I have been looking at the Athlon 64 and it seems like a very good, fast chip. But all the comments seem to be about 32 bit software. How does this thing stack up when running 64 bit apps. Oh yeah, what 64 bit apps are there? -- Rick "rickman" Collins

If the Linux kernel issues a HLT instruction to an Opteron in a dual-CPU system while in an idle loop, are there any power savings from this or is it just ignored? -- Brian Hall Linux Consultant http://pcisys.net/~brihall

I'm still running Win2k on my AMD64 3000+, but what is this supposed to do? Will it make me want to upgrade to XP Pro???? JonB "Ed" wrote in...

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From the Tyan site: Memory . 128-bit DDR memory bus . Six 184-pin 2.5-Volt DDR DIMM sockets - four controlled by CPU1 and two on CPU2 . Supports up to 12GB of Registered DDR . Supports ECC type memory modules . Supports PC3200 / 2700 / 2100 / 1600 DDR

What type of RAM does this cpu take, will it work with regular ddr 3200 RAM? or does it have to be some sort of error checking ram?

Any recommendations on cooling options for an Athlon XP 2400+? I ordered an OEM CPU by mistake. I typically buy retail because I don't overclock. I'm looking to get a good fan and heatsink and some thermal gel. I've got an ECS K7S5A motherboard. TIA, Paul

Hello Everyone I can't get winxp64 to install etc I have SATA hard drives and the new epox 8kda3+ and a ATI 9600xt it goes to the gui and says installing and then the screen goes blank. I was able to install xp pro without having to load SATA drivers. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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Some time ago I built an Athlon 64 3000+ system, MSI K8T Neo motherboard, GeIL Ultra Platinum RAM. I put everything together, booted it up, started installing WinXP and such. After a while I realized that I had neglected to turn the latch-thing to clamp down the heatsink. (Standard AMD heatsink.)...

Person who posted this message is lying to us. Don't belive bush, don't believe this terrorist either. This post has nothing to do with alt comp hardware amd x86-64, so he/she/it who posted this message is a terrorist. Loves Kerry too much and supports Al-Qeida, don't visit his site, all he wants...

Does anyone know of a 64bit version of Linux that works with the AMD64 CPU? Thanks, Don

I have not dumped the idea of getting AMD in my notebook just yet because I'm still confused about all the processors they make. You know one of the systems I am interested in is the Compaq Presario 3000 series line. One of those lines in the 3000Z which features the processor from AMD. OK, go...

Hi , after flashing the BIOS of my K8V to Rev. 1003, which I hoped would solve my problems with getting CnQ to work, actually made my problems worse. Without CnQ, using QFan the MoBo runs quite well, but I´d like to get CnQ to work as the PC runs day and night and electricity isn´t as cheap as it...

Hello, I have a question about methods of measuring PCI bandwidth. I was wondering if anybody had any ideas. What I am looking for is an "industry standard" method. At this point, such software does not exist in SPEC. Different HBA cards such as Myricom and Mellanox (Myrinet and Infiniband hosts)...

If you want to discuss operating systems, you should put OT: in the subject line, or find the appropriate NG, as this is not an OS newsgroup. It is a hardware newsgroup. This is: alt.comp.HARDWARE.amd.x86-64 Thank you

What is the exact difference between the AMD XP and MP. I'm asking because I recently upgraded and have two AMD 1900+ MPs and was wondering if I would be able to use them in a motherboard made for AMD XPs or would I have to get dual proc motherboard in order to use them? Any help and links to...

what is the difference between regual Athlon 64 3200+ and AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor for DTR Notebooks http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-413&depa=1 regual A64 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-443&depa=1 for...

AMD are hinting that they are going to produce opterons with 2 CPUs on one chip. Does anyone know how many pins they are going to have, 940, 939 or 745ish. The_gnome

I have a problem with my PC. I have: Processor AMD AthlonXP 2800+ Motherboard ASUS A7V600-X (VIA KT600), ACPI BIOS Revision 1002 (release date 11/12/2003). CPU FAN: ARCTIC COOLING COOPER SILENT 2 Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 PC after about 15 minutes shows a blue screen with the following...