Hi Phil! [Archive] - The Genome Collective

Dustin

17th August 2001, 11:57

There is 4 part time PIII700's totaled in the 10G. I guess Medic didn't want to include part time CPU's on his page. No biggie, PIII's are slow at genoming anyway.

It's hard to try and total with alot of part time CPU's. I haven't even included the part time P4 1.7 in any totals.

Dave S

17th August 2001, 12:04

Hehehehe Dustin/Phil look how close it is now!!!

78 Dave_Sturman 27055.83
79 Marty 26952.75
80 FarQ 26924.64
81 Dustin 26921.09
82 theotherphil 26899.67

Dustin

17th August 2001, 12:34

Hey! knock that off!! you just passed me, and Phil!

Grrr, now I'm going to have to go buy more hardware.:D

phil

17th August 2001, 13:23

Originally posted by Dustin
Hey! knock that off!! you just passed me, and Phil!

Grrr, now I'm going to have to go buy more hardware.:D

Argghh, same here :D

Dave S

17th August 2001, 14:43

ROFL:D :D
Sorry guys but the genome on a roll :cool: :p :cool:

siggy

17th August 2001, 20:40

You go Dave. Congrats on the passing.:D

Dave S

18th August 2001, 05:24

thanx sig, but they will get me in a day or two lol:D :D

Dustin

18th August 2001, 21:10

Originally posted by Dave S
Hehehehe Dustin/Phil look how close it is now!!!

78 Dave_Sturman 27055.83
79 Marty 26952.75
80 FarQ 26924.64
81 Dustin 26921.09
82 theotherphil 26899.67

Dave, you have been STOMPED! :D

80 Dustin 27327.76
81 Dave_Sturman 27315.66
82 theotherphil 27265.00

Dave S

19th August 2001, 05:48

Originally posted by Dustin

Dave, you have been STOMPED! :D

80 Dustin 27327.76
81 Dave_Sturman 27315.66
82 theotherphil 27265.00

hehe U wait:D :cool: :D

phil

19th August 2001, 05:54

Hehe, cool...you have been stomped again Dave :D

Dustin: 27385
theotherphil: 27317
Dave S: 27315

How close is that?

Dave S

19th August 2001, 06:01

hehehe thanx Phil, keep an eye on the 14:00GMT update:D :cool: :p :p :cool: :D

<<<<EDIT>>>>
For double STOMP
80 Dave_Sturman
27597.61
81 Dustin
27412.37
82 theotherphil
27372.78

Hehehe…..

MechCD

19th August 2001, 10:39

I'll pass you all with 4gh!z (der me thinks its 4 ghz :D)

Dustin

19th August 2001, 15:37

Hey Dave, I just squeezed 200Mhz out of 5 boxes here.:cool: As long as stability isn't an issue, they'll stay that way.

Oh, I just orderd another A7V133, and a Tbird 1.2G (1.5G shouldn't be any problem) :D I would have ordered the A7M266, but I have extra PC133.

I'm replacing the Ghz PIII at first, and when I have enough extra parts again, I'll rebuild it.

Dave S

19th August 2001, 15:48

Hehehe, nice one Dustin,:cool: so you will be up to 10 to 13GHz? cool, I have had to turn mine down on the FSB coz its too hot for them in the room. Cant wait for winter,:rolleyes: still waiting for the go-a-head to build a dual Xeon,:D but because of the CPU’s changing so much I’m holding off for a while.

Hey this 3way battle is a bit intresting!!!:)

phil

20th August 2001, 01:25

Originally posted by Dave S

Hey this 3way battle is a bit intresting!!!:)

That's it, time to watercool my other T-Bird and re-install my peltiers and watercooler on my dually.....should be good for another 500Mhz :eek:

Dave S

20th August 2001, 05:29

hehe common man bring it on!!!!!! :D :p :D

hmmmm time to buy a dual AMD:confused:

Dustin

20th August 2001, 09:00

Originally posted by Dave S
hehe common man bring it on!!!!!! :D :p :D

That's it! This stuff is so cheeeeep, I may order another A7V133 Tbird 1.2G.:D

I can't do much with my sisters computer. The room she has it in is so damn hot! (~100f) If I give her the CUSL2 PIII @ 1G, that will raise her from 825Mhz, 112FSB to 1.07G, 155FSB. Yeah I'll do that! It's a strong chip, and should take the heat.:cool:

Dave S

20th August 2001, 10:07

Originally posted by Dustin

That's it! This stuff is so cheeeeep, I may order another A7V133 Tbird 1.2G.:D

I can't do much with my sisters computer. The room she has it in is so damn hot! (~100f) If I give her the CUSL2 PIII @ 1G, that will raise her from 825Mhz, 112FSB to 1.07G, 155FSB. Yeah I'll do that! It's a strong chip, and should take the heat.:cool:
LOL - Now that’s wot I like to see….commitment!!!!

this is gonna be interesting :D :D :cool: :cool: :D :D

PS I know wot you mean about the heat….it on now!!!:p :rolleyes:

Dustin

20th August 2001, 20:39

WOW!

Is this sorted or what?? I cancelled my online order. I do some work every now and again for the local computer shop...

If I give him the crappy (bad OCer) PIII750, and the ASUS CUBX. He's going to sell me a Tbird 1.33G and an ASUS A7V133 for $80!

Holy crap! I can increase that boxes output by a 6 fold for $80!:eek::D

phil

21st August 2001, 01:22

That's a pretty good deal Dustin. I have decided not to jump into another purchase until a decent dual Athlon MP mobo is released....Abit/Iwill etc.

Dave S

21st August 2001, 06:00

Dustin - nice one mate:D :D

Phil - Same ere bro "dual AMD" hmmmmmmm:cool:

Dustin

21st August 2001, 17:48

Originally posted by phil
That's a pretty good deal Dustin. I have decided not to jump into another purchase until a decent dual Athlon MP mobo is released....Abit/Iwill etc.

I really don't care a whole lot about "jumping the gun". Computer hardware changes way too often to be concerned about it.

Doesn't matter what you buy today, it'll be obsolete sooner than you want. I'll probably ditch the chip in 6-8mo anyway. At that time, the pickings will be better yet. That's the way I look at it.

Originally posted by Dave S
Dustin - nice one mate:D :D

Phil - Same ere bro "dual AMD" hmmmmmmm:cool:

I'm going to start looking at Dual AMD very soon myself, but I need my fix in the meantime.:rolleyes:

You might see my output drop marginally tonight and tomorrow. Then it will go up.

In two weeks, I'm rebuilding my sisters PIII750@825/112 with the PIII 866@1007/155 (have to wait for her to bring it here). My output should go up again then.:D

Dave S

21st August 2001, 19:40

Drop................sorry I don’t understand.......hehe…….hey man your gonna fly by me soon it’s just a matter of time.:D
That’s cool, yer the dual AMD’s sound good, just have to wait and see if they live up to the hype. Lets hope so:cool: :D :cool:

Dustin

21st August 2001, 20:39

Originally posted by Dave S
Drop................sorry I don’t understand.......hehe…….hey man your gonna fly by me soon it’s just a matter of time.:D
That’s cool, yer the dual AMD’s sound good, just have to wait and see if they live up to the hype. Lets hope so:cool: :D :cool:

Drop because I'll have the PIII@1G offline while I rebuild it.

I don't think I'll fly by you, but I'll hopefully make it a more even race.:cool: One thing's for sure, you'll know when I'm finished, and everything comes back online.:D

Jodie

21st August 2001, 20:52

Ok, now you've all got me wondering what I can do with the 1.33/266 Tbirds. What can they do with proper cooling? Water isn't a problem, I can set-up decent cooling for them, and ambient temp is maintained at 64degF consistantly now. They're automagically unlocked from the factory, right? I have the Asus 266 boards, the OC potential should be there for them, right? What settings should I try, all mighty OC gurus?

Someone point me the right way! I want to get an extra 33% of play room, too! [grin] Stability is a big issue for me on the downside, on the upside, everything is running Linux at this point.

Dustin

21st August 2001, 22:19

Originally posted by Jodie
Ok, now you've all got me wondering what I can do with the 1.33/266 Tbirds. What can they do with proper cooling? Water isn't a problem, I can set-up decent cooling for them, and ambient temp is maintained at 64degF consistantly now. They're automagically unlocked from the factory, right? I have the Asus 266 boards, the OC potential should be there for them, right? What settings should I try, all mighty OC gurus?

Someone point me the right way! I want to get an extra 33% of play room, too! [grin] Stability is a big issue for me on the downside, on the upside, everything is running Linux at this point.

1.33 should do at least 1.5 w/o breaking a sweat. Yep, 1.2G and higher are unlocked from the fab. Are you running the A7A266, A7M266, or the A7V266? :confused:

Jodie

21st August 2001, 22:43

The Procs are 1.333's.

My boards are the A7M266, memory is 266DDR, made by Samsung. If it helps, I can give you the chip part numbers.

At the moment they're cooled by these big honkin' GlobalWins that warn you all over the place not to plug them into the Mobo because they draw to much current. I always use arctic silver, and put it on with a credit card or the back of a razor knife to keep the layer thin and consistant.

If cooling becomes an issue, I have blowers out of Vax 11/780s (Two of them will work as a hovercraft when attached to an office chair. Don't ask - there were some late nights in the computer lab at Cal... An 11/780 will pop microwave popcorn if you redirect the airflow away from the cardcage. Again - don't ask...) As well as 28" box fans.

Any recommendation for the particular settings, where should I start tweaking to get there? I have four that I can turn-up right off the bat, and keep an eye on them most especially closely...

THANK YOU!

Jodie

21st August 2001, 22:44

Another 200Mhz times six machines... That's like adding another PIII-1G for free. Sign me up!

Dustin

21st August 2001, 23:32

I was just reading the manual, and I can't seem to find any multiplier settings. I'm not surprised, as it's an AMD chipset. I'm not familiar with that particular board, but it doesn't seem very tweakable.

Grrr The highest bus speed supported is 133. No tweaks there either. Looks like it's only going to help OCing 100Mhz chips.

If you think I'm missing anything, have a look at the
manual (ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/amd760/a7m266/a7m266-102.pdf). I hope I'm just blind.:(

wbierman

21st August 2001, 23:44

I'm only able to get about a 25% boost by OCing with my A7A266. I have not seen your board which uses the AMD 761 chip set. Mine uses the Ali Magik 1 M1647.

The A7M266 is a bit older and might not have the full range of multipliers (7.5 through 14). Start low and work your way up until your system becomes unstable. Then back off a notch and test. Run 24 hrs under load and recheck. If it can handle 24+ hours, then all is well.

The ASUS mobos will allow some tweaking but not to the extent that the Abit mobos offer.

MechCD

21st August 2001, 23:57

Originally posted by Jodie
The Procs are 1.333's.

My boards are the A7M266, memory is 266DDR, made by Samsung. If it helps, I can give you the chip part numbers.

At the moment they're cooled by these big honkin' GlobalWins that warn you all over the place not to plug them into the Mobo because they draw to much current. I always use arctic silver, and put it on with a credit card or the back of a razor knife to keep the layer thin and consistant.

If cooling becomes an issue, I have blowers out of Vax 11/780s (Two of them will work as a hovercraft when attached to an office chair. Don't ask - there were some late nights in the computer lab at Cal... An 11/780 will pop microwave popcorn if you redirect the airflow away from the cardcage. Again - don't ask...) As well as 28" box fans.

Any recommendation for the particular settings, where should I start tweaking to get there? I have four that I can turn-up right off the bat, and keep an eye on them most especially closely...

THANK YOU!

got any pics of these blowers? me likes pics of blowers. Tryin to figure out what to do with mine, i think it will cool 3 of me puters inside the cube

Jodie

22nd August 2001, 02:25

Thanks, All!

I generally ignore manuals anyway... ;)

I can bump the FSB in 1Mhz increments. The Multiplier is grayed out, maybe there's a jumper to set for jumperless config on the multiplier, or to unlock or whatever... I'll dig around further.

So, first thing I did was set it to 145FSB and rebooted. Posted fine, booted into Linux fine, started up and ran genome fine. So I reniced it to -20 (hit that 100% processor mark!), ran for ten minutes and puked on itself. First sign was the ALU/FPU puking (Genome crashed with a SEG Fault in math, precision error.) That's always a bad sign. The machine crashed a moment later.

So I backed down to 142FSB. Posted fine, Linux came up, Genome has been running at -20 nice for a whole subloop with no problems yet. Linux reports 1427.95Mhz in dmesg. (multiplier seems off there) So I just bought an extra 100Mhz on that machine with nothing but 2mins of time, if it keep running. So if they'll all do it without modification, I bought an extra 600Mhz, or the equiv of adding another one of my Dells only with faster memory access and no additional box. Hey, I'm all for that!:D

Thanks again, Dustin and wbierman!!!

(Mech, I'll take some pictures this next weekend. And I just emailed your tracking number a moment ago - give it a few, my mailserver has been ungodly slow.)

Jodie

22nd August 2001, 03:51

Now I remember what was sooooo frustrating about OCing. Quality control...

Two machines, identical in every way. The memory is one serial number off from the other one. The HD came from the same batch directly from the manufacterer. The mobo is identical, the cooling is identical, the temperatures are within two tenths of a degree, the power supplies are identical and total overkill (400wt)

One overclocks 10% without a complaint. The other pukes on your shoes and won't even POST at 3%... Sigh... Best it would do is 138FSB. That's pathetic! And that at a CPU core temp of 28deg C... Can't complain about temp - I get pissy when my beer is that cold... (stupid americans can't drink beer at room temp, what's up with that?!?!?) Do you know what kind of hell I go through trying to get a Guinness that's drawn warmer than that around here?!?! :rolleyes: :confused: :rolleyes:

Ok, I'll stop whining now.

stall6g

22nd August 2001, 06:02

Jodie have you tried upping the voltage or is that at default. If you haven' ttry raising up your voltage a little. I wouldn't be concerned with heat there when you're running at 28 degrees. Also not sure what tweaks are there on the board but you may want to try up[ping your I/O voltage a litle bit to increase the stability.

Dave S

22nd August 2001, 06:27

Originally posted by Dustin

Drop because I'll have the PIII@1G offline while I rebuild it.

I don't think I'll fly by you, but I'll hopefully make it a more even race.:cool: One thing's for sure, you'll know when I'm finished, and everything comes back online.:D
Hey Dustin that’s good mate, can’t wait to see the numbers…..good for U……good 4 da Team…….good 4 da project, sorted:D :D :cool: :D :D

Dustin

22nd August 2001, 08:19

Hi Dave!

RE STOMPED

79 Dustin 28272.76
80 Dave_Sturman 28242.49

siggy

22nd August 2001, 12:07

Come up Dave, your not going to let him get away with this are you?;)

Jodie

22nd August 2001, 13:01

Doesn't look like the board wants to play nice... I see no voltage operators, multiplier appears locked on the board. Only thing I get is FSB. Time to go trade 'em in on ABit boards. I bought the ASUS 'cause they were ALWAYS the best OC boards back in my oc-play-days:(

Dustin

22nd August 2001, 13:14

Originally posted by Jodie
Doesn't look like the board wants to play nice... I see no voltage operators, multiplier appears locked on the board. Only thing I get is FSB. Time to go trade 'em in on ABit boards. I bought the ASUS 'cause they were ALWAYS the best OC boards back in my oc-play-days:(

Pleaes don't go with Abit, try one of the other ASUS 266 boards first. Trust me on this, you will be messing around for days if not weeks getting the boards to run rite. I'm sure you have extra PC133. Genome doesn't really get anything from DDR. I find the A7V133 ROCK stable, and very tweakable. I have all of them running at least 150FSB (300DDR). No system freezes, and they are heavily OCed.:cool:

Jodie

22nd August 2001, 13:19

did I accidentally transpose threads? I think I might have, if so, sorry... Might have done it while surfing through my mail..

I have lots of Crucial 133. I'll follow your advice and try that board. On the plus-side I have very little hardware in those machines to get cranky. Only thing that might get cranky is the video board. Wish that darned board would let me just run it headless...

Dave S

22nd August 2001, 14:38

Originally posted by siggy
Come up Dave, your not going to let him get away with this are you?;)
Yep 4 a ittle while……but watch this genome!!!!!:D :p :rolleyes: :cool: :D

Dustin

22nd August 2001, 15:09

Originally posted by Jodie
did I accidentally transpose threads? I think I might have, if so, sorry... Might have done it while surfing through my mail..

I have lots of Crucial 133. I'll follow your advice and try that board. On the plus-side I have very little hardware in those machines to get cranky. Only thing that might get cranky is the video board. Wish that darned board would let me just run it headless...

Doesn't matter. Every thread here seems to be a hardware thread. :D

I find Crucial PC133 CL2 has no problem clocking to 150 CL2. It seems to have trouble though above 155. I don't know if that is the chipset having trouble or not, but I hit the same wall with Intel or AMD.

Dave S

22nd August 2001, 15:13

same ere 6x128 bits all runing @150Mhz (3PC,s):D :cool: :cool: :D

phil

22nd August 2001, 15:16

Originally posted by Dustin

Doesn't matter. Every thread here seems to be a hardware thread. :D

I find Crucial PC133 CL2 has no problem clocking to 150 CL2. It seems to have trouble though above 155. I don't know if that is the chipset having trouble or not, but I hit the same wall with Intel or AMD.

Same findings here Dustin...I have to go to CAS3 to run above 155fsb with the Crucial. Interstingly, I get better bandwidth (only just though) at 150fsb CAS2 than I do at 160fsb running CAS3.

Here's my RAM bench at 150fsb (http://www.ocprices.com/phil/KK266R/150fsb/MEM.gif)

and here's my bench at 160fsb (CAS3) (http://www.ocprices.com/phil/KK266R/160fsb/MEM.gif)

siggy

22nd August 2001, 19:07

Originally posted by Dustin

Doesn't matter. Every thread here seems to be a hardware thread.........

After awhile all the threads seem to run together.:D

Jodie

22nd August 2001, 20:11

are you saying the threads are interTWINED?:D

siggy

22nd August 2001, 20:16

LOL......Yep.....Except for Linux......That one sticks out like a sore thumb.

MechCD

22nd August 2001, 20:35

We can fix that.

Dnar, or phil, what version of redhat do all those stats pages run? or do they not run linux?

(i'm bad at making adding linux to topics)

siggy

22nd August 2001, 20:40

I think I remember that being mentioned to Dnar, that it was Linux.

MechCD

22nd August 2001, 21:07

I wonder what veriosn thoug and what it uses altogether, like apahe maybe? Doe sit support ftp? Does phil use webmin to make his life easier?

siggy

22nd August 2001, 21:10

I will see if I can find the post. I think it was in L$

phil

23rd August 2001, 01:17

Originally posted by MechCD
I wonder what veriosn thoug and what it uses altogether, like apahe maybe? Doe sit support ftp? Does phil use webmin to make his life easier?

The server is running Red Hat 7.1 with Apache 1.3.20, MySQL 3.23.32 and PHP 4.0.6. I do have a webmin like tool available, but it is no where near as powerful. I use ftp or SSH for admin of the server depending on what needs doing.

Dustin

23rd August 2001, 09:34

Oh David...

76 Dustin 28676.70
77 Ciccio 28608.64
78 cplayer 28594.03
79 MickFoley 28558.79
80 Puck_It_AJC 28317.06
81 erben22 28275.88
82 Dave_Sturman 28242.49

:D :p :D

Dave S

23rd August 2001, 09:59

oh david i'll give you "oh david" hehehe.....:p

Ok for now Dustin your the man but.........your time will come young man your time will come (maybe) LOL :cool: :p :p :cool:

siggy

23rd August 2001, 11:01

<<<HUGS FOR DAVE>>>>

There there......don't you worry about mean old Dustin.:)

Dustin

24th August 2001, 21:12

Well, this sucks. I tried the Tbird 1.33G in three computers, and it constantly freezes after 5mins. Yes the temps are normal. It runs fine at 1.2G. All the markings say 1.33, and it defults to 10x mult.

I think it's a 1G chip...
Can any of you chip code experts help me out?
A1333 AMS3C
AYHJA 0125BPAW
96457450104

Oh well, He can't get me a replacement chip till monday or tuesday..:(

Edit- I know this should be posted in the hardware section, but the conversation started here. So I figured I'd continue here.

wbierman

25th August 2001, 04:01

You should not have to up anything to make it work at default. Can your mobo support that default speed? Do you need a BIOS update to add needed CPU headroom? I have seen this on several boards.

Dustin

25th August 2001, 07:36

Thanks Wiberman, The BIOS is updated and can support up to a 1.4G chip.

I checked out the chip codes on http://www.overclockers.com// and it looks like a legit chip. Perhaps it just sliped through QC.

Dustin

25th August 2001, 12:15

Me and my big mouth. I'm too quick to jump to conclusions.:rolleyes:

I hadn't even looked at the new board yet... I figured an A7V133 is an A7V133. Opened it, I noticed it says A7V133-C. So I got curious and put it together. Threw in the 1.33G. Ahem... WOW!:D 1,533 defult voltage. ASUS doesn't say what the differences in boards are. They have the exact same BIOS. Oh, the HSF I'm using is the TT VOLCANO 6Cu It's Pretty nice. (http://www.thermaltake.com/) Looking at overclockers.com, 1.6G shouldn't be a problem with some tweaking. I'll burn it in some first though.:cool:

Jodie

25th August 2001, 15:55

HOLY CRUD! THAT's IT! I'm going to replace my 266 boards and 'down grade' to that board. I want to run MY 1.3's at 1.6!!!

MechCD

25th August 2001, 18:06

Hrm.... WHats the diff from A7V133-c and a regular A7v133? i feel ripped off majorly..... There is also an "m" version

Is it justa different revision? Or is the board slightly different?

Dustin

25th August 2001, 19:19

Originally posted by Jodie
HOLY CRUD! THAT's IT! I'm going to replace my 266 boards and 'down grade' to that board. I want to run MY 1.3's at 1.6!!!

Keep in mind YMMV with OCing. That CPU is a very late model Tbird.

Originally posted by MechCD
Hrm.... WHats the diff from A7V133-c and a regular A7v133? i feel ripped off majorly..... There is also an "m" version

Is it justa different revision? Or is the board slightly different?

Found it here. (http://www.asus.com/Products/Motherboard/socketa/a7v133-c/index.html) It has a revised chipset.

Chipset: VIA® KT133A and VIA® V82C686B
Not bad for an US$80 purchase.

Jodie

25th August 2001, 20:58

I have two 1333 Tbirds with the same stepping as yours.... I'm going to replace the RAM with Crucial as well, but my mboard has crummy OC potential... Only thing I can set is fsb...

I know MMMV :p with all the components - that's always true with OC - you're getting something for nothing... But if I can do ANY better than my 1420, I'm game...

viperdog

25th August 2001, 21:16

YMMV....MMMV....what?

and here I thought I knew them all....lol

viperdog

25th August 2001, 21:18

dah..just got it...your mileage my vary, and jodie's was a typo ( get some sleep girl...lol)

Jodie

25th August 2001, 21:20

Originally posted by viperdog
dah..just got it...your mileage my vary, and jodie's was a typo ( get some sleep girl...lol)

Nope, My Mileage May Vary... No typo... I got loootsa sleep last night! FIVE whole hours!!!

:rolleyes: :D

MechCD

25th August 2001, 22:47

Originally posted by Jodie

Nope, My Mileage May Vary... No typo... I got loootsa sleep last night! FIVE whole hours!!!

:rolleyes: :D

LOL, what little sleep? 1 hour?

i try for 8 hours minimum or i end up fudgin up anything that needs thinking :D

Jodie

26th August 2001, 00:05

I'm generally around 2hrs/night, sometimes 3...

MechCD

26th August 2001, 00:19

Originally posted by Dustin

Keep in mind YMMV with OCing. That CPU is a very late model Tbird.

Found it here. (http://www.asus.com/Products/Motherboard/socketa/a7v133-c/index.html) It has a revised chipset.

Chipset: VIA® KT133A and VIA® V82C686B
Not bad for an US$80 purchase.

i still can't tell whats different :(

my a7v133 rev 1.04 was $160 when i got it :( and then the chipset fan died so i had to replace it a week later another $10

Dustin

26th August 2001, 12:02

Originally posted by MechCD

i still can't tell whats different :(

my a7v133 rev 1.04 was $160 when i got it :( and then the chipset fan died so i had to replace it a week later another $10

The A7V133's were alot more money at first. Rite when they came out, they were like $200. All I know is that ASUS wouldn't add another letter designation the board if there wasn't a difference.

I'll look into it better (RTFM) and get back to you.:)

Rick_Deadly

26th August 2001, 12:33

Originally posted by MechCD

i still can't tell whats different :(

my a7v133 rev 1.04 was $160 when i got it :( and then the chipset fan died so i had to replace it a week later another $10

The threads are a little mixed, so if you mean the difference between an A7V133 and A7V133-C...

The A7V133 uses the KT133A chipset with the 686a southbridge and an external Promise UDMA100 controller.

The A7V133-C uses the KT133A chipset with the 686b southbridge that has built in UDMA 100 support.

There may be more differences, but I don't know what they are.

MechCD

26th August 2001, 16:03

Ok, yes mine has the promise controller that will do UDMA 100 or RAID

Dustin

26th August 2001, 16:23

Originally posted by MechCD
Ok, yes mine has the promise controller that will do UDMA 100 or RAID

For a Genoming box, RAID won't do a thing (sittin in the middle of 5 A7V133's:D) I couldn't RAID out all thoe boxes anyway. Seeing that's the only purpose of that computer, I'd rather have the upgraded southbridge.

Dustin

29th August 2001, 09:53

Official~ 10.5*153= 1606Mhz:D I had to bump the core voltage up .5v. I also had to up the VIO.:rolleyes:

Jodie

29th August 2001, 10:15

WOAH! Grats! I wanna know ALL the gritty details! I'm ready for a bit more power myself... :D

What are you cooling them with?

Grats again!

Dustin

29th August 2001, 11:15

Originally posted by Jodie
WOAH! Grats! I wanna know ALL the gritty details! I'm ready for a bit more power myself... :D

What are you cooling them with?
Grats again!

No major effort on my part...

I'll list just the relevant stuff. ASUS A7V133-C, Crucial PC133 CAS2, NSpire 300W PSU, TT V6cu HSF (see previous post), Tbird 1.33G/266FSB, Vcore 1.8v, VIO 3.7v, AS, 68f room, 5" 12v fan blowing at CPU, Cover always off, three normal case fans.

It's been at 1.6G since last night. So far, no signs of instability.

That pretty much sums it up. If you want to know more, ask away.

phil

29th August 2001, 17:49

Very nice Dustin :D I just hope my 1.2 Athlon 4 does the business. I am watercooled so heat isn't a problem.

Dave S

29th August 2001, 17:56

Dustin nice one mate 1606Mhz WOW:D :cool: :cool: :D

Dustin

29th August 2001, 20:26

Originally posted by phil
Very nice Dustin :D I just hope my 1.2 Athlon 4 does the business. I am watercooled so heat isn't a problem.

This is my view on water cooling...

Anything that holds water, eventually won't.:p

I've thought about it, but it's not worth the effort. Too many computers. Too much time and effort messing around. I may get another 50Mhz, woohoo. It's much easier to just build another box or three.:D

Noise isn't an issue. Heat really isn't too much of an issue. The farm is in a basement that doesn't go above 70f in the summer, and as cold as I want it in the winter. .So you see, it's not worth it for me.

About your 1.2, I'm really curious to see your results. I hope you get it up to 1.6Ghz.:cool:

Jodie

30th August 2001, 00:44

Thanks for the update! I've sent my supplier off to find duplicate componentry... ;)

I'm looking forward to turning up a few of these machines. I've got an RMA from him for the mobos I already had, I'm running the same ram - it's an issue of finding the same board now is all and I'm so there! :D

Dustin

31st August 2001, 23:31

Whammo! The PIII@1G will be online within the hour.:D

Jodie

1st September 2001, 00:15

The weekend's coming up! That means I might actually have time to bring up the two tbirds and the two other laptops (650 mobile steps)! So I see you your PIII and raise you a Tbird and a quarter and equiv of 1.3 PIII mobile! :p You need to cut back a bit though so I can reach double, ok?:D

But first I need to get my hair and nails done - I've been putting that off toooo long....;)

Jodie

1st September 2001, 00:16

BTW, how's the 1.6 doing? Still stable?

Dustin

1st September 2001, 00:48

Originally posted by Jodie
BTW, how's the 1.6 doing? Still stable?

Had to downclock it to 10.5*152=1596Mhz. I had a recoverable blue screen one morning (no hard freeze). Other than that, it's been up 24x7. Crucial PC133 CAS2 has a hard time above 150Mhz bus.

Dustin

1st September 2001, 00:54

Originally posted by Jodie
The weekend's coming up! That means I might actually have time to bring up the two tbirds and the two other laptops (650 mobile steps)! So I see you your PIII and raise you a Tbird and a quarter and equiv of 1.3 PIII mobile! :p You need to cut back a bit though so I can reach double, ok?:D

But first I need to get my hair and nails done - I've been putting that off toooo long....;)

No way! Everytime you add more power, I'll add more power.:rolleyes: Besides, it's supposed to be triple!:p

You need some time to yourself. Just shut off the computers and relax.:D

Jodie

1st September 2001, 03:52

Originally posted by Dustin

No way! Everytime you add more power, I'll add more power.:rolleyes: Besides, it's supposed to be triple!:p

You need some time to yourself. Just shut off the computers and relax.:D

Suuuure! I know YOUR game! You're trying to get me to lose ground on you! Ha! :p :p :p

Seriously, though... As soon as this deal I'm working on is consumated, I'm going to take off for parts-unknown for a few weeks...:cool:

Dustin

4th September 2001, 16:47

Jodie are you reading this?

I just picked up another A7V133 W/a Tbird 1200.:D

Don't know what it can do. This time it was a whole whoppin $50. I'll try to make the time to get it set up, and online tonight.

Jodie

4th September 2001, 17:45

Damn it! I need more hours in my day... I still haven't had time to set the machines up that I have waiting. 2x.1.2MP, 4x1.4Tbird, 2x 650PIII Mobile.

On the plus-side, I got a kernel working with samba last night, so I should be able to get all the machines into kdfold tonight, which will shave probably an hour of running around to all the machines and checking them every day... It takes about an hour/machine to get everything going... And I bought another 24 port switch so I'll have connectivity. GRRR, the pieces are in place I just need the TIME...

Bruce

4th September 2001, 19:38

Originally posted by Jodie
Damn it! I need more hours in my day...

You really need an assistant.:)

Jodie

4th September 2001, 20:15

My assistant quit. Said he felt to overworked and stressed. Yeah, buddy, try being me!:rolleyes:

Dustin

4th September 2001, 20:23

Originally posted by Jodie
My assistant quit. Said he felt to overworked and stressed. Yeah, buddy, try being me!:rolleyes:

Well, I'd help you set up those machines if I was in Cali... Not including the OS, it takes me 5 minutes to throw one together. Of course, the user name for Genome wold be Dustin.:eek:

Jodie

4th September 2001, 20:49

Not including the OS, that's what it takes me, too. :p And the username would automagically migrate to 'jodie' but atleast the team number would stay the same... :D

I had a nightmare computer install today - my sister has been nagging me to put her daughter's machine (Athlon 550) on the 802.11 house wireless network. I couldn't get the @#$%$@# PCMCIA card adapter to work in that machine for ANYTHING. Finally got ticked off, pitched the PCMCIA adapter in the trash and ran 300ft of Cat5e to the nearest fiber bridge, tapped off and put a good ol' trusty Intel 100/Pro in it. (Those and the Netgears have NEVER failed me)

So, hey, guess what? I've got another 550mhz crunching now! :p 550/100 w/128M and Windows 98 - not my fastest machine (in fact, my slowest) but it will pitch a gene a day or so, I'd imagine...:rolleyes:

wbierman

4th September 2001, 21:29

Sounds about right for a 550.

Dustin

4th September 2001, 21:36

Originally posted by Jodie
So, hey, guess what? I've got another 550mhz crunching now! :p 550/100 w/128M and Windows 98 - not my fastest machine (in fact, my slowest) but it will pitch a gene a day or so, I'd imagine...:rolleyes:

Cool! I've said this before. I watched my athlon classic @ 800Mhz double the genome performance of my PIII @ 1G.

Isn't the average A550 good for ~700? You should OC it! :D

Jodie

4th September 2001, 21:52

There's a thought... I might actually consider it... Downside is either using a goldfinger or cracking open my Sister's Daughter's processor... Crud for OC on the mobo - won't even let me play with the fsb. [shrug] I'll just let it sit there and crunch... :rolleyes: