On 8/25/2012 9:34 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > OK, if you say so. I guess oempcworld.com is trying to sell me > faster memory than I really need. I was confused by PC1600 vs > PC2100.
IIRC PC1600 is DDR200. PC2100 is DDR266. Identical memory certified for different frequencies. That Intel SE7500 will work with either frequency. > I could find no evidence of support for this chip in the Debian package > descriptions (on-line web pages) for nvidia-kernel-source, > nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-source, or nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx-source > for the Squeeze release. I could not find "MCP61" anywhere. Of course, > the nvidia-kernel-legacy-71xx-source package exists only in Sid because > of build problems. It doesn't work with any release past Lenny. > But I searched it too, just for grins, and couldn't find "MCP61" on that > web page either. Search for GeForce 6150. That's the integrated GPU. Wikipedia tells you this. > That depends on one's level of expectations. I'm currently using a 1 GHz > single core, single thread, 32-bit processor and only 512M of RAM. The > video driver is nouveau, and for this chipset, it apparently does not > support 3D acceleration. So, believe it or not, I expect that the built- > in Intel video will be an improvement over what I've got now. If not, > installing a separate video card is always an option. The SE7500 does not an Intel GPU. It doesn't have a "GPU". It's a 2D ATI chip with limited 3D support. In fact this was the first chip series to which ATI added any 3D features. The ATI Rage series of chips were released between 1995 and 1999. That should tell you something about the performance, and the 75MHz clock, ouch. >From the Intel board manual: The Intel® Server Board SE7500CW2 provides an ATI Rage XL PCI graphics accelerator, along with 8 MB of video SDRAM and support circuitry for an embedded SVGA video subsystem. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI_Rage 75 MHz core 4, 8, and 16 MB 100 MHz SGRAM/WRAM memory 800 MB/s memory bandwidth DirectX 6.0 Rage XL was a low-cost RAGE Pro-based solution. As a low-power solution with capable 2D-acceleration, the chip was used on many low-end graphics cards. It was also seen on Intel motherboards, as recently as 2004, and was still used in 2006 for server motherboards. The Rage XL has been succeeded by the ATI ES1000 for server use. The chip was basically a die-shrunk Rage Pro, optimized to be very inexpensive for solutions where only basic graphics output was necessary. > Actually, no. There is no built-in sound chip on the mobo, but there is > a sound card installed in an expansion slot. Apparently, the previous > owner was using it as a desktop system, even though it was originally > intended as a server. Cool. > Actually, I just might do both. I have another computer that someone > gave to me that has no RAM at all on it. Apparently the previous owner > removed the RAM from the old computer in order to use it in his new > computer before he gave me the old computer. Maybe I'll just replace > the mobo in it. I need to do more research first though. If you need parts for old systems, you simply can't be Ebay. Just about anything you could need is available, and usually really cheap. The older the tech the cheaper. The opposite is normally true when buying from computer retailers. In this case the older it is the more they want for it, if they even have it or can get it. They treat such parts as collectable antique furniture, price wise. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50399bb2.6070...@hardwarefreak.com
