Really on a roll this week

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:14 pm

i've managed to make 2 rigs not work in the last 3 days through tinkering - tried for a little xtra on my main rig in the oc dept ....then corrupt boot sector...now not posting

went to test a cpu in one of the kids' rigs saturday - now that one won't post

good thing i have this ol' dell as a backup

I think the stars are telling me to stay the **** away from any hardware

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:46 pm

Originally posted by wvjohn
I think the stars are telling me to stay the **** away from any hardware

No, the stars are telling you not to overclock.

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:36 am

I think it's an excellent excuse for upgrades.....

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VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:15 pm

Originally posted by sethpa
I think it's an excellent excuse for upgrades..... :

HAHA. I'm only laughing 'cause I've been there SOOOOOOO often. If you're like me tho ( read: stubborn ) you'll have at it and eventually get to the bottom of what's what. Sometimes I do buy something tho just to calm my friggin' nerves and to know that hopefully, I'll at least have SOMETHING that works in the house within a few days time.

Is there anything worse that having stuff go "kaflooey" and your wife and kidz are right there with the inevitable ...." yo! Mr. Computer wizard! WTF? " .....looks on their faces?

WV, on the main rig. unplug the pwr cord, remove cmos battery and let sit like that for 30 minutes. Then reinstall it , connect everything and see what happens.
......sounds crazy but I've read that can work wonderz.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:52 pm

Obviously, it's all Vid's fault for starting with this mobile athlon thing

anyway I rma'd the mobo in the main system and ordered one of those DFI ones for a change - couldn't even get a post out of it at all -

the 8rda+ is out of warranty so i will have to figure that out - probably just get a new bios chip - what was painful was shipping out a working 8rda+ that i had already sold this morning, hehe life of an overclocker....

hmm...my daughter doen't use her computer that much-mostly uses the screensaver as a nightlight...I could slip a mobile 2400 in there..............hehe

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 2:12 pm

my main rig ate some dirt this week also....pos.

greg

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:02 pm

I'll not be boasting, but my main rig has done me wonderfully for a little over a year now since I got my 8RDA+ only problems have been when trying to do a Dual boot of 2k and XPro I'm still trying to decide if now that I have 2kPro installed I can run a dual boot w/XP on top of it without losing everything.. heh..

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:21 pm

Mr. epox sending me a new bios chip for the 8rda+ - $16 shipped which isn't bad

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:30 pm

Originally posted by wvjohn
Mr. epox sending me a new bios chip for the 8rda+ - $16 shipped which isn't bad

That isn't a bad price at all..

I could handle that for a bad bios especially for the 8RDA+ I love this board.. Granted mine is a rev2.x Ultra 400.. heh..

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:27 am

Originally posted by wvjohn
Obviously, it's all Vid's fault for starting with this mobile athlon thing

haha. I just ordered another one, an xpm2400+ like yours and an Albatron KX600S Pro ( VIA KT600 ) to see if I can get the mobile to run unlocked on it. If not, probably just trade the xpm for a desktop Barton25+ or use it in a build for somebody down the line.

CPU and mobo for $138. :laugh
Cheaper than buying just a LANparty by itself.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 9:37 am

the 2400m's that are coming out of the nj warehouse all seem to hit at least 2.4 according to the threads at AT and other places

and it appears that they are factory unlocked so that lappies can play with the divider/power settings

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 10:17 am

Originally posted by wvjohn
the 2400m's that are coming out of the nj warehouse all seem to hit at least 2.4 according to the threads at AT and other places

and it appears that they are factory unlocked so that lappies can play with the divider/power settings

I had that KT6 MSi w/ the AMI BIOS tho that locked the xpm26+ multi @ 15x which kinda sucked. Albatron uses a Phoenix BIOS so I'm hopin' that might be the difference between it being locked or unlocked. We shall see. Never can tell with the VIA KT6's until ya try them. No biggie either way.

Somethin' to play with on my days off next week.

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:42 pm

Originally posted by VidmanII
haha. I just ordered another one, an xpm2400+ like yours and an Albatron KX600S Pro ( VIA KT600 ) to see if I can get the mobile to run unlocked on it. If not, probably just trade the xpm for a desktop Barton25+ or use it in a build for somebody down the line.

CPU and mobo for $138. :laugh
Cheaper than buying just a LANparty by itself.

Dibs on the Barton trade!

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:16 pm

on one of those vidman dfi mobo's - seems ok so far - the ide cable layout is very nice

just on the bench getting set up atm - xp was able to repair the boot sector

just gonna leave this pretty much stock - have some new memory coming so then we'll party

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ok, main rig back up