> BTW, I like my dual-PIII system. It's over a year old now, but still rocks! > ASUS CUV4X motherboard. Using Matrox G450, 512MB SDRAM, 60GB IDE, SBLive > (no problems). I haven't used USB (yet). Also, Antec dual PCMCIA slots.
I also have an ASUS CUV4x motherboard. - Don't turn on the USB drivers, I used to have them on, & they would freeze up my keyboard. Though they didn't bring down Win2K, the only way to get the keyboard to work again was a reboot. - Another hint for the ASUS CUV4X, turn you FSB up from 133Mhz 1 or 2 notches so that your CPU reads 1080 MHz. It's actually even more stable than the 1000MHz. The way ASUS sets up their PLL clock synthesizer, at 133MHz, there is a clock jitter of about 0.71ns. When it's turned up so the CPU reads 1080MHz, the clock jitter on the 133MHz FSB drops to 0.36ns. ____________ Brian Guralnick [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Anyone know of a Altera listserver? and Single/Dual CPU > > I cant stress enough here, use Ahead NERO CD writer software. If you ever > install Easy CD Creator from Roxio, formerly made by > > Adaptec, I will GAURANTEE mysterious system hangs when occasionally > changing CD, writing CDs, and other weird unexplained > > phenomenon. It's not worth the headache! > > Are you saying that the Easy CD Creator crashes on any system, or just the > one you have? I have it on my dual-PIII (1 GHz) CADzilla machine and it > works OK. > > BTW, I like my dual-PIII system. It's over a year old now, but still rocks! > ASUS CUV4X motherboard. Using Matrox G450, 512MB SDRAM, 60GB IDE, SBLive > (no problems). I haven't used USB (yet). Also, Antec dual PCMCIA slots. > > Dual CPUs and W2K are the way to go for serious work. > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Guralnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:55 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Anyone know of a Altera listserver? and Single/Dual CPU > > > > I've been working with Altera tools for the last 6 years. Altera tool are > not multi-threaded, but, like Protel, they do run more > > smoothly with a dual CPU system. > > > > The 2 main key benefits of using Altera tools, (mainly Quartus) with 2 > CPUs are: > > > > (1) If you use a multi-user network license & your server PC is also a > work station, the dual CPU will make network requests run > > un-interrupted, with 1CPU, if your server-work station is compiling a > complicated design, the network license server can completely > > pause for long durations. > > > > (2) While compiling 1 design, You can simultaneously work on another > design with only a slight performance drop during design entry. > > This is almost impossible to do with a 1 CPU machine. > > > > These 2 aspects are sort of similar to the response that Protel would > give you while you auto-route 1 PCB, you are able to get > > some other work done at the same time. > > > > System recommendations: > > > > For Protel & Quartus setup: > > (a) Optimized for speed, but only 1 cpu. > > 2.5 GHz P4 > > 2 GB ram (in the OS, set your swap file size to be fixed at 3GB). > > A 350 watt power supply & case. > > NVidia chipset based GF4MX, make sure it has dual head, or twin view > support, in case you ever want to use the feature in the > > future. (These are the cheap ones, use only the latest drivers directly > from NVidia's web site and you will have no problems with > > Protel.) > > Win2K Professional (just my preference) > > New Western Digital 120GB, 7200rpm with 8mb onboard cache. It's the > quietest & fastest drive for the price. (for the extra 15$, get > > the 8mb cache version) > > !!!During Win2k, or WinXP installation, do a slow full format. (TRUST > ME on this 1, I don't know why, but it performs much better > > once it's up & running.) > > > > I personally like to use a MSI sis656 motherboard with a MSI GF4MX video > card. Use the motherboard sound card. Since MSI makes > > both the Motherboard & Graphics card, the 2 together offer rock solid > performance. > > In the OS, disable the USB ports, use an old fashioned PS2 based keyboard > & mouse. > > Unless you really try something weird, you shouldn't be able to totally > crash this system. > > A CDRW drive, which comes packaged with Ahead NERO CD writer software. If > you ever install Easy CD Creator from Roxio, formerly > > made by Adaptec, I will GAURANTEE mysterious system hangs when > occasionally changing CD, writing CDs, and other weird unexplained > > phenomenon. > > > > > > (b) Optimized for consistency of access. > > dual 1.7 Ghz P4. Probably almost the same price as the a single 2.5GHz P4. > > everything else should be the same. > > > > I cant stress enough here, use Ahead NERO CD writer software. If you ever > install Easy CD Creator from Roxio, formerly made by > > Adaptec, I will GAURANTEE mysterious system hangs when occasionally > changing CD, writing CDs, and other weird unexplained > > phenomenon. 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