Stepping 1 1st or Stepping 4 1st

[yukon10]

If I have two PIII processors.. One that is Stepping 1 and one that is Stepping 4 which one should be in the first slot on my dell poweredge?? and will it make a difference??

thanks

 

[jkupski]

For best performance and stability, the stepping (better yet, the batch code if possible) of the CPUs in multi processor systems should be identical.

 

[yukon10]

I've been told that, but everytime I call Dell to try and get them to swap it they say its compatible and don't need to be swapped. Should I just keep calling back until they swap it. The problem is its been in my server for over a year now, but I just wonder if it could run better than it currently does...

 

[jkupski]

In that case, I direct you to another good idea: if it aint broke, don't fix it.