Just don't expect the same performance from Sempron compared to Athlon XP (Barton). It got half the size of L2 cache (ok, maybe not a big difference) and they just don't overclock as good (I've read some reviews somewhere...). I'd never expect a 2500+@2442MHz at stock Vcore as I get from my stock At...

First I just want to say that my post is yesterdays news and many of you have already heard about it. One thing to do for minimizing the HD operations while the computer is not used is to turn off the prefetch function. I've just read about it and haven't tried it yet(visiting my parents, using thei...

Storagereview have done some testing with three hard drive models who have been available for a longer time, just to see if there are some differences between the old and the new ones. One of them is the Seagate Barracuda 7200.7, 160 GB vs 200 GB. The noise has changed very little from 40.4 to 39.7...

CoolGav wrote:.....mine all fold whever they're on.

I didn't know, just tried to help you out.

Try this. Lowers the idle temp with 5-10 degrees.

Kalel83 Questions: 1. Which BIOS are you running? 2. What is the lowest voltage you can choose in BIOS? 3. What do you say about the integrated sound? I'm wondering if you get interfering noises when moving the pointer or a window. You can only hear them when amplifying the signal quite much. I kno...

Thanks for your replies! You simply observed normal thing, the nature of overclocking :P I think the 11Mhz is not worth the heavy overvolting and you should consider yourself lucky, mine mobile Barton 2500+ need 1.850Vcore to get to 2560Mhz, so... :wink: Yes, I know. But I think that the needed volt...

2) 1) As far as SPCR goes, "who cares". The new CPUs are too hot anyway, why make them even hotter by OCing them? Sure, but what about underclocking? Does this mean a 10% limit downwards too? That might be interesting for some SPCR readers. I see no reason why it should be like that, but so far I h...

Found here.

Some manufacturers have found out how to overclock them though.

I'm about to buy a new motherboard and I will probably buy an Abit KV7. I know that NF7-S and AN7 have more features but they cost more, and I'm more into underclocking and undervolting. Since my 2500+ goes up to 2442 MHz @ 1.64 V with my old Asus A7V600-X, I'm quite happy with that. Unfortunately ,...

Found this at Slashdot.

mb2 wrote:could i get a SATA to IDE converter to run a SATA drive through a motherboard with IDE only [and lose the 'performance increase'] or would i need a SATA motherboard?

IDE versions have been announced too.

More about the new Seagate in this older thread

Anyway, 20 bels for the single platter 120 GB (Why not 133 GB ???) Barracuda 7200.8 is better than 25 bels for the single platter 80 GB Barracuda 7200.7.

If you check some photos of the AN7 and NF7 you'll see that the AN7 has a little more space, maybe 2-3 mm for the mounting clip. Since people have done it with the NF7, I don't think it's a problem. Look here.

...and Aston says it works!

Not identical, the heatpipes of the 80D are mounted in different angles. From Tom's Hardware

From XBitlabs http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/news/2004-03/silentfx.jpg Looks like a Zalman to me. 2 heatpipes, maybe it's the new ZM80D-HP ? I'm completely satisfied with my 80C on my 9800 Pro. No fan, bad caseflow, didnt affect the CPU temp, and no problems! But I will get a low speed fan for it an...

Check this out

I didn't think it was THAT bad.
Anyway I'm not interested, it feels good to see the old 2500+@2,4GHz being faster in some gaming benchmarks than the 3,4GHz P4E....

I run about 50C with case temps about 32C. At idle? I had 56 degrees (2500+, bad caseflow) at idle but lowered it to 42 by activating S2K bus disconnect. This is a great feature!!!! In BIOS(for NF7-S), go to "Advanced Chipset Features" and enable "CPU Disconnect Function", if you haven't done it. R...

_Harpocrates_ wrote:CeBIT is about a week away.

Let's hope.

Don't hope too much. According to their website, they're not one of the exhibitors...

..unless they are registered under some other name.

Let's hope.

My Barton is an AQYHA.
I get 222x11 = 2442 MHz (it's locked...) at 1,65 V on my crappy ASUS A7V600-X. Used Prime95 without problems. Using a Zalman CNPS-7000AlCu and 400 MHz RAM.

If you look at Overclockers database, it looks like you might be able to do more.... if you're lucky!

Try VideoLAN. Works very good for me, no codecs needed. Ten OS supported.
After using VideoLAN, the eternal quest for better codecs feels so unneccesary.

Are you sure it's your MBs fault? Try another graphic card. I've seen some cards do weird things when running a movie.

just did a check and the notes I have say [D2:7]=Disc when STPGNT# Detect 0=disable 1=enable which all looks promising, except as I say I never noticed any difference so figured why fix it. [D2:7]=Disc when STPGNT# Detect 0=disable 1=enable -- What does that mean? Mats - are those your idle temps? ...

Have anyone seen a working solution for VIA KT600? Yup - just zap register D5 in the northbridge. It is probably set to '1C' by the BIOS, you need to add the bit that changes '1C' to '1E'. WPCregEdit/Set will do this for you in Win, the links in the sticky also show how to do it in Linux. Confirmed...

Have anyone seen a working solution for VIA KT600? The ASUS A7V600 I got is a quite new model, but I can't see any S2K Bus Disconnect support in BIOS. I really don't like this motherboard, but on the other hand I got a good CPU. 2500+@222x11 : 1,65V, no problem even under Prime95. it is supposed to ...

Can you recommend a good heatsink for the NB? I have found some, but they are just as tall or taller. I would like one that is just as good or better than the original. Thanks for you help. Nope, don't know any except the Zalman ones, but they're just as big, or bigger.... like you said. What about...

Four solutions for this kind of problem:

1. Rotate the NB heatsink

2. Squeeze the NB heatsink in between the fins of the Zalman 7000, they're very movable

3. Cut the top corner of the NB heatsink

4. Exchange the NB heatsink.


I've seen people doing those things in this forum.

Good luck!

Well I'm using a 5 m long cable of the cheapest kind between the PC and amplifier. If I use a cheap PCI sound card I get a low, constant humming when having maximum output. And that's the difference, I never hear the desktop activities such as pointer movement. So, this is pretty ok for me. But when...

I hope it's not too much off topic, talking about stock Bartons... I got quite interested in those -M CPUs, but since I've just got my new computer, it's a bit too late for me (no money!) . Besides that, I think I got a pretty good cpu anyway. I'm running a stock 2500+, right now with 222x11 = 2442 ...

The sound cards integrated in many motherboards generate a lot of buzzing and clicking noises that becomes too much if you connect an amplifier and some big speakers. The pointer and other graphical movements interfere with the sound, probably in the Southbridge. I'm using an external graphic card. ...