Author: Jonas Cohonas
Date: 18:54:13 09/25/01
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On September 25, 2001 at 19:22:30, Slater Wold wrote: >On September 25, 2001 at 16:42:44, Jonas Cohonas wrote: > >>On September 25, 2001 at 06:11:17, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>On September 25, 2001 at 04:39:18, Terje Vagle wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>What motherboard are you using to run 2x1.4Ghz AMD? >>>> >>>>I thought you had to use the The AMD Athlon™ MP processor to run a 2 processor >>>>AMD solution? >>>> >>>>Thanks for any response... >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>> >>>>Terje >>> >>>Tyan Tiger MP S2460. >>> >>>And yes, the 1.4Ghz does work. But if you have problems, you will get zero >>>support. >>> >>> >>>Slate >> >>When you say the 1.4ghz you mean the regular Athlon T-bird right? > >Yes. > >>Have you had any problems with this system so far? > >Not a single one. It has stayed up for 18 days straight before. And it is at >200% CPU usage 90% of the time. I have had one blue screen. (In Win2k, that's >a crash.) And it was because I ejected a CD. This was a problem that was >repaired in SP1. After installing SP2, no problems what-so-ever. > >>Could you post a list of all the components in you system? > >2 AMD Athlon 1.4Ghz CPU's >Tyan Tiger MP S2460 >4 256MB sticks of Corsair PC2100 DDR RAM >A cheap sound card. >nVidia Geforce3 3D 64MB DDR RAM AGP 4X w/ TV-Out >Kingston Network Card >2x40GB WD HD's >Panasonic DVD-ROM & TDK CD-RW >IEEE 1394 "Firewire" Card > >>And any do's and dont's regarding putting this system together. > >Just one. Note that if you buy this system, and it does not work for you, >things can become VERY frustrating. > >I have a friend of a friend, who heard about my system, and inquired about it. >I gave him the ran down, just like I gave you. He went out and bought the same >exact parts as I did, and built his own. *It has never worked.* > >He ordered the parts locally. Placed the order for the mobo, cpu's, heatsink, >fans, power supply, and memory, all together. When he recieved them, he put it >all together himself. It wouldn't boot. He has swapped, and swapped, and >tested, and tried everything we know to do, and it has yet to POST. > >Bad thing is, when he went to have the place he bought the equipment at, test >the system, they told him to "get lost". He had used the equipment in a fashion >that it was not designed for. Therefore he voided the warranty on _EVERY_ >single part he had bought. There is a good possiblity that he's out over $300. >He might be able to sell the CPU's, and buy the 1.2MP CPU's. That is, if the >mobo didn't ship broken. > >It is a risk. I just hope anyone who decides to buy this system knows that. My >disclaimer: I cannot be held liable, because I got lucky and haven't had a >problem. :) Thank's for the quick response Slater, just one last question is a new power supply nesecary?( wheter you gor for the T-bird or the MP) and in which case what did you go with? Regards Jonas
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