Re: Hardware question

2025-03-04 Thread Van Snyder
On Tue, 2025-03-04 at 10:02 +0200, Anssi Saari wrote: > Van Snyder writes: > > > The nvidia-driver package from non-free apparently doesn't work > > with a Quadro K2200. > > But you didn't check? The release notes tell a different story. After I installed it,inxi -G reported the nouveau driver

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-04 Thread Anssi Saari
Van Snyder writes: > The nvidia-driver package from non-free apparently doesn't work with a Quadro > K2200. But you didn't check? The release notes tell a different story. > NVidia recommends the 570 driver. They always recommend the latest.

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-03 Thread Hans
> The nvidia-driver package from non-free apparently doesn't work with a > Quadro K2200. NVidia recommends the 570 driver. > > When I first installed the system, the left-hand pane of Evolution > would spontaneously scroll, even if a different window had keyboard and > mouse focus, and the mouse

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-02 Thread Van Snyder
On Sun, 2025-03-02 at 21:35 +0200, Anssi Saari wrote: > Van Snyder writes: > > > I install the driver by running the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64- > > 570.124.04.run script at level 3, then rebooting. > > Why? > > > Is that DKMS? > > To be clear, it's a manual installation of drivers from the > manufac

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-02 Thread Anssi Saari
Van Snyder writes: > I install the driver by running the NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-570.124.04.run script > at level 3, then rebooting. Why? > Is that DKMS? To be clear, it's a manual installation of drivers from the manufacturer. Definitely not DKMS. You want install stuff manually, you get to upda

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Van Snyder
On Sat, 2025-03-01 at 22:38 +, Andy Smith wrote: > If it's a DKMS, which is what my nvidia driver is, then it will try > to > be built for any kernel install and should work as long as you have > headers installed. Though there have been times that things have > changed > and its build is broke

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sat, Mar 01, 2025 at 02:24:04PM -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > The NVidia kernel module is built by running a bash script. It's not a > .deb package. > > Will it still be automatigically rebuilt? If it's a DKMS, which is what my nvidia driver is, then it will try to be built for any kernel in

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Van Snyder
On Sat, 2025-03-01 at 21:02 +0100, Hans wrote: > With an upgrade the build of the nvidia-kernel-module should run > automatically. The NVidia kernel module is built by running a bash script. It's not a .deb package. Will it still be automatigically rebuilt?

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Frank Guthausen
On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 11:27:25 -0800 Van Snyder wrote: > > If I get the metapackages linux-image-amd64 and limux-headers-amd64, > will I need to rebuild the NVidia driver every time it loads a new > kernel? Probably yes. If you install a fixed kernel version, you'll probably need only the headers

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Hans
Am Samstag, 1. März 2025, 20:27:25 CET schrieb Van Snyder: > On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 22:00 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > That's correct. You're probably missing the metapackage that brings > > in new kernels automatically. For an amd64 machine, that metapackage > > is named "linux-image-amd64". (If

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Van Snyder
On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 22:00 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > That's correct.  You're probably missing the metapackage that brings > in new kernels automatically.  For an amd64 machine, that metapackage > is named "linux-image-amd64".  (If you use DKMS kernel modules, > you'll > also want the correspon

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Van Snyder
On Sat, 2025-03-01 at 04:06 -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM Joe wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:27:40 -0800 > > Van Snyder wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2025-02-27 at 22:35 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > > > Your kernel is older than your CPU by about a yea

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Mar 01, 2025 at 04:06:37 -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM Joe wrote: > > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:27:40 -0800 > > Van Snyder wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2025-02-27 at 22:35 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > > > Your kernel is older than your CPU by about a ye

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM Joe wrote: > On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:27:40 -0800 > Van Snyder wrote: > > > On Thu, 2025-02-27 at 22:35 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > > Your kernel is older than your CPU by about a year, so likely > > > doesn't have enough > > > backporting to fully support it prope

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Joe
On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:27:40 -0800 Van Snyder wrote: > On Thu, 2025-02-27 at 22:35 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > > Your kernel is older than your CPU by about a year, so likely > > doesn't have enough > > backporting to fully support it properly. A newer kernel could be > > all it takes to > > make

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Joe
On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:00:41 -0800 Van Snyder wrote: > On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 12:46 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 14:34 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:27:40 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > > > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the k

Re: Hardware question

2025-03-01 Thread Hans
Am Freitag, 28. Februar 2025, 21:46:35 CET schrieb Van Snyder: > On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 14:34 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:27:40 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the kernel is > > > 6.1.0-18. > > > I believe there are severa

Re: Hardware question

2025-02-28 Thread Van Snyder
On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 12:46 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 14:34 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:27:40 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the kernel is > > > 6.1.0-18. > > > I believe there are several newer on

Re: Hardware question

2025-02-28 Thread Felix Miata
Van Snyder composed on 2025-02-28 11:27 (UTC-0800): > On Thu, 2025-02-27 at 22:35 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> Your kernel is older than your CPU by about a year, so likely doesn't >> have enough >> backporting to fully support it properly. A newer kernel could be all >> it takes to >> make those

Re: Hardware question

2025-02-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 12:46:35 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 14:34 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:27:40 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the kernel is > > > 6.1.0-18. > > > I believe there are several new

Re: Hardware question

2025-02-28 Thread Van Snyder
On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 14:34 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:27:40 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the kernel is > > 6.1.0-18. > > I believe there are several newer ones, maybe up to 6.1.0-31? > > That's correct.  You're probably

Re: Hardware question

2025-02-28 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:27:40AM -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > What's "mce?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine-check_exception > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the kernel is 6.1.0-18. > I believe there are several newer ones, maybe up to 6.1.0-31? You can try a kernel fr

Re: Hardware question

2025-02-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:27:40 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the kernel is 6.1.0-18. > I believe there are several newer ones, maybe up to 6.1.0-31? That's correct. You're probably missing the metapackage that brings in new kernels automatically. Fo

Re: Hardware question

2025-02-28 Thread Van Snyder
On Thu, 2025-02-27 at 22:35 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Your kernel is older than your CPU by about a year, so likely doesn't > have enough > backporting to fully support it properly. A newer kernel could be all > it takes to > make those MCEs go away. What's "mce?" "apt update" says everything i

Re: Hardware question

2025-02-27 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM Van Snyder wrote: > > While running at level 3 in Debian 12.5, I got the following messages: > > mce: {Hardware Error]: CPU: 8 Machine Check: 0 Bank 0: 80440005 > mce: {Hardware Error]: TSC 1838aa435b6d > mce: {Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0: b0671 TIME 140710

Re: Hardware question

2025-02-27 Thread Felix Miata
Van Snyder composed on 2025-02-27 19:06 (UTC-0800): > While running at level 3 in Debian 12.5, I got the following messages: > mce: {Hardware Error]: CPU: 8 Machine Check: 0 Bank 0: 80440005 > mce: {Hardware Error]: TSC 1838aa435b6d > mce: {Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0: b0671 TIME 1407103

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-14 Thread Curt
On 2013-12-13, Goren Buckwalk wrote: > > Maybe that is it, I'll replace it when I get the chance (as Jerry and > others suggest), but keep the board to see if I get the time to try > replacing the capacitors and not really care if it works or not, as > entertainment. I'll probably just burn myself

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Joe
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:28:23 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 21:17 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 13:31 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > > good soldering station with an vacuum pump driven solder removal > > > tool > > > > I had boards where a Weller vacuum

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/13/2013 3:17 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 13:31 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: good soldering station with an vacuum pump driven solder removal tool I had boards where a Weller vacuum pump driven solder removal tool didn't help, but it was easy to do with hot air soldering.

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Goren Buckwalk
> - Original Message - > From: Ralf Mardorf > Sent: 12/13/13 03:28 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors > > On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 21:17 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 13:31

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 21:17 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 13:31 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > good soldering station with an vacuum pump driven solder removal tool > > I had boards where a Weller vacuum pump driven solder removal tool > didn't help, but it was easy to do wit

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 13:31 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > good soldering station with an vacuum pump driven solder removal tool I had boards where a Weller vacuum pump driven solder removal tool didn't help, but it was easy to do with hot air soldering. It doesn't pay for me to own such gear, but

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Doug
On 12/13/2013 01:00 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 11:49 -0500, Goren Buckwalk wrote: - Original Message - From: Ralf Mardorf Sent: 12/12/13 07:23 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors I would replace all capacitors

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/13/2013 1:00 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 11:49 -0500, Goren Buckwalk wrote: - Original Message - From: Ralf Mardorf Sent: 12/12/13 07:23 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors I would replace all capacitors in

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
> Better don't sent such a request not as a private mail. ^^ :D Ouch ;) -- 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/138695879

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 11:49 -0500, Goren Buckwalk wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: Ralf Mardorf > > Sent: 12/12/13 07:23 PM > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors > > > > I woul

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Goren Buckwalk
> - Original Message - > From: Ralf Mardorf > Sent: 12/12/13 05:32 PM > To: debian-user > Subject: Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors > > The photos are not that good but I guess the capacitors are broken, they > seem to leak. Are some caps curved?

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 00:17 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > $20USD In Germany replacing all the capacitors, also those that are not broken, does coast a few cents for the capacitors. And in the OPs case perhaps a six pack beer for the friend too. Assumed the OP is from Europe, I could mention a compan

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-13 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 13.12.2013 um 08:42 schrieb Stan Hoeppner : > On 12/12/2013 1:11 PM, Goren Buckwalk wrote: > ... >> I have a system with two AMD Athlon 2400 MP processors and the >> motherboard has 4 slots for RAM. > > That makes this board ~10 years old. Seems so. AFAIR I bought an 2400 XP(?) around 2004

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 12/12/2013 1:11 PM, Goren Buckwalk wrote: ... > I have a system with two AMD Athlon 2400 MP processors and the > motherboard has 4 slots for RAM. That makes this board ~10 years old. ... > About a month ago, I found the box crashed again and beeping on > reboot, so going through the same elimi

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Goren Buckwalk wrote: > Pics I can do. However, the angles a bit rough, me leaning on one > leg, system is up and running at the end of rack near the wall, Oh those photos were difficult! :-) But I think you definitely have the bad capacitor problem. Read about it here. http://en.wikipedia.o

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
I would replace all capacitors in that area, not only the leaking. The others will leak soon too. -- 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/1386894222.688.70.cam

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Doug
On 12/12/2013 05:03 PM, Goren Buckwalk wrote: - Original Message - From: Ralf Mardorf Sent: 12/12/13 04:01 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 15:45 -0500, Doug wrote: On 12/12/2013 02:11 PM, Goren Buckwalk

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
The photos are not that good but I guess the capacitors are broken, they seem to leak. Are some caps curved? It's unlikely that there would be flux. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Goren Buckwalk
> - Original Message - > From: Ralf Mardorf > Sent: 12/12/13 04:01 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors > > On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 15:45 -0500, Doug wrote: > > On 12/12/2013 02:11 PM, Goren Buckwalk wro

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Joe
On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 14:11:32 -0500 "Goren Buckwalk" wrote: > > Are three rusty capacitors and 3 bad slots just a coincidence? Thanks. > > The exactly matching numbers is a coincidence, but overall it isn't. Dying capacitors mean that the power rails they are attached to are no longer nice and

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Goren Buckwalk
. > - Original Message - > From: Dan Hitt > Sent: 12/12/13 02:28 PM > To: Goren Buckwalk > Subject: Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors > > If you're really feeling ambitious, you can replace the capacitors on > the motherboard (or at least in the o

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-12-12 at 15:45 -0500, Doug wrote: > On 12/12/2013 02:11 PM, Goren Buckwalk wrote: > > [snip] rusty looking coating on the top. > > > > [snip] > > > > Are three rusty capacitors and 3 bad slots just a coincidence? Thanks. > > > > > As a subscriber to various electronics lists, I can tel

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Doug
On 12/12/2013 02:11 PM, Goren Buckwalk wrote: Having not been warned off, I'll post another. I have a system with two AMD Athlon 2400 MP processors and the motherboard has 4 slots for RAM. It still runes squeeze (too lazy to upgrade, sorry). About a year ago it locked-up and on reboot it beepe

Re: Hardware Question about RAM and Capacitors

2013-12-12 Thread Dan Hitt
If you're really feeling ambitious, you can replace the capacitors on the motherboard (or at least in the old days you could). Good luck! dan On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Goren Buckwalk wrote: > Having not been warned off, I'll post another. > > I have a system with two AMD Athlon 2400 MP

Re: hardware question

2003-07-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 10:16:13AM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > My desk is getting quite cluttered, using a KMV for 4 computers. I > started looking for wireless keyboard(s) & mice, and ran across this > item, and was wondering whether it was suppor

Re: hardware question

2003-07-29 Thread Rodney D. Myers
Thanks to all who responded. I wanted to make sure before I spent the money on something that may or may not function. -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #96112 ICQ#: AIM#: YAHOO: 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 They that can give up essential liberty t

Re: hardware question

2003-07-29 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Rodney D. Myers (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > My desk is getting quite cluttered, using a KMV for 4 computers. I > started looking for wireless keyboard(s) & mice, and ran across this > item, and was wondering whether it was supported, or were there any > tricks in getting it running. > >

Re: hardware question

2003-07-29 Thread Jacob S.
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:16:13 -0700 "Rodney D. Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My desk is getting quite cluttered, using a KMV for 4 computers. I > started looking for wireless keyboard(s) & mice, and ran across this > item, and was wondering whether it was supported, or were there any > tricks

Re: hardware question

2002-02-16 Thread Adam Majer
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 09:26:34PM -0600, Richard wrote: > I am going to be putting together a new computer in the next couple of > weeks. When i do i want to install debian on it. I am looking at a kr7a > abit motherboard with the KT266A chipset. I was wondering if anyone has > heard anything abo

Re: Hardware Question

2002-01-12 Thread David B Harris
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:52:38 -0500 "Jeff Flowers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does Debian support the SB512PCI? This is the same chipset > as the SBLive! cards, an EMU. If so, how do you do it. Yup, fully supported. I know absolutely positively that Debian Potato 2.2r4 supports it, and previous v

Re: Hardware Question

2002-01-12 Thread Timeboy
On Saturday 12 Jan 2002 19:52 CET Jeff Flowers wrote: > Does Debian support the SB512PCI? This is the same chipset > as the SBLive! cards, an EMU. If so, how do you do it. This shold be supported. Is use the SBLive Player. To get sound with this card i use the emu10k driver, available in kerne

Re: Hardware Question

2002-01-12 Thread Kevin C. Smith
On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 01:52:38PM -0500, Jeff Flowers wrote: > Does Debian support the SB512PCI? This is the same chipset > as the SBLive! cards, an EMU. If so, how do you do it. Yes, the newer Linux kernels come with emu10k1, which is the driver you need. Get a newer kernel, if you don't already

Re: Hardware Question

2001-07-21 Thread D-Man
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 02:06:29PM -0400, Allan M. Wind wrote: | On 2001-07-21 13:17:14, Adam Bell wrote: | | > What I would like to do is have one box, running Debian, which has a | > constant routable IP (via cable or some other sort-of high speed protocol) | > and a normal domain name. | |

Re: Hardware Question

2001-07-21 Thread Allan M. Wind
On 2001-07-21 13:17:14, Adam Bell wrote: > What I would like to do is have one box, running Debian, which has a > constant routable IP (via cable or some other sort-of high speed protocol) > and a normal domain name. You could have someone serve dns for your domain, ideally you would want som

Re: Hardware Question

2001-07-21 Thread Sam Varghese
On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 01:17:14PM -0400, Adam Bell wrote: > What kind of hardware, and in what configuration, would be best to throw > at this problem? What I'm assuming is that I'll need an interface for the > modem, an interface going into a hub, and interfaces for all the clients. > Is the

Re: Hardware question - motherboards

2001-02-15 Thread Richard Taylor
> From: Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> The s1834 >> is a little faster and uses the via apollo pro133a chipset. The >> s1832 uses the intel 440bx chipset. > >I just ordered an 1834 for a box at work. I looked around for a while >and it seemed the best choice for what I wanted to do. I'm

Re: Hardware question - motherboards

2001-02-15 Thread Bud Rogers
On Thursday 15 February 2001 09:43, Lewis, James M. wrote: > I have to upgrade and need comments on motherboards. The two I am > considering > most are the tyan tiger 133 (S1834) and the tyan tiger 100 (S1832). > The s1834 > is a little faster and uses the via apollo pro133a chipset. The > s1832

RE: Hardware question - motherboards

2001-02-15 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
> In a first pass, the 1834 was cheaper than the 1832 by $10 or so. My main > concern is the via chipset. Do you have the optional isa slot? On my 1832, I have the an isa sound card (who needs anything more, okay so it'a pain to configure), and an isa modem. Both work just fine. Brooks

RE: Hardware question - motherboards

2001-02-15 Thread Wil Reichert
> I have to upgrade and need comments on motherboards. The two I am > considering > most are the tyan tiger 133 (S1834) and the tyan tiger 100 (S1832). The > s1834 > is a little faster and uses the via apollo pro133a chipset. The > s1832 uses > the intel 440bx chipset. > > Any pros/cons welcome

Re: Hardware question - motherboards

2001-02-15 Thread Pascal Hos
Hi Jim, I can highly recommend the MSI MS-6321 (694D). This MOBO takes dual FCPGA pentium III's. Very stable. I have been running parrallel number crunching jobs on two machines build with this board for over 4 months now and I have yet to power them down! Anyway, here's a site that might inter

RE: Hardware question - motherboards

2001-02-15 Thread Lewis, James M.
> > Greetings, > I have the 1832, and I haven't had any problems with > it, but then again, I > only have one CPU installed. I chose this particular board > because V A > Linux is/was using this board in their dual processor systems, see > http://www.valinux.com/products/mpts.html for the

RE: Hardware question - motherboards

2001-02-15 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
Greetings, I have the 1832, and I haven't had any problems with it, but then again, I only have one CPU installed. I chose this particular board because V A Linux is/was using this board in their dual processor systems, see http://www.valinux.com/products/mpts.html for the details. The 1

Re: hardware question

2000-07-27 Thread Dan Hutchinson
Abit makes a nice dual pentium board. B6-P I think. You can go to www.pricewatch.com to view different vendors. Dan Bob McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm planning on building my own PC and am interested in recommendations > for motherboard manufacturers and CPU's. I'm thinking about

Re: hardware question

2000-07-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dual proc is good, i reccomend good boards from asus or tyan (usually run around $400 with scsi) avoid boards like the bp6. one odd thing i noticed. i recently downgraded from BP6 to an asus single cpu box. (from dual 466 to 1 466) XMMS (mp3 player) took about 30% of cpu when using the BP6

Re: Hardware question.

1998-03-23 Thread finn
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote: : Hi, : : >> Hi, : >> : >> I am looking at a new computer for my parrents to get me for college... I : >> looked at the hardware howto but somethings arn't listed so heres : >> what I am looking at getting. : >> : >> Tiger K6233 custo

Re: Hardware question.

1998-03-23 Thread Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131
Hi, >> Hi, >> >> I am looking at a new computer for my parrents to get me for college... I >> looked at the hardware howto but somethings arn't listed so heres >> what I am looking at getting. >> >> Tiger K6233 customize it yourself kit. >> it contains: Sounds like a good choice. >> a ATX mo

Re: Hardware question.

1998-03-23 Thread Stephen Carpenter
Sounds like it will work fine I belive by UDMA it means Ultra-DMA on the IDE controller thats fine...if linux doesn't suport it then it just wont use it (btw I believe the drive has to also support it) then againLinux probably does suport it...it might be handeled completely in hardware (I

Re: Hardware Question: Which MB to maximize RAM economically?

1997-07-12 Thread M BAILEY
Oooopps found another with four dimms... http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/pr/index.htm Others of interest http://www.airwebs.com/p6ndi.html http://www.airwebs.com/p6kpi.html http://www.tdl.com/~netex/mb/KN97.html On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > My friend asked this o

Re: Hardware Question: Which MB to maximize RAM economically?

1997-07-12 Thread M BAILEY
The only MB's I know of that have 8 SIMM slots are the ASUS Dual Pentium/Pentium PRO Mother boards take a look at http://www.tdl.com/~netex/mb/pi-p65up5.html for specifications. --Matt On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > My friend asked this on comp.os.linux.hardware, but he go