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might be a stupid question but...

Has anyone considered that manufacturers may want to keep the supply of laptops proprietary? Let me explain: If anyone has the ability to upgrade their laptop, thay also have the ability to build their own laptop; thus, taking money right out of the assembling manufacturers' pockets. Come...
- sweatofthebud
- Post #8
- Mar 8, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Are there DDR SDRAM Athlon 4 LAPTOPS?

I've been looking to buy my first laptop lately and have been sorely disappionted in the optins available to me. I ONLY buy AMD and haven't noticed any DDR SDRAM solutoins, only SDRAM is stated at the websites I've been to. Anyone know anything I don't (about this!)?
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- Mar 8, 2002
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Laptops
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Onboard RAID vs PCI card RAID

Does anyone have any info/specs regarding the performance/bandwidth available to a RAID controller chip from an onboard or PCI card arrangement to the North Bridge?
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- Feb 11, 2002
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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266MHz FSB on low end CPU

I wouldn't count on AMD releasing a class 'C' chip for any MHz lower that 1200. That's simply cutting edge technology and we will all have to pay the price for it if we want it.
- sweatofthebud
- Post #2
- Jan 25, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Is it a heat issue?

If you have any thermal grease you should try that first. Often the OEM providers don't put enough on to make a good heat seal, resulting in chips overheating and locking up.
- sweatofthebud
- Post #12
- Jan 25, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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overclocking C600 beyond 900

Try updating your BIOS. I'm not certain it will help, but it might.
- sweatofthebud
- Post #2
- Jan 24, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Athlon TBird or Duron?!?!

If your a gamer you only want the TBird! That L2 cache is crucial for performance, especially at higher clock speeds. This is because the processor will end up wasteing clock cycles just waiting on data to come in from RAM or your HD. If you're planning on overclocking past the 1G mark I...
- sweatofthebud
- Post #8
- Jan 24, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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P4 Vs T1000........I mean T-Bird

I didn't mean to be bashing Intel; I mean, I've happily owned two systems from them. At the time I posted this the other P4 vs TBird threads were going around and it seemed to me that not very many people posting new why one was better than the other. Thus, I decided to clear some fog away and...
- sweatofthebud
- Post #4
- Jan 24, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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700mhz Duron to 2Ghz!?

Bet him some money he can't do it and when he can't you'll be laughing all the way to the bank!
- sweatofthebud
- Post #8
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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P4 Vs T1000........I mean T-Bird

Seeing as how we all enjoy this topic I'd like to get in my 2cents as well. First off, the TBird is the fastest, cheapest, and best processor for 32-bit applications. I think everyone here (except Intel, of course) realizes that more cache = more speed. And the TBird has more cache, hands...
- sweatofthebud
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- Jan 22, 2001
- Replies: 15
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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if you had $800 to spend on mb,cpu and ram. What would you buy??

Personally, I would go with a new Abit KT7A-Raid with the class 'C' TBird and some sort of extreme cooling solution. The class 'C' TBird being one of the 133MHZ DDR FSB chips. Class 'B's are only 100MHz (the DDR on B's I'm not sure about).
- sweatofthebud
- Post #7
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Multiplier won't do x.5

I'll give it a try when I add my new peltier, my dog ate the last one before I could put it on! :( Till then its just the water block.
- sweatofthebud
- Post #5
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Multiplier won't do x.5

No, it is unlocked. I did it myself with a mechanical pencil. Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to set the multiplier to 'user define' in the BIOS at all.
- sweatofthebud
- Post #3
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Poll: DDR Really worth it? (Updated)

OK... Here's the strait dope: DDR SDRAM kicks much booty, the problem is there isn't enough booty around to be kicked! Read some hardware reviews involving DDR mobo's and you'll notice that memory bandwidth is rarely a criticle issue, unless you normally run 25 programs at the same time...
- sweatofthebud
- Post #11
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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conductive ink pen or defogger kit?

If you are trying to close the L1 bridges on an AMD chip just use a really sharp pencil. Works every time:)
- sweatofthebud
- Post #3
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Multiplier won't do x.5

I've got an Abit KT7-Raid (the best) motherboard and a 1G TBird unlocked. I've noticed that when I set the multiplier in SoftMenu3 to any setting with a .5 in it, and then F10 out, it always posts with the multiplier at a whole number, not the say 10.5 or 11.5 I chose. Any ideas what's going...
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- Jan 22, 2001
- Replies: 4
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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T-Birds in retail pc's?

Yep, It's definately a TBird! the L2 cache is what differentiates it between the Duron. The difference being the Duron has 64K L2 cache and the TBird 256K.
- sweatofthebud
- Post #3
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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tbird 800 will not do 133

Unless you know you specifically baught a 133MHz Tbird you most likely have one of the 'b' chips. Only the new 'c' chips are rated for 133MHz DDR FSB. If you don't know and don't mind getting your hands 'dirty' you can find out by looking on the back of the die on the chip. If it has a string...
- sweatofthebud
- Post #4
- Jan 22, 2001
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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