Author: Slater Wold
Date: 19:00:25 09/25/01
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On September 25, 2001 at 21:54:13, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >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 You have to have at the very mininum, a 300W power supply that is ATX 2.03 compliant. It also must be able to supply 30W on the 1.5V side. I notice that the hottest part of my computer under heavy load, is the power supply. I've been meaning to check to see how much power this thing sucks, because I know it's a LOT. Slate
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