IBM P570 Power5 and Power5+ processors

Glory_Cloud · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 2942

I had some IBM 9117 P570 Power5 and Power5+ processor modules
come into my warehouse. I haven't taken a heat sink off yet to see
what they look like. Anyone know what they look like??

( 4 ) IBM 03N5689 1.5Ghz 2-way Power5 processors
( 7 ) IBM 10N7709 1.9Ghz 2-way Power5+processors
( 6 ) IBM 80P5161 1.5Ghz 2-way Power5 processors
( 8 ) IBM 80P5240 1.5Ghz 2-way Power5 processors

The processor modules are on the left of the cases with two per case.

CPUShack · Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:57 pm Post subject:

taken apart a few

Vlasta · Joined: 15 May 2012 Posts: 2565

For sale?

CPUShack · Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 12:06 pm Post subject:

I don't have any more unfortunately

Glory may though

Glory_Cloud · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 2942

How did you get the cage apart to get the heat sink off John?? Smile

CPUShack · Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:49 pm Post subject:

the processor modules slide out of the big racks, then the 2 halves come apart with several screws (torx IIRC)

Heat to desolder chip from board and heat to remove heatsink

Glory_Cloud · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 2942

OK. I was wondering if I had to take the bottom board
out as I wasn't seeing a way to easily take the side panels
off so I could get to the big heat sink.

Thanks!

CPUShack · Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:09 pm Post subject:

yah board has to be completely out of the metal enclosure

Glory_Cloud · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 2942

It's a big heatsink hiding a nice chip!

CPUShack · Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:17 pm Post subject:

board has to come out of the case, heatsink should be screwed to bottom of the board

Glory_Cloud · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 2942

I finally have one that I can take apart. The board is free
and out of the metal case but I may still need to use the
heat gun to get the big heatsink to come off the chip.

Hopefully, I will have some pictures of what my Power5
looks like later tonight. Cool

CPUShack · Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:04 pm Post subject:

heatsink is usually held on by a single screw through a plate on the bottom of the PCB

Then there are one or 2 heatspreaders covering the die, held on with a silicon based glue. These are what need heat to remove.

Glory_Cloud · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 2942

Yeah, the big heat sink came off with just a little heat.
The two "ying and yang" heat spreaders were a bear to get off
but they did finally come loose. Smile

Here is what the IBM Power5 chips that I have look like.
I haven't cleaned it yet but she still looks like a beauty!
I am guessing that it is a 1.9Ghz two-way processor.

CPUShack · Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 12:01 am Post subject:

Looks to be POWER5 rather then POWER5+ (die sizes are diff)

only speed you can know is that of the module (using the part number on the metal casing)

Each chip wasnt really rated for a particular speed, only a max, and slapped into any module less then or equal to that

isa-d · Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Posts: 2984 Location: Italy

Nice, if you plan to sell one of these 1 way Power5 I'm in for one
I will be away for 10 days and I can reply only when I will return

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