Peter Jay Salzman wrote: >2 cents: i have a 1.4GHz athlon system that was dead in the water. i >checked everything and bought all AMD approved stuff -- fans, RAM, case, >heatsink. > >except the powersupply. foo told me that there were AMD approved power >supplies. i bought one off the web and 5 days later i had a working >athlon system. > Do you have a list of the places where you bought the parts -- fans, RAM, case, heatsink, PSU? I have looked at AMD web site and the list is pretty extensive, so if yours are working well, I can save some time searching.
>note -- the supply i was using was a 350W supply. so it wasn't a lack >of power that was tripping things up. i'm not sure what "AMD approved" >means for a power supply, but when they don't approve a PS, they >really don't approve a PS! > Well from what I have been reading the Athlon's do not like not having enough power so a power supply unit (PSU) that provides -.5 volts less than needed can cause alot of problem. It seems that if the PSU supplies up to +.5 volts more than needed than it is not as much of a probl >big weakness in AMD stuff, making it totally unsuitable for the person >who wants to build a system for the first time. > I would agree with this. I have built all of the computers that I currently have (with the exception of the Sun Ultra 5 and the Toshiba Libretto 50CT) and have not had any problems like this in the past. I guess I am not as up to speed on the AMD chipsets though. >but you have to love the price. > Of course, sometimes you get what you pay for, I may be spending a little more to get quality rated parts. I would have to say this is not really a problem with AMD as much as it is with vendors selling parts that do not perform like they should i.e. a 350W PSU does not really provide a total of 350W to your whole system as you loose power with resistance, etc. Stephen _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
