Re: LGA 775 CPU compatibility

Posted on 2019-12-20, 10:11

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by nd22

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I can report that Abit GD8 PRO supports Cedar mill but the temperatures are all wrong: in the BIOS and also in EVEREST 5.50 it only detects as 1 degree Celsius! The memory problem is also present here: only 1gb modules are supported!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-18, 04:55

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by nd22

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I am planing to make a comparative between socket 939 chipsets now that I have all of them: Abit AN8 ultra - nforce4 ultra Abit AN8 SLI - nforce4 SLI Abit AN8 32X - nforce4 SLI X16 Abit AX8 - VIA KT890 Abit AV8 - VIA KT800 pro One problem remains: finding a geforce 6800 ultra AGP as I already have …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-17, 18:30

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by nd22

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Thank you!

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-17, 17:59

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by nd22

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Just some Abit motherboard: PS: how do I add pictures larger than 2mb?

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Re: LGA 775 CPU compatibility

Posted on 2019-12-12, 16:34

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by nd22

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I am happy to report that both Abit AA8 and AA8XE support Cedar mill! Both tested with Pentium 4 630 spec number SL8Q7 and afterwards changed to Pentium 4 631 spec number SL9KG and both pass memtest just fine! Temperatures are quite a bit lower too! Noise also went down because the cooler was no …

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Re: LGA 775 CPU compatibility

Posted on 2019-12-12, 08:02

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Last night i found this link: apparently someone did succeed in running a Cedar mill on Abit AA8XE - a motherboard with Intel 925XE chipset just fine: https://hwbot.org/submission/2188606_mr_db_re … a8xe_274.34_mhz

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Re: ~2002-03 build

Posted on 2019-12-10, 10:40

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by nd22

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Take care with that power supply! The only component I use new in all of my builds is the PSU! Barton 2500 is a very nice CPU - the added cache DOES make a difference today!

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Re: Socket A: Nvidia vs Via - battle of the platforms!

Posted on 2019-12-05, 09:12

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by nd22

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I did not publish further results because I got a backlash about the methodology - people believed that using the same CPU, GPU and so on was wrong and comparing with Intel Pentium 4 was a wiser choice.

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Re: LGA 775 CPU compatibility

Posted on 2019-12-05, 09:08

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by nd22

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On my Abit AA8 - NOT AA8XE - just plain AA8 with Intel 925X chipset 2gb memory modules are NO GO. I can not even obtain an image on the screen, nothing! With 1gb memory modules it boots just fine and passes Memtest.

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Re: Intel to remove all BIOS updates on November 22nd, 2019 from their website

Posted on 2019-11-19, 14:16

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by nd22

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I do not know whre to put this so I leave it here: https://www.fudzilla.com/news/49817-chipzilla … ivers-from-site It seems Intel is doing away with the old drivers from mid 2000s and earlier . Should I try to make an archive or is there already one in the making?

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Re: best mb from epox, qdi, abit and dfi

Posted on 2019-11-12, 08:33

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by nd22

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I always have been an Abit guy! I kept all the boards I purchased and every single one I could lay my hands on! I enjoyed the jumper free settings, the extensive configuration options and all the extra that Abit engineers packed into those boards! I now have a respectable collection of Abit …

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Re: LGA 775 CPU compatibility

Posted on 2019-11-04, 16:23

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I have a SSD with an Windows 7 installation just for testing - it's the version of Windows most compatible with newer stuff like new video cards or the like. GTX 780TI has 3gb of ram so I think problems start when you go with a 4gb video card. I am on the latest BIOS and memory remap is enabled. 1. …

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Re: LGA 775 CPU compatibility

Posted on 2019-11-01, 07:17

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Finished testing GTX 960 4gb on Abit AW9D-MAX and i can report that VRAM is indeed a problem: the 2gb variant works fine. the 4gb crashes in many 3dmark test and also in many games but without hard locking the system! The video cards are both Asus GTX 960 strix so same manufacturer only the VRAM is …

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Re: LGA 775 CPU compatibility

Posted on 2019-10-21, 08:07

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I will put here the first example - a build designed to take on Windows Vista; targeted period: January 2007 CPU: Q6600 cooled by cooler master 212x RAM: 4*2gb Corsair DDR2 - 800 GPU: Ati Radeon X1950XTX * 2 Motherboard: Abit AW9D-MAX SSD/HDD/ODD: -/750gb from WD/unknown PSU: Corsair RM850i Q6600 is …

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LGA 775 CPU compatibility

Posted on 2019-10-21, 08:05

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by nd22

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I am creating this topic in order to clarify the compatibility between different chipsets/motherboards with different generations/revisions of LGA775 processors. This is more like a general topic and will include memory compatibility and also when necessary storage/video card compatibility. 1. For …

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Re: Old System with new cooler!

Posted on 2019-07-03, 04:27

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I would like to report back that the above problem is limited to motherboards with nforce chip-sets! I tried first Abit AN7 and refused to post; I tried last night NF7-S 2.0 and it did not post either; finally I tried NF7-S2G and that board also refused to post. I took the Copper silent 3 to a …

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Re: Old System with new cooler!

Posted on 2019-07-02, 06:11

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by nd22

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The processors do not have thermal throttling but the boards have thermal protection!

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Old System with new cooler!

Posted on 2019-07-02, 05:25

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by nd22

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I would like to share to fellow vogoners a very special situation encountered! In one of my old systems I tried to upgrade the cooler from stock to an aftermarket one. Specifically I am talking about the following configuration: Athlon XP 3200 with original AMD cooler. Abit AN7 with nforce2 ultra …

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2019-06-03, 07:25

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by nd22

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I have 13 systems and Windows XP is installed on the majority of them! From Pentium 3 up to Athlon 64 x2 going through dual P3, Athlon XP, Pentium 4 and so on - everything that can take at least 1gb of ram up to systems with a maximum of 4gb of ram! In my humble opinion the critical requirements are …

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Re: Recent WinXP/POS2009 update causes errors with PIII systems

Posted on 2019-05-29, 12:43

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by nd22

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I did not say I am going to take my systems offline - I simply stated that would be a good idea to have a backup in case the Windows dies or I screw something! Because some or all of the updates might be lost after Microsoft pulls the plug having an image of the Windows partition or of the entire …

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