Hi, bout ur AMD question.... the story isnt quite as simple as that..... I had an Athlon Thunderbird 850MHz a few years back, but had to change the motherboard about EIGHT times, due to various issues.... and with the last mobo, the proc itself burnt out (not the proc's fault, a GREAT technician managed to drop a screwdriver into my system while it was running, and buggered it up!) But, I did quit AMD after that and got me a P4 1.5 GHz...... bout a month back, I decided to upgrade again, and my new system is a spanking clean AthlonXP 2600+ with a Biostar M7NCG Pro mobo, and 512MB of DDR333 RAM....... The new XP line of processors will not give any more heating problems, as they all come equipped with a thermal diode, and the mobos have their own sensors, so that teh performance is cut down if it heats up (a la Intel .... Thermal Throttling, its called) ..... But, u must take note that to get the maximum utilisation of ur Athlon system, u MUST choose components carefully..... My mobo (its a Krypton mobo, which is Priya, but the truth is that its a Biostar mobo, which is just rebadged here by Priya... so the Priya factor doesnt enter, if u know how to handle ur system.... Most Priya boards are rebadged Biostar adn MSI boards..... ) the Biostar M7NCG Pro uses a nVidia nForce2 chipset, which is UNCONTESTED as far as top chipset for AMD systems goes..... Trust me... this board comes with an integrated GeForce4 MX AGP, AND 6-channel REAL TIME DOLBY DIGITAL sound!!!!! Basically, it can take ur mp3s, convert them to Dolby, and feed ur Dolby decoder (if u have one....) ... unfortunately I dont have a DD reciever, so Im using the analog connections, which is still 6-channel, and is far superior to any onboard sound..... It is claimed taht teh Dolby output of this chipset is superior even to thwe Creative Audigy!!!! Aside from this, the board also comes with Firewire AND ethernet..... for bout Rs. 6750!!! Which is comparable with some of teh Via based mobos out there....... Do some research, and see if u like this..... IMO, its a bargain! ut, an MSI board with similar features will cost u bout Rs. 11,000! Biostar is the only manufaturer to give it at such a low price...... AND, after u get it, u need to run certain patches in Windows98 (since ur using Linux, its no probs... But, then again, if ur using Linux, u dont even need the GF4 or the 6-channel sound, which is not supported by linux!).... and certain other things to be done for Windows compatibility...... RAM, needs to match ur processors FSB, since they'll run in sync then.... and u need to get two DIMMS, so that they run in 'Dual Channel mode' which is 128-bit..... check the nVidia site for more details........
GRUB ..... ok, actually my mistake... GRUB loader 1.5, it said.. GRUB is 0.93 only.... I will check the proc to see whats hogging..... and 'uncontaminated', I know its not possible for Windows to touch teh Linux part, but my Linux ran PERFECTLY well until that day... so, I kinda like to blame it on Windows.... :-) > hi , > i am plannig to buy a new PC, and have problems > reagarding the selection of processor. > > I want a AMD Athalon XP( 1.8Ghz) processor(with > 256MB > DDRAM) but there have been rumours that the > processor > gets heated up and could hang the system. > > My room is not well ventilated, only cooling source > is > Fan. In such a case would AMD give me a problem? > > Has anyone worked with XP series processors and how > was your experience? The machine would be used > solely > for Linux( thats why I want to get a cheap > processor ). > > Which MotherBoard is the best buy for AMD Athalon XP > 1800 ? What i read form 'Digit' was, MSI KT4 > Ultra(with VIA KT400 chipset) motherboard works > great with AMD Athalon XP 2600. > > If its not AMD then the only other choice is Intel > P4(1.8Ghz), which is expensive. > > -Troy > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
