/90)

re: > I wish to swap the CPU cards in my 9000/350 and 9000/360 (for various
    > reasons, all of which are never apparent to me at any one moment).
    > the 360 is a scsi machine, the 350 is hpib, but has an expansion
    > cabinet (and different size slots in that cabinet).  should i have any
    > trouble ?

Should be no problem, as long as you swap all of the following:
 - CPU board
 - RAM
 - Human interface board
 - 98248A/B floating point

The underlying boxes are identical.

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garvey@cmic.UUCP (Joe Garvey) (07/05/90)

In article <7370163@hpfcso.HP.COM>, rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:
> re: > I wish to swap the CPU cards in my 9000/350 and 9000/360 (for various
> 
> Should be no problem, as long as you swap all of the following:
>  - CPU board
>  - RAM
>  - Human interface board
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I've have(had) both machine types here. From what I can tell the Human
Interface boards are identical for 330, 350, 360, 370. 375 is different.
I should be getting my upgrade soon... hee hee hee. :-)

For swapping CPU's you must also be aware that a 360 w/ memory uses 1 DIO-II
slot while a 350 uses 2 DIO-II slots. You may(not) have room in your other
chassis.

> The underlying boxes are identical.

I also noticed that the 7.0 update "senses" that a machine hasn't rebuilt
the kernel itself (in a diskless cluster). Is this due to the fact that
HP intends to take advantages of small differences between the 68020
and the 68030? Or was it just to annoy me after I hand rebuilt all the
kernels in the cluster just to make sure they were right? :-)

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rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (07/07/90)

re: >>> I wish to swap the CPU cards in my 9000/350 and 9000/360 (for various

>> Should be no problem, as long as you swap all of the following:
>>  - CPU board
>>  - RAM
>>  - Human interface board
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> I've have(had) both machine types here. From what I can tell the Human
> Interface boards are identical for 330, 350, 360, 370. 

Yes, they are identical, unless they aren't  :-)

There are two versions, one with ThinLAN BNC, and the other with AUI LAN.
If the part numbers are revision levels of the two Human Int boards are
the same, you need not swap them.