How do I identify the motherboard revision in my Sun Blade 1000?

All,

I have seen discussions around Blade 1000/2000 being the same. I would
like to upgrade my 900MHz Processors to the faster Cu 1200MHz. OPB is
upgraded to the latest release. I just want to double check that I do
not have one of the earliest motherboards. How do I identify my
motherboard revision?

Thank you all in advance.
HD

"haydude" <> wrote in message
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> All,
>
> I have seen discussions around Blade 1000/2000 being the same. I would
> like to upgrade my 900MHz Processors to the faster Cu 1200MHz. OPB is
> upgraded to the latest release. I just want to double check that I do
> not have one of the earliest motherboards. How do I identify my
> motherboard revision?
>
> Thank you all in advance.
> HD

Do the 1200 MHz CPUs require a certain model board?

The P/Ns for the boards in the Sun Blade 1000/2000 and Sun Fire 280R are:

501-4143
501-5938
501-6230
501-6560

So without resorting to visual inspection you can do:

% prtfru | egrep '4143|5938|6230|6560'

On my Sun Blade 1000 this gives as output:

/ManR/Sun_Part_No: 5015938

So I guess mine is not the oldest, but neither the newest model system board
Sun ever used.

If instead you do:

% prtfru > /tmp/frus

And go into the file with 'vi' or some other editor and find the line that
has your P/N you'll see all kinds of other cool data like the serial number,
revision number, and other info.

Trinean

On 18 Sep, 22:25, "Trinean" <trin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "haydude" <hayd...@alpensea.com> wrote in message
>
> news: ps.com...
>
> > All,
>
> > I have seen discussions around Blade 1000/2000 being the same. I would
> > like to upgrade my 900MHz Processors to the faster Cu 1200MHz. OPB is
> > upgraded to the latest release. I just want to double check that I do
> > not have one of the earliest motherboards. How do I identify my
> > motherboard revision?
>
> > Thank you all in advance.
> > HD
>
> Do the 1200 MHz CPUs require a certain model board?
>
> The P/Ns for the boards in the Sun Blade 1000/2000 and Sun Fire 280R are:
>
> 501-4143
> 501-5938
> 501-6230
> 501-6560
>
> So without resorting to visual inspection you can do:
>
> % prtfru | egrep '4143|5938|6230|6560'
>
> On my Sun Blade 1000 this gives as output:
>
> /ManR/Sun_Part_No: 5015938
>
> So I guess mine is not the oldest, but neither the newest model system board
> Sun ever used.
>
> If instead you do:
>
> % prtfru > /tmp/frus
>
> And go into the file with 'vi' or some other editor and find the line that
> has your P/N you'll see all kinds of other cool data like the serial number,
> revision number, and other info.
>
> Trinean

Thank you! I really appreciate.

Best regards,
HD

Just to follow on my previous message, I have upgraded my Sun Blade
1000, board 501-5938, with 2 x USIII+ 1200 MHz.
Works fine.
HD

"haydude" <> wrote in message
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> Just to follow on my previous message, I have upgraded my Sun Blade
> 1000, board 501-5938, with 2 x USIII+ 1200 MHz.
> Works fine.
> HD

Was the jump from 900 MHz CPUs to 1200 MHz CPUs a noticeable difference?
I had upgraded from 750 MHz to 900 MHz at one point and didn't see a radical
jump in speed.

Trinean