I have a Gateway Solo 1450 laptop, and I have been thinking about upgrading the hard drive on it. Gateway's web site says that the maximum hard drive it supports is 30GB (which I find hard to believe, because the machine was made in 2002 and the BIOS is from 2003), but other web sites are...
In fact, I have a BIOS more recent than the one on Biostar's web site; I was having some RAM problems, so Biostar sent me a beta BIOS, which ended up fixing the problem.
I tried an old t-bred processor I had in the board, and the board refused to POST. This cpu was known to work...
Biostar's web site doesn't mention support of AthlonXP Thoroughbred processors, but it does mention that it supports the Palomino processors. Has anyone tried this board with an AthlonXP Thoroughbred CPU, and if so, does it work? Thanks!
Interesting, I hadn't heard of this before. Is there a way I can tell which batch my processor is from?
Also, how much hotter did your 1700+ run than your 2100+, and what voltages were you using?
The voltage is approximately 1.65 volts on one of the boards; I'm sure it is 1.65 on the other, too. I checked here, and it seems that 1.65 is correct for my processor.
Thanks for your reply!
True, I would expect a faster processor to run hotter, but should I expect it to be that much hotter? 15 to 16 degrees C is a big difference.
I tested the 1700+ and 2000+ in the same mobo a while back, and they got exactly the same temperatures as far as I could tell...
I'm surprised that the machine even booted up like that! :Q
I actually did spread out a thin layer of compound on the CPU die when I used Arctic Silver II, but I now use the "blob" method with Ceramique. On my Athlon CPUs, the entire CPU die ends up covered when I put a thin "line" of...
I recently upgraded one of my computers from an AthlonXP 1700+ Thoroughbred B to an AthlonXP 2400+ Thoroughbred B processor. The 1700+ typically ran at about 42-44 degrees C under full load, but the 2400+ runs at 58-59 degrees C under load. I'm using the same heatsink (Speeze FalconRock), and...
Does that work in dual-channel mode? I just bought this mobo, and I'm planning on using two 512MB sticks of Corsair Value Select RAM (PC3200, CL2.5) on it in dual-channel mode. I'd just like to make sure that this works before I buy all of that RAM.
I've heard that the north bridge heatsink on many ECS boards doesn't work well because the thermal interface material doesn't transfer heat properly, causing instability. You might want to try to carefully remove the north bridge heatsink, clean it and the north bridge, and re-attach it with...
Is the "clear CMOS" jumper in the normal position?
Also, have him take the board out of the case and set it on a cardboard box (like the one it came in). Then, have him try to start it up like that. If it works, the board is shorting out on the inside of the case.
I always thought cost was the reason that reset buttons aren't included. I really wish they would include the reset button; even XP crashes sometimes, and I do have to use the reset buttons on my home-built PCs occasionally.
I agree; it would be much better to have at least 512 MB of RAM. Also, you might want to consider a slightly nicer case, such as an Antec case. Other than that, your system looks nice!
The old Athlon Thunderbirds ran pretty hot, but the XPs don't run hot at all. My XP2000+ Thoroughbred only runs 40-41 deg. C at full load, even without a super-powerful heatsink.
Have you updated to the latest version of the firmware for your 811S? New firmware versions usually improve the writing quality, and the symptoms you have described sound like they are caused by poor writing quality.
Some PNY RAM is good, or at least it was in the past. I have a 256MB PC133 DIMM from PNY with Micron chips on it. I also have PNY RAM that is made by Infineon and some other unknown manufacturer. It's all working fine, though.
I'm not exactly sure how your motherboard is configured, but your best bet would be to get a heatsink where the sides slope upwards, meaning that the end of the heatsink that contacts the processor is a bit smaller than the end where the fan is connected. One such heatsink for AMD processors is...
That's exactly how I do it; I wrote a little program to automatically backup my files to a network file server every night. That solution works pretty well for me because I don't have to back up too much stuff. I also archive files to CD-Rs.
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