The HPET stuff is under the Power Management heading in the BIOS. Jim --- Jim R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Jim > In the DS4 motherboard BIOS, what heading is HPET > listed under?I had exactly the same experience. > After 2 DS3-R motherboards I changed to the DS4 and > have experienced no problems. > > > JimK5HY> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:15:25 -0800> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [Flexradio] > HPET question take 2...> > My experience has been > limited to Gigabyte> motherboards, but here's my > take on the two models> I've used that have HPET > BIOS settings:> GA-P35C-DS3R > Very fast, apparently > stable, but I've had TWO of> these fail under normal > use. The first one stopped> booting, and wouldn't > even POST. It failed after 34> days, and was > repaired by Gigabyte under warranty.> The second one > started acting "weird" after about> three weeks, and > would sometimes not recognize the> hard-disks, or > access them very slowly. I pulled it,> and I'm not > sure what I'm going to do with it.> GA-P35-DS4> Also > very fast, and rock-solid stable. I bought one of> > these to build a new gaming rig for my son, and he> > hammers it mercilessly! It's performed flawlessly > for> several months now. After the second > GA-P35C-DS3R> started acting up in my Linux > workstation, I replaced> it with one of these, and > it's been running solid for> two months now.> Both > my Linux machine and my son's Windows machine are> > almost identical. Running a 3GHz Core 2 Duo E6850, > 4GB> of G.SKILL memory, EVGA 8800GT PCI-E video > cards, and> 500GB Seagate SATA drives. The cases are > Lian Li, and> both have a 750 Watt PC Power and > Cooling supply.> I'd recommend the DS4 motherboard > in a heartbeat, and> also tell you to stay away from > the DS3R equally fast!> Hope this helps.> 73, Jim > KQ6EA> --- Steve Kallal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > Let me restate my earlier HPET question. Hopefully > I> > will be a little> > clearer this time.> > > > I > want to use the High Res option in the Keyer setup> > > screen. There are some> > dual core motherboards > out there with Intel chipsets> > that DON'T have a > BIOS> > option to enable or disable HPET. I do need > to> > restrict my purchase to a> > motherboard with > an actual HPET option to enjoy the> > benefits of > the High Res> > option.> > > > Tim W4TME privately > sent me a link to utility that> > checks the > actually> > checks timers. The link eventually took > me to> >> > http://www.grahamwideman.com/gw/tech/dataacq/skedgran/skedgran.htm.> > > I don't> > know how to interpret the tool, or if > the tool> > really tells me if the High> > Res > option will work on my system.> > > > I am ready to > buy a new dual core system and want> > some accurate > info to help> > me in my desicion.> > > > 73,> > > > > Steve N6VL> > > > -------------- next part > --------------> > An HTML attachment was > scrubbed...> > URL:> >> > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20071127/dfbb14e0/attachment.html> > > > > > _______________________________________________> > > FlexRadio mailing list> > [email protected]> > >> > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz> > > Archive Link:> >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/> > > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: > http://kb.flex-radio.com/> > FlexRadio Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________> > FlexRadio mailing list> [email protected]> > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz> > Archive Link: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/> > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/> > FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/> _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
