Tuesday, 8 August 2006
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| Virtualization questions Rusli 01:55:12 |
| | Hi all,
How does this technology work? How does it compare to VMware workstation in
terms of setup? Thanks.
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Monday, 7 August 2006
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| AMD aiming for 32% of world desktop marketshare in 2006 Bbbl67 23:35:54 |
| | And also it's aiming at 15% of the world notebook marketshare this
year. All in the middle of a price war.
AMD aims to ship 26 million desktop CPUs in 2H 2006
http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20060807A1001.html
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| AMD to produce ATI GPUs in Dresden Bbbl67 22:51:57 |
| | This might be what AMD is using to fill the capacity at Fab 30 while it
converts it to Fab 38.
AMD to make GPUs in Dresden fab
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33320
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| need help with BIOS update Herman 04:06:19 |
| | I want to update a BIOS chip in an old motherboard, but I find I have an
option for a 1Mb chip or a 2Mb chip. I don't know how to tell if my chip
is 1 or 2Mb, and if I flash it with the wrong size my board will be dead.
The board is a Lucky Star 6ABX2V - manufacturer no longer exists as a
hardware manufacturer.
These are the details given by the BIOS ident utility from
www.esupport.com -
BIOS Date: 08/21/98
BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG
BIOS ID: 08/21/1998-i440BX-W977TF-2A69KL1AC
OEM Sign-On: #AD3-05
Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX rev 2
Superio: Winbond 977TF rev 0 found at port 3F0h
OS: Win98
CPU: Pentium?® II (0.25 ?µm) 400 MHz
BIOS ROM In Socket: Unknown
BIOS ROM Size: Unknown
Memory Installed: 319 MB
Memory Maximum: Unknown
As you can see the identification utility can't determine the ROM size
either.
The reason I want to try to update this BIOS is because since this
machine was updated from Windows 98 fisrt edition to Windows 98 Second
Edition it has been impossible to shut down the computer - it just hangs
with a blank screen and blinking cursor before it gets to the "Windows
is shutting down" screen.
The computer will only shutdown correctly if I start Windows in safe mode.
I have exhausted all other hardware/software update avenues, and BIOS
update is only option left I haven't tried.
Windows Update has been run and everything is current.
All add-in PCI cards have had their drivers updated to the current
version. These cards are Dlink DWL-G510 wireless card, Silicon Image Sil
0680 Ultra-133 Medley ATA Raid card, Creative Sound Blaster PCI64, and a
32Mb nVidia Riva TNT2 model 64.
The chipset drivers for the motherboard are updated and current.
I'm hoping that upgrading the BIOS will fix the shutdown problem as I
have run out of other things to try - unless someone has any other ideas?
Herman Munster
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| Rambus ruling a boost to chipmakers Yousuf Khan 01:16:44 |
| | Rthoreau wrote:> I don't think that FTC will carry much weight with the patent office,> sure I hope some patents get revoked, or written off. At the end of> the day, it's going to be business as usual. Just look at the> broadcast flag, it's still in contention, so I doubt the FTC will make> much difference. Like most things in the US government, or the UN it> could be dead on arival.
Rambus ruling a boost to chipmakers
"Chung said Hynix might find a way not to pay any penalties in the
patent infringement lawsuit brought by Rambus. Chipmakers might be able
to avoid paying royalties to Rambus as a result of the new ruling."
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/08/04/200608040028.asp
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Sunday, 6 August 2006
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| New system will not post Beoweolf 17:56:47 |
| | I decided to update my Intel 1.6cpu...it is,was the last Intel box in my
network. Decided to update to AMD2 socket, DDR, 3800+... Thent he fun began!
All the M/B required PCI express card, Ka-ching, Next, all the boards
requried DDR2,Ka-ching, Ka-ching. None of the "inexpensive" boards had more
than 2 IDE slots, so new M/B, Ka-ching, Ka-ching, Ka-ching! Format doesn't
fit the old case... OK, bottom line, I have a new system, new case, New
power supply (old 20 pin is not replaced with New 24 pin, ....just in case).
System will not post no matter what. The system is on a KVM, so that is my
next magical trick, to see if it will boot/post with old tech CRT, Keyboard
and wired mouse.
symptom: everything spins up, no video display (using either on-board video
or PCI-e card, check memory and re-seated it several times...beep at
start-up can be either memory not recognised or Video not being recognise.
I did try a SATA drive as well as the previous drives from the old system
(WD caviar's 40Gb - 2001 and 2003...they are still running strong since 2001
and 2003 on the second). I have stripped everything not totally necessary
for boot up, still no post and that same damned, mocking beep. new case is
Antec, new M/B is Gigabyte.
Any diagnostic help will be appreciated.
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| Intel takes back lead in U.S. retail Yousuf Khan 16:33:17 |
| | Looks like the price cuts that Intel did have worked for it. Not too
bad, but it's certainly not back at the 90%+ marketshares it had in
retail in the not too distant past. It's never going to get to those
levels ever again, not with the anti-trust lawsuit hanging over it.
Intel takes back lead in U.S. retail | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/Intel+takes+back+lead+in+U.S.+retail/2100-1006_3-6092226.html?tag=nl
Yousuf Khan
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| AMD might indeed be considering open-sourcing ATI drivers Yousuf Khan 14:17:28 |
| | Just as we've been discussing in other threads about whether AMD would
open-source the ATI drivers, it looks like it will. It looks like
they're talking about a "functional subset" of the ATI drivers, which
probably means all of the game cheats are being exorcised before release
into the OS community.
Yousuf Khan
"Lastly, and remember you heard it here, AMD is strongly considering
open-sourcing at least a functional subset of ATI??™s graphics drivers.
It??™s time for X Window System, OpenGL, and client virtualization for
which ATI binary drivers aren??™t available to escape the ghetto of the
1980s-era framebuffer. And what a boon for PR. If AMD??™s graphics cards
were the only ones with open device drivers, it might affect a buying
decision or two."
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/02/32OPcurve_1.html
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| AMD's marketshare did still manage to go up Bbbl67 06:58:24 |
| | Despite the onset of the major price war, and Intel sabotaging its own
sales and inventory levels, along with those of AMD's by pre-hyping the
Core 2 processors, AMD still managed to get a 1% point increase in
marketshare in this past quarter. That's according to Mercury Research.
There are other research firms that will report later too, which will
have their own data.
International Business Times - AMD Market Share Increases in Midst of
Competition
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20060727/intel-amd-marketshare.htm
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| Intel doctors Conroe slides Yousuf Khan 06:19:04 |
| | max wrote:> This article is full of errors. I guess he didn't have his tape> recorder going. He totally bungled every quote in the article,> paraphrasing everyone in a way that supported the article's theme.
Okay, be that as it may, if reporters are taking liberties with their
stories, then do you have an explanation for this story?
PC World PC World's Techlog
http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/002494.html
PC World's Harry McCracken:> "For me, though, the most memorable moment of the morning was a completely unexpected one. The event kicked off with a speech by Intel CEO Paul Ottelini in which he talked, among other things, about the era in which the CPU wars were about clockspeed. To make his point, he had a slide in which he showed covers of old computer magazines, going all the way back to the days when a 90-MHz machine was a hot rod.> Here's the slide (which is a bit fuzzy because it's a still from a video I shot with my little Canon Elph)> I wasn't surprised by the old covers, since we'd given Intel some images of old PCWs to help them out. But I was startled, to say the least, by that PC World on the far right, showing the January, 2003 issue with its great big "First 3-GHz PCs for 2003" line.> How come I was flummoxed by a PCW cover? Well, we never did that one. Here's the real January, 2003 issue, which did mention 3-Ghz PCs, but as a text-only line above our logo."
Sounds like liberties with the truth are being taken all around here,
doesn't it?
Yousuf Khan
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| Athlon 64 X2 4200+ and DDR2 800 Ram Arr 03:03:49 |
| | Having done some reading and research, I am trying to find the best
combination to put together the following system:
Motherboard: M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless AM2 Nvidia nForce 590
RAM: Corsair XMS2 2-GB (2x 1 gb) 240 pin ddr2 SDram DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Cas 5 Timing 5-5-5-12 (2 sets of 2 4 gb total)
Hard Drive: WD 320 gb 7200 SATA
Video Card: MSI NX7600GT Geforce 7600GT 256 MB GDDR3 PCI-Express x 16
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2000mhz HT
Optical Drives: Lite-on IDE Dvd Drive; Lite On 16x DVD+-R
PowerSupply: COOLER MASTER RS-550-ACLY-SLI ATX12V/ EPS12V 550W Power
Supply
Case: Cooler Master Mystique 631 RC-631 KKn1-GP ATX Mid Tower
Will a system with 4200 processor deal with the 800 ddr2 sdram?
If anyone has a system similar to this one, please give a shout and let
me know if I am forgetting about something or making any mistakes...
Suggestions are welcomed and appreciated!
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| CPU Question Mr. Mustang 03:02:19 |
| | With the price drop, I am looking at the 64 Ath 4000 and the 4600 X2.
Compaing the two on Tom's Hardware.com CPU comparing charts, the Ath 4000 is
far superior to any X2 (exception 4800 and FX 60).
Thoughts?
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Saturday, 5 August 2006
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| Pentium 965EE multiplier x16 Wolfgang 04:24:45 |
| | Hello,
I bought a pentium 965EE 3733Ghz/1066FSB CPU for an ASUS P5N32 SLI
deluxe mainboard with 0310 bios. In the bios is the option to set the
multiplier from x12 min. to x60 max. also in everest and sandra shows
the same option. I was aghast to see, that the multiplier can be
changed, but doesn't make effect when I save the change in bios. When
the multiplier is set to x16, the CPU should run with 4300Mhz, but it
still shows 3733Mhz.
Does some body know this CPU and the possibility to change the
multiplier? Intel doesn't respond, ASUS doesn't know, some people say
this, some people say that... Is there some body who really knows about
this stuff?
Thanks for answering,
regards, Wolfgang
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Friday, 4 August 2006
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| Switching from 4000+ to 4800+ AnotherAnonymous 23:25:38 |
| | In switching from a single core 4000+ to a dual core 4800+ will i have to re
install windows? I've had to do so in the past by changing certain hardware.
Anyone experienced this change, thanks for any info.
Windows XP Pro
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| Odd Temperatures With X2 4200 Peter van der Goes 19:21:28 |
| | I just replaced my A64 3200 Venice (running at 2.5 GHz) with an X2 4200.
The 3200 idled at 32-34C and would go up to 42C at full load.
For reference, case temperature = 27C in a 25C room. Temps apply to all PC's
and CPU's mentioned. Stock HSF on all CPU's.
The X2 4200 idles at 46C at stock speed, and at 48C overclocked to 2.64 GHz.
But, even after running Prime 95 for three hours, The temperature never
exceeded 53C.
The HSF that came with the X2 appears identical to the HSF that came with
the 3200. Plain aluminum block.
Oddly, I have an X2 3800 in another PC that idles at 38C and never exceeds
44C with stock HSF (looks the same as the other two).
The X2 4200 I got is the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2000MHz HT Socket
939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4200BVBOX - Retail
from Newegg, if that helps.
I guess my questions are:
Why the high idle temp? (I suspect aluminum HSF about maxed out).
Given the top loaded temp, I don't see any danger, but:
Suggestions for a better HSF that won't cost an arm and a leg?
Thanks.
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| FTC Finds Rambus Unlawfully Obtained Monopoly Power Jan Panteltje 18:59:01 |
| | FTC Finds Rambus Unlawfully Obtained Monopoly Power:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/08/rambus.htm
This _could_ lead to a withdrawel of some of Rambus patents,
and possibly claims from memory manufacturers.
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| Athlon 64 3000+ RAM issues Htnakirs@Gmail.Com 11:08:56 |
| | Config : Athlon 64 3000+ Venice, ASROCK 939NF4G-SATA2 (Nforce 6100+410
chipset), 256 MB X 2 DDR 400.
CPU Z shows under the memory tab :
DRAM Frequency value 129
CPU: DRAM value CPU/14.
SPD tab shows the max bandwidth as 200 MHz.
Setting the RAM frequency at Auto in the BIOS shows DDR 333 at boot up.
Since the 3000+ runs at 1800 with the multiplier of 9 and HT frequency
at 200, the DRAM frequency works out to 1800/14 = 129.
Setting the RAM to 400 in the BIOS does not change this value.
If overclocked by increasing HT frequency, the CPU and RAM speeds
correspondingly increase. To run the RAM at its rated speed, I need to
OC the CPU to 2800 (and the HT at 300)!
Can anyone help me understand these values? Anyone else with the same
processor having similar values? Is it the mobo that puts in the
CPU/DRAM ratio?
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Thursday, 3 August 2006
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| ATI loses bus license from Intel Yousuf Khan 07:24:39 |
| | Ha! No kidding, who woulda thought?
ATI loses bus license from Intel | TG Daily
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/07/24/ati_intel_bus_license/
Yousuf Khan
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Wednesday, 2 August 2006
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| Upgrade to Cedar Mill Larry 04:52:33 |
| | I have a compaq presario with a socket 775 intel p4 chip 2.8, 520J
(prescott)
the mother board is an asus PTGD1-LA,
Can I put an intel Cedar Mill cpu 3.4 intel chip in it.
The socket for the Cedar mill is the same, socket 775 but I wonder is
that all
I need, or do I have to upgrade the motherboard.
Thanks in Advance,
Laurence
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Tuesday, 1 August 2006
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| AMD-ATI marriage details emerge Bbbl67 20:56:24 |
| | X-bit labs - Articles - AMD Puts Arms Around ATI: Questions Answered
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/editorial/display/amd_atyt_interview.html
Some of the highlights, they are definitely looking at a GPU integrated
into the CPU scenario. They are also going to maintain the existing ATI
fab partnerships for a good amount of time into the future, the recent
fab building announcements by AMD was all about CPU capacity, and it
wasn't done in anticipation of buying a video company.
Yousuf Khan
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| over clocking Eric Shaik 18:21:30 |
| | y thikn that u need a real expensive heat dissapater (air) or atleast a 3/8"
water cool with finned radiator and better than 100 gph pump and probably a
good 1 qt resoirvor would keep things normal .. 1/2" tubes would be better
and a 200 gph pump ? well i might be conserned with pressure , pinhole leaks
and what happens when things break down and it becomes a little high
pressure squirt gun..@
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~It's a nice day ! .... but if it's not, then make it that way ! ~
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Monday, 31 July 2006
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| DDR2 limitations Guest 03:16:06 |
| | -Hi everyone,
I recently installed a new AM2 4800+ with 4GB of RAM on an ASUS M2N-E
(suppose to be very stable motherobard). Everything works great except
when I have the 4GB of RAM in the board -- Windows doesn't want to load
(ntkrnlmp.exe refuses to load). If I remove one of my 1GB DDR2 800Mhz
DIMM
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16820220142),
things work just fine (although it falls into single-channel mode).
The funny thing is that when I run Memtest86+ with the full 4GB of RAM,
no errors. Do you all know if this is a common problem or do I need to
tweak my BIOS to not use "Auto" for all the memory settings? I thought
64-bit wouldn't have memory stick bugs like before. hmm..
-=- Michael
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| Strange sound from motherboard Mikaelstaldal 00:52:06 |
| | I recently bought a new custom built computer. It has an ASUS A8V-E
Deluxe motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU.
My problem is that the computer emits a strange annoying high frequency
sound. The sound seems to come from the motherboard (or CPU). It is not
from any fan, I tried to disable both fans on the motherboard, but the
sound is still there. It is not from the video adapter, I tried to
remove it (that's the only add-on card on the motherboard).
What is this sound? And how can I get rid of it?
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| Underclocking a 266 FSB Duron to 200 FSB - could it work? Slugbug 00:38:52 |
| | Here is the scenario: a number of years back, I built two systems for
my Dad using the ECS K7VZA motherboard, (BIOS revision 1, not 3 - I.E.
BT133 chipset, not BT133a) and another for my sister. (+ 1 system for
myself, 4 total) This is a socket A motherboard that operates at 200
MHz FSB. The manufacturer website says it will support Duron up to 800
MHz. The two up at my Dad's place have Duron 700 MHz cpu's in them, and
so does the one at my sister's place.
I have one down here, and decided to try putting a Duron 1.3 GHz cpu
in. It runs fine, but is not recognized completely by the BIOS. Windows
reports it as an Athlon 1.3 GHz. However, the system really does seem
to be running about twice as fast as it used to. Everything is much
faster.
So, I've verified that it will work with AMD Duron processors, up to
1.3 GHz, despite the fact that the manufacturer's website does not show
support for any Duron above 800 MHz. I'm starting to think that they
just never updated their manuals or something, after the new processors
came out.
Here is a link to the manufacturer "support" chart:
http://www.ecsusa.com/support/table_palomino.html
Note that an Athlon 1.4 GHz is supposed to be the fastest cpu that it
can support, and the revision 1 BIOS doesn't show support for 266 MHz
FSB. However, this does not necessarily mean that a 266 FSB CPU won't
run on it.
Since I was able to get a Duron 1.3 GHz cpu to run just fine on it, I
was wondering if I might be able to get a Duron 1.8 GHz (266 FSB) to
run as well. If my calculations are right, it would end up running at
200 FSB instead, which would clock it in a hair under 1.5 GHz. Am I
right?
The reason I am even thinking about this becomes apparent if you do a
search for Durons on pricewatch. I am thinking about upgrading both of
my Dad's systems, (& possibly my sister's) and 1.3 GHz Durons have
become a bit scarce, evidently. Here are the prices:
Duron 1.3 - cheapest is $99 (I'd be better off getting the Athlon 1.2
for $43)
Duron 1.8 - $36.50, shipped
So, if the Duron 1.8 will operate at 200 FSB (and I think it might),
then I could upgrade all 3 systems and make them feel quite a bit
faster for just over $100. No need to change motherboard or upgrade
memory.
Has anyone out there ever tried running a processor at lower than its
advertised FSB speed? Is this feasible? If so, I can save a wad of cash
simply by buying 3 Durons as upgrades. I know, Durons aren't exactly
Athlon 64's - I realize that. However, even my Duron 1.3 GHz made my
system seem to fly compared to the Duron 700 MHz I originally had in
there. Plus, without going into debt, about $120 is the cash I have on
hand, so I could actually afford to do this upgrade. I'd just like to
know if it will work before I spend the dough.
P.S. - I've heard a few folks say that the BT133 chipset on the ECS
K7VZA mboard was originally expected to support 266 FSB when it was
manufactured. This would explain why the advertising on the box said
that it would support future CPU's above 1.5 GHz, and everyone expected
these to be the Athlon XP processors. However, while on paper this
chipset was expected to support 266, in practice it evidently didn't
run stably enough, or something like that, so they soldered some
connections that were originally supposed to be jumpers, and didn't
include information about the pins in the manual, or on their website.
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