Originally posted by: ClearToLand
GOOD SCSI FAQ! But now they're introducing NEW terms (SPI, SPI-2, SPI-3, EPI) and making my head spin!Originally posted by: purpledemon
Hey ClearToLand ...
i dont know much about scsi either ... but i did a search on google and came up with following link ....
looks like a lot of good info
scsi faq
So, SCSI-3 is the WHOLE category, of which Ultra160 is one flavor. But I still don't see the differences between 68-pin Ultra160 and 68-pin Ultra160 LVD and 68-pin Ultra160 LVD SE - more reading... :disgust:
So, what about all the other EASY questions regarding SLow Explorer, DOS lockups, CPU Temps, the LSI dropping back to No-Sync by itself?????????????
And NucEm - yo! you still there?
See if your 6400 has the same "quirks" as mine, especially with the CPU Temps.
TIA to all...
Do you have a TiVo (or RePlay)? TMPGENC recognizes dual-processors...Originally posted by: purpledemon
i guess if i figure out a pressing need for my 6400 ...i'll put it to good use .... you have any ideas ?
Originally posted by: Pinkpig
All this scsi stuff is making my head spin also hehe.....
but would older scsi HD"s work in the 6400?? like Ultra-SCSI Wide HD's(Seagate ST19171WC, SCA 80 Pin Ultra SCSI Hard Drive_. i was looking on the internet and some were pretty cheap. But im not sure if it would fit the 6400
I run two scsi 2 seagate ST318436LW Barracuda 18XL 18 gig HDs off a Mylex extremeraid 1100 ultra 2 scsi to PCI raid controller. Works perfect.
Tom
YEP!Originally posted by: amgine
Did we have a 3 year warantee on these suckers?
is what I have printed...3 Year Parts & Labor Limited Warranty with 1 Year Onsite Service, Limited Hardware Tech Support as long as you own your system. [subtracted: US$99]
Originally posted by: idgaf13
what BIOS chip would I order to replace the Gateway chip ?
I have heard that this board is similar to an Asus CUR-DLS is that correct ? YES
Can anybody help with specifics ? E-Mail camara120
Has this been done succesfully ? Seems like it has...
I can find nothing ,but I am a novice in this area. Did you read through the OLD messages???
All help is greatly appreciatted. You're welcome!
Originally posted by: camara120
camara120,
that's really cool! I didn't think about such a simple trick! Let us know how it goes...
I just got a bios chip with the latest Asus BIOS from badflash.com and it works great! No more AMI Gateway BIOS! =)
I bet it would fix a lot of issues for some people out there too. I think it was only $20.
The "stock" Gateway fan is nothing to write home about *and* with the "stock" Gateway BIOS, you're not going to be doing any OVERCLOCKING, so, just about ANY Pentium III Socket 370 fan should do.Originally posted by: cleek
I am upgrading to a send CPU and need some fan/heatsink suggestions suggestions. Any recomendations?
Originally posted by: NucEm
My 6400 hangs quite frequently. I have no IDE hard drives but I do have 3 SCSI 160 drives installed. The unit has 2 cpu's (933's) and 1.4 gig of ECC RAM. It also has the ATI AIW PCI 32 card, SantaCruz sound card, USB 2.0 and runs Windows XP Pro. I have a 75 MHZ laptop that runs faster and more stable than this 6400. The bios and SCSI is configured correctly. The 6400 has a DVD drive and a CDRW. I suspect the motherboard. Any one have any thoughts?
I have 3 IDE hard drives, 1 SCSI hard drive (the IBM 9GB), 1 CPU (933), 512mb of ECC RAM, "had" an ATI AIW128 32MB PCI card in there, SB16 PCI sound card, 56K modem card, Maxtor/Promise ATA100 card, Plextor 12/10/32S, the "original" CD-ROM and multi-boot Windows 98SE, NT4 SP6a, 2000 Pro SP1, 2000 Server with no problems.Originally posted by: Santa
NucEm
I would try to switch the power supply to see if it is a problem with supplying enough power to your system with all that gear in there.
I'm running Win2K Pro non-ACPI (multi-booting with 98SE, NT4 SP6a, Win2K Server) and just disabled "Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller" - nothing has "happened" in the last hour.Originally posted by: YoungFart
My GW6400 started going into a "Standby" mode at will. Spent all weekend trying to fix it.
I did all the things I could think of to narrow it down to a driver, device, setting, PCI slot, memory, etc. It was working fine for about a year. Reinstalled Win2K several times (ACPI and non-ACPI), restored from a backup, .............
To make a long story short - it looks like if you disable USB (the one on the top) in Device Manager, it will invoke a Standby mode in Windows. The only way out of that "standby" is to reboot into a Safe mode and enable USB.
Can anybody try to duplicate it? I'm using Win2K Pro with a single PIII. My keyboard and mouse are PS2. I do not have any USB devices attached.
Originally posted by: ClearToLand
The "stock" Gateway fan is nothing to write home about *and* with the "stock" Gateway BIOS, you're not going to be doing any OVERCLOCKING, so, just about ANY Pentium III Socket 370 fan should do.Originally posted by: cleek
I am upgrading to a send CPU and need some fan/heatsink suggestions suggestions. Any recomendations?
Since there is MUCH more room for the second CPU, I picked up a Galaxy MONSTER Cooler (80mm, 2700RPM/29dBa, GC118 @ $5.99 from NexFan). Josh is a nice guy - ask him what he recommends...