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by TA152H
Sat Nov 15, 2003 9:08 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards
Replies: 24
Views: 21642

Well, I have some information that might be helpful with this setup. In short, the PCI bus was the problem, because it was not able to switch quickly enough from one device to another because the settings in the chipset were wrong. After hours of research I was finally able to determine that the uti...
by TA152H
Tue Nov 11, 2003 8:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards
Replies: 24
Views: 21642

Just a follow up post regarding these motherboards and a K6-III+ 400 ATZ I bought a while back. I am setting up a LAN so intended to use these motherboards for two machines, one with the K6-III+ and the other with a K6-2 550 I had in my EPoX MVP3G5. Neither the K6-2 550 or K6-III+ would run at 550 M...
by TA152H
Sat Oct 11, 2003 7:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards
Replies: 24
Views: 21642

George, Hmmm, your post makes me think it could have been a driver issue, because you really wanted the MVP4 drivers for the Tyan, since it uses the newer Southbridge and not the one normally used by the MVP3. To my knowledge, Tyan was the only one to do this; everyone else used the standard 586 Sou...
by TA152H
Sat Oct 11, 2003 12:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards
Replies: 24
Views: 21642

George, Well, I never said the Tyan was better, I said that I prefer it. I would need way more information before I could say something like one is better than the other. The IDE controller for the EPOX is an add-on chip, whereas the Tyan uses a newer 686 Southbridge and does not need it, so the dat...
by TA152H
Wed Oct 08, 2003 11:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: K6-III+ ATZ
Replies: 12
Views: 20635

Actually, I ended up doing something similar, but in retrospect I could have gone with even lower voltages. I had a K6-III+ in my EPOX that I was running 1.8v, and I moved it to a new motherboard and a new machine (Tyan S1598C2), so I ended up replacing the K6-2 550 back in the EPOX. Being curious, ...
by TA152H
Wed Oct 08, 2003 11:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards
Replies: 24
Views: 21642

I am glad someone got something out of my post. They are great motherboards, huh? I much prefer it to my MVP3G5. I am not familiar with your Gigabyte motherboard, but if it is less than 2 MB cache I think the 1598C2 would be a really nice choice for your K6-2s. The cache obviously would help a K6-2 ...
by TA152H
Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:15 am
Forum: General
Topic: Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards
Replies: 24
Views: 21642

To my knowledge, that is not the official BIOS for the motherboard, and the one they have on their website does not see the "+" at all, although it would be relatively simple for them to update it. My main point was that it does not use the power saving features of the processor. My K6-III...
by TA152H
Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards
Replies: 24
Views: 21642

Yes, I do. He wants 20 pound sterling for each one. The shipping is pretty high, so factor that in. I got them a couple days ago, I ordered five. They are definitely 2 MB cache version, so it is pretty nice. They came with the manual and the cables too. They are particularly useful if you have a low...
by TA152H
Tue Sep 02, 2003 7:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards
Replies: 24
Views: 21642

Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards

Hi all, In case any of you are interested, I found someone that is selling brand new Tyan Trinity S1598C2 Motherboards. From what he told me, he has quite a few of them and can sell them in bulk if anyone needs them. For those not immediately familiar with this motherboard, I would emphasize that it...
by TA152H
Sun Aug 31, 2003 11:09 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: Can't get my CPU to run at its rated speed...
Replies: 27
Views: 21940

If you want speed, you need to get something besides a K6. Having the fastest sloth is a dubious honor. I could see people pushing their newest hardware, but with a K6 it hits me sideways. I am not knocking K6's, I have an Athlon and I almost never use it. I use the K6, because I do not normally nee...
by TA152H
Sat Aug 30, 2003 3:32 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: Can't get my CPU to run at its rated speed...
Replies: 27
Views: 21940

The difference between 500 and 450 (or 475) is going to be neglible, so why even waste the effort? I got a K6-III+ recently and even with it (and the L2 cache) can not tell any difference between 500 and 550 MHz (which required I jack up the voltage to 1.9v, whereas 500 only needs 1.8v). Keep in min...
by TA152H
Tue Aug 26, 2003 5:21 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: RAM cacheing and the K6-2+
Replies: 4
Views: 7062

To answer your question, the + chips do not change anything with regards to the motherboard cache. It is the Tag RAM chips that detemine it. Having said that, the cache in the processor itself is not limited to the 128MB, so the penalty for going over 128MB is less, since you have less reads that wo...
by TA152H
Sun Aug 10, 2003 11:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: K6-III+ ATZ
Replies: 12
Views: 20635

Just a follow-up on this. I got the processor a couple days ago and installed it today. My motherboard will only go as low as 1.8v (remember it is rated at 1.6v) so I set to that and tried it out. It overclocks to 500 MHz and is completely stable. The temperature is 38 degrees with a heatsink and fa...
by TA152H
Mon Jul 21, 2003 3:34 pm
Forum: General
Topic: K6-III+ ATZ
Replies: 12
Views: 20635

Yes, I was planning to get a K6-III+, even though the original K6-III is apparently a little faster at the same clock speed. From rumors, the K6-III 450 MHz is quite hot and also has a pretty firm ceiling of 450 MHz. I was planning on getting a K6-III+ 400 MHz ATZ and trying it without a fan (but wi...
by TA152H
Mon Jul 21, 2003 8:47 am
Forum: General
Topic: K6-III+ ATZ
Replies: 12
Views: 20635

Yes, it was Win98SE but if I remember correctly it would sometimes not even POST. The extra 50 MHz was not really worth it for me to work on; the moment I see any instability I back off. With no L2 cache, the processor is probably largely limited by the bus speed in most tasks so getting a couple of...