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by larrystotler
Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:10 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: Building a 24hours 365 Day NAS with GA-5AX and which CPU?
Replies: 12
Views: 12524

The only thing that I would change is the OS: Use OpenBSD or GNU/Linux instead. why would you say that Doc? Linux doesn't require anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-crapware, etc to be installed. It's very easy to set it up as a Samba server(Samba is Linux's version of Window's Server Message Block pro...
by larrystotler
Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:13 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: Superpuppy 3 Setup
Replies: 44
Views: 58398

Jim - That's definately an interesting setup. However, I had a couple of questions about it. When you said that you have issues with XP and 98SE installed on the same drive, why not use 2 different drives? And, if the bios supports it, you can switch the boot drive order. I know not all bios's suppo...
by larrystotler
Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:58 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: socket 7 cpus @ phase change cooling
Replies: 11
Views: 11599

Re: socket 7 cpus @ phase change cooling

yeah, with 800mhz it wasn't bench stable, but 744mhz was no problem. i guess it's the high fsb. ok, i will try "memtest" and will post the results later this week. :D Can you try 5.5x133 for 733Mhz? I've personally found that in a lot of cases the higher FSB speed is more helpful. Still, ...
by larrystotler
Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:30 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: SiS530 @133MHz (GA-5SMM/Soyo 5SSM) setup, benching, tweaking
Replies: 235
Views: 319343

hey larrystotler :) Welcome to K6Plus!! Nice to read from a new face! I have also wondered about Linux... don't know too much about it though but i have a few live CDs. Glad to have found this place. I've been dabbling in it for about 8 years. It's very stable, and it's a whole lot easier to instal...
by larrystotler
Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:47 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: socket 7 cpus @ phase change cooling
Replies: 11
Views: 11599

Re: socket 7 cpus @ phase change cooling

Hi guys. :) i just registered to post my results of overclocking various socket 7 cpus under phase change cooling. :lol: max clock 800mhz(133x6). I'm guessing it wasn't stable at 800 since you didn't post any benchmarks for it at that speed. Can you run memtest86 on it and report the L1, L2, and me...
by larrystotler
Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:30 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: SiS530 @133MHz (GA-5SMM/Soyo 5SSM) setup, benching, tweaking
Replies: 235
Views: 319343

Well, I tried to overclock the old K6-3/400 again. I was trying to go 4x133 instead of the current 3.5x133. No go. No matter what voltage I tried, I couldn't even get it to post. I know, I could try stting the multiplier lower. However, I had run it a 4x112 for a while on another machine, and I thin...
by larrystotler
Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:30 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: SiS530 @133MHz (GA-5SMM/Soyo 5SSM) setup, benching, tweaking
Replies: 235
Views: 319343

it is the chipset that provides the 133mhz setting. afaik the m599lmr uses the sis530, so the only thing you got to know is how to set the jumpers for selecting the various fsb/sdram speeds (100, 112, 124, 133). whether the pcchips board can stand it is a question of manufacturing quality. I may ha...
by larrystotler
Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:03 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: SiS530 @133MHz (GA-5SMM/Soyo 5SSM) setup, benching, tweaking
Replies: 235
Views: 319343

nice to read from new faces and from someone who engages his k6-system with linux. I've been using Linux full-time since 1999. I use W2k sometimes depending on the need for a windows app or for my son's games. I also use 98SE on some of my really old laptops. maybe I misunderstood what you tried to...
by larrystotler
Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:55 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: SiS530 @133MHz (GA-5SMM/Soyo 5SSM) setup, benching, tweaking
Replies: 235
Views: 319343

Jim wrote:The best overclocker in that list would be the K6-2+ 570 ACZ.
What kind of speed would be practical? 600? 650? 133x4.5? 133x5?
by larrystotler
Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:04 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: SiS530 @133MHz (GA-5SMM/Soyo 5SSM) setup, benching, tweaking
Replies: 235
Views: 319343

Whoops. Not 550, 533.

Here's the list:

500ACR
533ACZ
570ACZ

So, which would be the best overclocker? Too bad they aren't K6-3+'s, but K6-2+'s are good.
by larrystotler
Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:52 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: SiS530 @133MHz (GA-5SMM/Soyo 5SSM) setup, benching, tweaking
Replies: 235
Views: 319343

Wow! They've got K6-2+ processors, 500, 550, & 570Mhz for $7.44 each! Or $6 each for quantities of 2 or more! They are listing 100+ of the 500s and 10,000+ of the 550 and 570s. Check this page: http://www.futurecb.com/Boutique/SearchResult.aspx?PartNumber=k6&SearchType=ByIDContains&Categ...
by larrystotler
Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:19 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: SiS530 @133MHz (GA-5SMM/Soyo 5SSM) setup, benching, tweaking
Replies: 235
Views: 319343

2nd pass mencoder of Shrek2 gave me: 5.01fps.
3rd pass mencoder(mp3lame audio) gave me: 131.71fps
by larrystotler
Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:12 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: SiS530 @133MHz (GA-5SMM/Soyo 5SSM) setup, benching, tweaking
Replies: 235
Views: 319343

Linux on Gigabyte 5smm

Greetings. I have been looking over some posts on this forum over the past week or so and finally decided to join when I saw that these are relatively new posts. I have a Compaq Gigabyte GA-5SMM motherboard like you guys have been discussing. It's a v1.2. Thanx to info I got here, I was able to succ...