Messages in this thread | | | From | Kelledin <> | Subject | Re: Tyan s2466 stability | Date | Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:04:51 -0500 |
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On Thursday 18 July 2002 07:27 pm, Kelsey Hudson wrote: > according to the amd760mpx datasheet, stuff on the 32/33MHz > bus isn't allowed to busmaster while the 64/66MHz bus is > operating at 66MHz. so that means the 66MHz bus needs to be > throttled to 33MHz either via a 3.3V 33MHz card stuck in it, > or that pretty blue jumper stuffed on the appropriate FORCE > 33MHz header on the board.
VERY nice info, thanx. ;)
I'll have to save this info for myself; I've always been planning to get a dual Athlon setup sooner or later.
> these kind of problems will cause things like loss of > streaming due to the inability to busmaster. both of my dual > athlon systems here at cti have that jumper shorted. sure, i > still run into problems, but then again, what chipset for amd > processors doesn't have a whole load of issues? overall, i > can't say i'm satisfied with any athlon chipset on the market > right now. but, the 760mpx has far fewer issues than, say, any > garden variety via board. (no comments from the peanut gallery > -- my mind is made up and in this respect, your opinion means > nothing to me. via sucks. end of story). but, i digress.
Yes, VIA sucks. I've been lucky so far (all my VIA chipsets can be shoe-horned to stability), but it hasn't always been easy.
> aside from these rather annoying pci quirks and a sensors > issue (who in their right mind assigns the same i2c address > for two different chips?!) the board works quite well in the > configuration i've got it in (beowulf cluster). > > oh and all the devices on this board are fully acpi > controlled. let it be known that i hate acpi, and especially > the headaches that it causes me. the stock bios also sucks > quite vigorously and should be avoided at all costs (read: > upgrade to the latest bios rev immediately). > > if you need help integrating one of these boards into your > system i may be able to provide some insight.
Is this motherboard using the Phoenix, AMI, or Award BIOS? Award is nice and simple and solid; AMI is ok, but often goes too much for pretty looks; Phoenix SUCKS in every way possible.
What other issues have you encountered with this board (and other 760MP/MPX boards)? So far I've heard of an issue with 3com Gigabit cards on some specific model of Tyan 760MP/MPX board, but no definite details. I've also heard of lm_sensors people having a fair amount of trouble with it.
-- Kelledin "If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does it still cost four figures to fix?"
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