Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 21:17:53 05/08/02
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On May 08, 2002 at 14:41:14, Victor Zakharov wrote: >>I am now ready to buy dual mashine but can't find big difference between these >>to chips. Has anyone experience w/ both and could tell the difference I like >>chess but need it to be mostly a db server using mysql or oracle must be >>reliable. > >My Tyan Tiger MP S462 system works absolutely stable with double Athlon XP 1800+ >for a few months. But I am afraid that new MPX motherboards demands Athlon MP >processors. It depends of BIOS. I can't guarantee that this will work with any >motherboard. But the problem is not in processors. The problem is that BIOS can >simply disable using XP processors. > >I had the problems with my motherboard after buying it. But when I changed >memory to registered DDR all became excellent. > >Victor It's not a bios question. it's whether you have a few processors of that first XP party which has all the components needed for running MP. I am sure in whole europe there isn't a single new XP anymore that's also MP capable. if u got the first XP1800+ pressed then you are one of the lucky few.
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