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Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 1:55 pm
by Mr Flibble
Dammit! I missed an entire conversation again. This having to sleep thing is really getting annoying
@Mr Sleep, thanks for the info on th KT133 problem. Do you know if it's OS specific?
I'm currenty running on a Gigabyte GA7-DXR+ with onboard RAID1 and the AMD 761 northbridge. I've had this board for nearly a year now so it's just about time for another upgrade.
Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 2:43 pm
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Mr Flibble
@Mr Sleep, thanks for the info on th KT133 problem. Do you know if it's OS specific?
I am not sure, i think it is 95/98 specific, however i am not sure of this
I'm currenty running on a Gigabyte GA7-DXR+ with onboard RAID1 and the AMD 761 northbridge. I've had this board for nearly a year now so it's just about time for another upgrade.
LOL
Yeah that is such a poor system
Is the Gigabyte board any good, i have considered getting something of theirs
Posted: Tue May 21, 2002 4:24 pm
by Mr Flibble
It was one of the first DDR Athlon boards to come out. It has served me well though, no problems at all.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2002 7:36 am
by Kameleon
I've got a Gigabyte GA-7DXR, pretty much the same as Flibs' but without a + (what does that mean???
) and I've had absolutely no problems with it. Thumbs up from me...
Oh and Mr. Flibble, do you know how I can turm off the check that the board does during startup for RAID & UDMA100 devices, 'cos it adds a whole heap of time to my startup and I'm still in the dark ages of the ATA33 single-drive setup
Posted: Wed May 22, 2002 2:17 pm
by Mr Flibble
@Kameleon, I think the closest you can get to disabling the RAID controller is to set it to ATA100 mode. There's a jumper (JP54) next to IDE ports 3 and 4 that should set this. By default it's set to off though.
Posted: Wed May 22, 2002 6:20 pm
by thantor3
Originally posted by Mr Flibble
I've had this board for nearly a year now so it's just about time for another upgrade.
Just out of curiousity, what are you thinking of upgrading to?
Posted: Wed May 22, 2002 6:37 pm
by Mr Flibble
Originally posted by thantor3
Just out of curiousity, what are you thinking of upgrading to?
I haven't really decided yet. I'm currently loking at an Asus A7V333, 512MB PC2700 DDR memory and an Athlon XP 2000+. I'm defnintely staying with AMD, but there haven't been any major improvements to the Athlons for a little while now, so I'm kinda waiting to see what AMD come up with next. The big issue for me is an ATA RAID controller, and not many (or probably no) Intel platforms include this.
It's amazing how much I spend on this machine. Definitely an addiction.
Posted: Thu May 23, 2002 6:59 am
by Kameleon
Originally posted by Mr Flibble
@Kameleon, I think the closest you can get to disabling the RAID controller is to set it to ATA100 mode. There's a jumper (JP54) next to IDE ports 3 and 4 that should set this. By default it's set to off though.
OK, thanks. I just realised I haven't opened my computer up for months - that situation must be rectified immediately
And do you know what the + is that is the difference between your mobo and mine? Just curious...
Posted: Thu May 23, 2002 11:18 am
by Mr Flibble
Originally posted by Kameleon
And do you know what the + is that is the difference between your mobo and mine? Just curious...
The GA7-DXR has an ATA100 RAID controller whereas the + model has an ATA133 controller. Other than that they're identical.
Posted: Thu May 23, 2002 11:20 am
by Kameleon
Originally posted by Mr Flibble
The GA7-DXR has an ATA100 RAID controller whereas the + model has an ATA133 controller.
Oh no! I feel so inferior...*sniff*
Thanks