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by purrkur
Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BX chipset max cache accepted?
Replies: 3
Views: 7419

This might be correct. I still haven't found any information on the BX but I do know that the ZX (BX's smaller sybling) only supports 256 megs of cache. I wouldn't be surprised if the roof was 512, which would still be pretty good considering the age of the chipset.
by purrkur
Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:36 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Hercules Prophet 4800, Kyro2SE chipset?!
Replies: 3
Views: 13511

From the powervr.com page: Linux kernel 2.6 introduced major structural changes to the way driver modules are built and loaded. As a result, existing KYRO drivers are not compatible with any Linux kernel whose version is 2.6 or above. To keep using KYRO drivers, users are requested to use the latest...
by purrkur
Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:05 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Nova-T DVB in BP6
Replies: 5
Views: 9695

Thanks for the information. I think I understand a bit more although I don't have any firm answers for you. Here are my recommendations: 1. Make sure you have the latest RV BIOS version. You can find the latest and greatest over here . 2. Turn off APM but make sure you enable ACPI. You should be abl...
by purrkur
Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:45 am
Forum: Software
Topic: Nova-T DVB in BP6
Replies: 5
Views: 9695

Hello Tommi and welcome to the forums. I had no idea what the Nova-T was so I googled a bit. When you say " Those cards are working perfectly with Epia-MII and BX133", do you mean on those platforms under Linux? If so then I would simply try to emulate the setup on those platforms. Your post isn't e...
by purrkur
Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:09 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 'Longest thread.....' Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 80732

Or maybe its just time to put it to bed. I have started to post something there several times but it just feels wrong to hit submit nowdays. It was fun in its day... Just the thoughts of a confused, lost soul. I second that. I find it irritating that it is in the "comedy" section because nothing el...
by purrkur
Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:54 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Hercules Prophet 4800, Kyro2SE chipset?!
Replies: 3
Views: 13511

Hey Klik, Just a question out of curiosity: Why are you so interested in graphics cards based on the Kyro chipset?? From what I can remember, they are not all that fast, not mainstream and have had buggy drivers (correct me if I am wrong). FYI: I was building a new Linux machine for me to use at wor...
by purrkur
Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:01 pm
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: Intel abandoning HyperThreading??
Replies: 15
Views: 25674

Oh, and I found mention of this on Slashdot (over here). I loved reading the comments. Now everybody is saying that hyperthreading is crap all of a sudden :)
by purrkur
Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:55 am
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: Intel abandoning HyperThreading??
Replies: 15
Views: 25674

Haven't heard a whole lot about IBM or Sun. You can find information on Sun here and here. You can find information on IBM here and here . Note that on other CPU's, the technology is called SMT or Simultaneous MultiThreading and sometimes even Hyperthreading. Ars Technica also had a good descriptio...
by purrkur
Sat Nov 19, 2005 4:29 am
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: Intel abandoning HyperThreading??
Replies: 15
Views: 25674

I finally found a couple of articles that talk about what I have known all along. This article called "Hyperthreading hurts server performance, say developers" goes on explaining how Citrix servers as well as SQL Server 2005 see degraded performance when used on high end hardware using Hyperthreadin...
by purrkur
Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:32 pm
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: PCs plagued by bad capacitors
Replies: 14
Views: 23243

Just found this article that shows bad caps on a graphics adapter.
by purrkur
Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:19 pm
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: PCs plagued by bad capacitors
Replies: 14
Views: 23243

but they are OVERDESIGNED...and that means they can be stresses over the limit, and they won't bulge or sthg else... Hmmm. Caps have more than one function in electronics. In power supplies and voltage regulators the larger caps usually serve as voltage stabilizers. A cap is often very much depende...
by purrkur
Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:56 pm
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: PCs plagued by bad capacitors
Replies: 14
Views: 23243

or, now you know why some MBO cost more than the cheap ones...but they also work! I would argue that Intel designed and produced motherboards are on the expensive side of the motherboard price range and Apple charges a premium for their pretty average machines. Neither has been excluded from this p...
by purrkur
Fri Nov 11, 2005 2:11 pm
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: PCs plagued by bad capacitors
Replies: 14
Views: 23243

PCs plagued by bad capacitors

Problems with bad caps on motherboards seems to be a neverending story
by purrkur
Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:33 pm
Forum: Overclocking / CPU Database
Topic: Trying a 500 and a 366 together...
Replies: 25
Views: 35365

by purrkur
Sat Nov 05, 2005 2:33 am
Forum: Overclocking / CPU Database
Topic: Trying a 500 and a 366 together...
Replies: 25
Views: 35365

Move over guys :)

I think I am most curious about how the BP6 behaves in a setup like that, how it configures the CPU's and what happens during overclock. I am guessing that it will configure both to run at 366 if not overclocked...
by purrkur
Wed Oct 26, 2005 2:44 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: Zeta Os 1.0
Replies: 8
Views: 12791

They have somewhat fixed the SMP stuff....
by purrkur
Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:57 pm
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: Office 12 Screenshots
Replies: 3
Views: 8634

Hey!?!?!?!! :evil: I like McD's fries. And what about those great toys my grand kids leave all ofer the place for me to step on in the middle of the night?? Here I go stepping on toes again :) I am so sorry, I didn't mean any disrespect for McDonalds or the great toys they provide with their happy ...
by purrkur
Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:23 am
Forum: News & Announcements
Topic: Office 12 Screenshots
Replies: 3
Views: 8634

I have seen some screenshots. The new look is a radical departure from what they have had before. I am unsure what I think of it but I guess usability reviews will be all over the web soon. When asked, Microsoft will point out that if you want to start using another office suite (like OpenOffice.org...
by purrkur
Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:55 pm
Forum: Cases / Other Mods
Topic: dual ATX mod
Replies: 26
Views: 56027

but i got 3 graphic cards in my system...also older RAM get more Wattage per slot, and i got all 3 of them filled...maybe that clac is a bullshit...but maybe when it adds, multiplie and divide wattage, maybe it uses one neat trick! given divided by factor 0,65, and it leaves me with the 375W in 400...
by purrkur
Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:14 pm
Forum: Cases / Other Mods
Topic: dual ATX mod
Replies: 26
Views: 56027

Re: dual ATX PS

All stuffed into a SuperMicro server case and a Sparkle 350W PS! It all worked and worked quite well untill PS went and a bunch of caps went at the same time, switched to backup BP6 w/2 366's @ 584 (air cooled 72w Pelts, on separate DUAL ATX PS, and YES, very easy to do!). The backup BP6 used all t...
by purrkur
Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:55 pm
Forum: Cases / Other Mods
Topic: dual ATX mod
Replies: 26
Views: 56027

Yep, and Wolfram is running a BP6 with: 2x Celeron 366@523, 2x 8cm-CPU-fans 2x 256 SDRAM, Matrox G400, Adaptec 2940 SCSI, Soundblaster AWE64, AVM Fritz! PCI, Lifetec TV-Karte 9415, RTL8139D NIC, 3Com 3C905B NIC, Samsung SV1203N (120GB), LiteOn CDRW 31240, and a 3,5-Zoll Floppy All on a No-Name 250W ...
by purrkur
Tue Oct 04, 2005 1:07 pm
Forum: Cases / Other Mods
Topic: dual ATX mod
Replies: 26
Views: 56027

also here is the link for PSU consumption: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp remember that you have to find out about the cels on www.intel.com and when you add (cpu1 + cpu2) multiply that by factor 1,25 and put the similar CPU consumtion for yours there... in my case i have 400W PSU in ...
by purrkur
Mon Oct 03, 2005 1:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Poor old Bp6 diead on me I think :(
Replies: 28
Views: 37196

Dave Rave the amazing english to english translator! I was lost too...
by purrkur
Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:16 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: FSB Vs hdd?
Replies: 5
Views: 16947

jaybird wrote:Well, I'v read on this site that certain FSB speeds, while over-clocking can cause data corruption or, even worse, physical damage to the drive itself?
Some drives handle overclocking better than others. I have never heard of physical damage being done but I have heard of data corruption.
by purrkur
Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:45 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: WinXP only "sees" one CPU on BP6
Replies: 5
Views: 10029

Hey, i reinstalled the system. without pressing F5 this time. Now there are 2 CPUs. Dunno what the problem was. BUT: When running the MultiMedia benchmark with Sandra Lite 2005 it shows only one FPU (1xFPU). Comparing with an Dual P3 500 (4xFPU???) the BP6 Combo scores VERY low (1400 vs 7000 I thin...