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Old January 13th 05, 11:04 AM
Michael W. Ryder
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Đavīd wrote:

Paul wrote...


Nothing. If you've got the cash for it, enjoy.
As long as a board has been out for at least
three months, and has gotten its share of BIOS
work, it should be safe to use. (Intro July 2004,
last BIOS 10/01/2004)

Write us a short review when you get it set up, as there
isn't a lot in Google on it, pro or con.

I think both the Premium and the Deluxe have Voice POST,
so if you have any trouble getting it set up, you'll have
voice messages on the Lineout connector to guide you.

Don't forget to test with memtest86 (memtest.org) and
Prime95 (mersenne.org), before the return period for
your purchases is up. Many people use OS stability as their
only metric for a healthy system, and testing with
specific utilities will find problems a lot faster.
3DMark or a 3D game, will find a flaky video card, after
you are done with memtest86 and prime95.

And have a close look at the temps on your LGA775 processor.
If the P4 LGA775 gets hot enough, it goes into thermal
throttle, and your benchmarks will drop as a result.
I think the throttle cuts in at around 70C or so.

You can get more info on the processors he

http://processorfinder.intel.com (select P4 Pentium)
http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/info.htm

Some processors are available at two power levels. The E0
stepping here is only 84W, compared to the other D0 stepping
processor which is 115W. So ask what SSPEC processor your
vendor currently stocks, as a newer stepping processor will
be easier to cool.

3.4Ghz 84W
http://processorfinder.intel.com/scr...sp?sSpec=SL7PZ

3.4Ghz 115W
http://processorfinder.intel.com/scr...sp?sSpec=SL7KM

Also, look carefully at the PSU, to make sure it has the
right connectors for the board. The new boards have a 24 pin
connector for main power, and the main benefit of the 24 pin,
is that it has an extra +12V pin, which helps feed the new
PCI Express video card slot. The 20 pin will work (and it
only fits one way), so you can use it if you want, but it
means the PCI Express video card slot is fed through only
one wire, instead of two with the new connector.





Thanks again Paul for your valued response. Wow! I dunno where to
start. As for the cash, I do not need the latest and greatest cutting
edge technology as I'm not going to attempt to squeeze every bit of
performance out of it by overclocking. My main reason of asking for
advice from this newsgroup is to hopefully avoid problems that plague
some motherboards and/or new releases.Yes, I want to spend my hard
earned money wisely and get it right the first time. I was
considering a full flavor Pentium 2.8 or 3.0 800FSB processor for
reducing an expendure. Starting out with 512 RAM and doubling it at a
later date. Utilizing the onboard audio saving the expense of a sound
card.



Pretty much everything else is laying around the house for use or
reuse, case, power supply, hard drive, CD writer, monitor, speakers,
cables, keyboard and mouse, except for the PCIe video card. Ouch!
That is where I'll prolly spend more than I intended from the onset.
What I want is at least 256mb. At this point, everything about the
video card is undecided. Heck, I'm not certain if I should go with
ATI or nVIDA. Should I purchase a value priced video card now and
update later when the price comes down on the nicer video cards?
Also, I'm wondering if this strategy would be prudent towards the
evolving technology of the PCIe video cards.


If you have a good video card and DDR memory and just want to upgrade to
a new Prescott processor you might want to look at the P5P800
motherboard. It uses standard DDR (instead of DDR2) memory and uses a
standard AGP video card. I bought one because I wanted to upgrade my
CPU but did not want to have to spend a lot of money and time trying to
replace my Radeon 9700 Pro. It has a 24 pin connector but works fine
with a 20 pin connector from the power supply.
I bought the board, a 3.4 Prescott, and 1 GB of Corsair memory for less
than $600. I had to get new memory as my old memory was RDRAM.


I went to memtest.org and saw a lot of downloads. Not being certain
which download to select along with the apprehension of downloading
anything to see what it does, I will need a bit of advice before I
attempt this. I guess Prime95 and 3DMark are similar type test.



Again, thanks Paul for your advice.

Davīd

Greenville, NC