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by mahto
Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: It's been awhile
Replies: 3
Views: 11872

Hi...sorry. Compact Flash (CF) to IDE adapter to use a 2 or 4 GB CF card instead of a hard drive.
I'm using this one:
http://www.directron.com/syide2cfdu.html

and 133x CF cards.

more later
by mahto
Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:59 am
Forum: General
Topic: It's been awhile
Replies: 3
Views: 11872

RE: It

Oh yeah, any and all comments will be appreciated except from scepticle wives and 4 year olds, which I have plenty of already.

:roll:
by mahto
Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: It's been awhile
Replies: 3
Views: 11872

It's been awhile

Wow! It's great to find some K6ers still active. I haven't logged in here in years, but my profile is still active (unlike AMDZone). Also grateful to find a few old pages with tweaks/spec's/drivers and bios' still available. My purpose being I'm building a home 'puter lab for pursuing cert's and hav...
by mahto
Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:44 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: new K6III+ found
Replies: 1
Views: 3470

new K6III+ found

Hey K6ers, I hadn't been here in a while... Nice to see you're all keeping the faith. So I just picked up a new III+ and thought I'd post a heads up. Here's the link: http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_comp_amdk63plus.html Mine was @$55 delivered and it's a 450ACZ and brand spankin' new too. GL to an...
by mahto
Tue Apr 15, 2003 7:50 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: P5A B rev. 1.05 & K6+??
Replies: 8
Views: 7356

hey thanks for the reply

yea i know you can get 'em to work
but what are the issues? why are they considered non-k6+ friendly?

when i have time to search around i know i can answer all my questions....

later
by mahto
Mon Apr 14, 2003 3:58 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: P5A B rev. 1.05 & K6+??
Replies: 8
Views: 7356

Doh! i knew about the compatibility list
even have a link to it- somewhere :oops:

thanks Nohr

i really want a b-at or m-atx w/ali chipset

i could settle f/mvp3/4 chipset as i've got them pretty well figured

any suggestions?
by mahto
Mon Apr 14, 2003 5:53 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: P5A B rev. 1.05 & K6+??
Replies: 8
Views: 7356

thanks Wiggy,
that's what i'm thinking; 1.04 on both the P5A & P5A-B

can anyone else confirm this for me?

thanks s'more :?
by mahto
Sun Apr 13, 2003 7:39 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: P5A B rev. 1.05 & K6+??
Replies: 8
Views: 7356

P5A B rev. 1.05 & K6+??

can someone remind me if this revision of the P5A B will get along w/a + chip, please? i've got a P5A rev. 1.04 which does, but don't remember about the baby at's i can get one f/$20 and it's all i need for yet another 'puter :wink: 'sides, i still have a open port on my router maybe it's time to st...
by mahto
Sun Apr 13, 2003 7:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: very nice lcd
Replies: 2
Views: 4755

...yea wifey got her tax refund already :wink: me i gotta pay and pay and pay.... :x i'm gonna get a 18" or 19" one soon though as even the 900nf causes a noticable eye strain hopefully this monitor is a sign of what's to come i been hearing the next gen of lcd's will be better and cheaper...
by mahto
Sat Apr 12, 2003 10:52 pm
Forum: General
Topic: very nice lcd
Replies: 2
Views: 4755

very nice lcd

just got a BenQ (Acer) FP767 fr/newegg f/$415 delivered and it is sweet :shock: check the specs: 16ms response w/12x10 res @75Hz and a $30 mir; so $385 f/17" lcd w/ great specs running dual w/ samsung 900nf and the lcd is super sharp and bright; contrast is high (400:1), but i still see details...
by mahto
Wed Apr 09, 2003 9:08 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: Low Performance on K6-2 500 and Gigabyte Ga-5AX
Replies: 8
Views: 8051

yeah, anything you can do to relieve the load on your cpu hardware sound, nic, etc and usb usually hogs cpu cycles too a 64mb GTS vid card would be sweet i've got a 32mb and it only really chokes on heavy textures a gf4 460 might be nice; don't know if ati has ss7 support anymore installed a couple ...
by mahto
Wed Apr 09, 2003 8:55 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: k6-2+/570
Replies: 6
Views: 6619

...ahhh, true; never heard the 6x remap refered to officially or used in cpu grading 'course i don't think i've ever heard more than 100mhz used in grading a ss7 cpu either :? wonder if it's got any headroom left at 570mhz.... for the money i'd just get a standard 2+/450 and oc to 550mhz or try the ...
by mahto
Wed Apr 09, 2003 8:41 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: 512MB stick in Epox MVP3G5 r1.4 or Gigabyte GA-5AX r5.2?
Replies: 10
Views: 8134

...mmmm, 'fraid of that; more vdimm might help

i've got dibs on 512mb stick infinion cl2 pc133
i'll get it asap and try it in my G5 & P5a
I'm thinkin' 1 large stick instead of 2 or 3 smallers ones

more later
by mahto
Wed Apr 09, 2003 10:46 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: k6-2+/570
Replies: 6
Views: 6619

...huh?
i thought all newer k6 cpu's starting w/later k6-2 rev. remapped 2x
well i don't need another k6, but i might go look :wink:

later

and thanks for the heads-up pedrogad
by mahto
Tue Apr 08, 2003 1:41 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: Low Performance on K6-2 500 and Gigabyte Ga-5AX
Replies: 8
Views: 8051

when installing os try it w/only essential hardware
cpu, 1 ram, cd, floppy, vga, 1 hdd
then add 1 device at a time and restart and test each one
maybe you can find what's holding you up :wink:

later