jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Dec 6 09:53:35 CST 2007
Rusty, Thanks for that. I did have to do a bios update for the MB however the question now is whether that fixes the lockup bug or just prepares the MB for quad cores. I guess I will have to hit the forums. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rusty Hammond Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 10:38 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Available Free x2 core John, You might want read the article in this link regarding AMD Quad core chips: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,2228878,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0 000532 ----- Original Message ---- From: jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2007 8:17:16 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Available Free x2 core Tina, I THINK I want to give it away. I purchased a new AMD quad core processor. I only have two motherboards that use the AMD AM2 cores to start with so this chip is currently sitting there. Even if I purchase a new motherboard I would almost certainly move to another CPU. For my use I need all the cores I can get - lots of server type of stuff, so I would probably go with a quad Intel or maaaaybe a dual socket server motherboard. However I was having an issue with the machine with the new quad core "locking up". It does appears to have gone away however, I was also playing with memory and stuff and since resetting my bios to the defaults it is not locking up any more. So... I want to wait a week or two and if the motherboard does not lock up any more then yea, it is available. I'll let you know. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:02 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Available Free x2 core Are you sure you want to give that away? If so, and if no one else has already spoken for it, I would be delighted to have it. Tina jwcolby wrote: > If anyone wants one, I have an X2 core that I will give away. This is > the AMD 2.0 ghz "3800+" 90 nm part. It only costs about $50 now so it > is no treasure but if you happen to have an old AM2 socket system > without an X2 core this one is available for free. And it does overclock pretty well. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com