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Athlon 4 XP-M 2400+ ?
I've just bought a new laptop with an Athlon 4 XP-M 2400+ CPU.
When idling, the CPU runs at 1.06 GHz; when working flat out, it runs at 1.79 GHz (according to Windows XP). Surely this would make it an XP-M 2200+ CPU? If the advert said it's a 2.0GHz CPU, should I send the damn thing back? Also, can I leave the laptop running SETI@home calculations overnight, every night, without compromising the computer's lifespan? It's running off mains power; the monitor is off, and the hard disk is spinning but mostly idling. -- "If you send a letter to '****, London' it'll get to the Director-General of the BBC, you can be sure of that." -- Peter Cook |
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"A. J. Moss" wrote in message news I've just bought a new laptop with an Athlon 4 XP-M 2400+ CPU. When idling, the CPU runs at 1.06 GHz; when working flat out, it runs at 1.79 GHz (according to Windows XP). Surely this would make it an XP-M 2200+ CPU? If the advert said it's a 2.0GHz CPU, should I send the damn thing back? Also, can I leave the laptop running SETI@home calculations overnight, every night, without compromising the computer's lifespan? It's running off mains power; the monitor is off, and the hard disk is spinning but mostly idling. -- "If you send a letter to '****, London' it'll get to the Director-General of the BBC, you can be sure of that." -- Peter Cook ------ Copied & pasted from the HP forum ------ Poster = Brian Auyoung In March, AMD launched a couple of new Athlon XP-M processors. They included the XP-M 2400+ and 2500+ which were based on the new codenamed "Barton" core. These two XP-M processors have an additional 256 KB of level 2 cache for a total of 512 KB. The older "Thoroughbred" core XP-M's had 256 KB. As you're aware, AMD uses performance ratings, e.g. 2400+. The additional cache on the Barton supposedly aids performance and AMD believes that 1.8 GHz paired with 512 KB L2 cache is equivalent to a 2.0 GHz with 256 KB and thus both have the 2400+ rating. All Mobile Athlon XP processors have a 266 MHz DDR FSB. http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_1276_807^6308,00.html |
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Hello,
Also, can I leave the laptop running SETI@home calculations overnight, every night, without compromising the computer's lifespan? No. Electrolytic capacitors wear out pretty quickly. About spinning harddisks I donīt know, but anyway: Seti is nonsense, as well as any distributed computing program I know and can even think of. It also consumes network ressources. Uli -- ------- http://grassomusic.de ------- |
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Hi LA,
While I wholeheartedly agree SETI is a total WOMBAT, what about the stuff for finding potential cancer cure proteins? That is even more of a scam. Modern medizine including cancer treatment and AIDS "research" is a scam. See healaids.org and see claims that cancer merely is the change from aerobic to anaerobic metabolics. It happens that people get cancer, malaria and tuberculosis, that they have a weak immune systeme, that they take drugs, are promiscuous and do not behave as you or me want to. We have to accept that. Bio- and nanotechnology are not the saviour of mankind but very expensive and dangerous toys for wanna-be gods and secret services. Computer simulation of earth climate is a scam, too. No sensible person can have any doubts about what will happen if mankind keeps burning that much gas and coal. It is clear to see that mankind is digging its own grave very fast. http://grassomusic.de/e/globalecology.htm Uli -- ------- http://grassomusic.de ------- |
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 02:24:33 +0200, Grasso
wrote: Hello, Also, can I leave the laptop running SETI@home calculations overnight, every night, without compromising the computer's lifespan? No. Electrolytic capacitors wear out pretty quickly. About spinning harddisks I donīt know, but anyway: Seti is nonsense, as well as any distributed computing program I know and can even think of. It also consumes network ressources. Uhh, is this "Save Electrolytic Capacitors Week"? The computer is (suppposed to be) designed to be used - use it. IME laptop's keyboard, pointing device or hinges are going to wear out years before any capacitors or other electronic parts. Agree about SETI but if people want to be gulled, it's their choice. Rgds, George Macdonald "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me?? |
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Hi George,
(suppposed to be) designed to be used - use it. IME laptop's keyboard, pointing device or hinges are going to wear out years before any capacitors or other electronic parts. They will not wear out if the machine is running SETI only. I have experienced many times that elkos (what Germans call them) wear out. On ten-years-old camcorders this is the main reason for failure. Today notebooks become that hot that elkos, even good-quality ones, can wear out much before 10 years of life. Just my usual knitpicking. Uli -- ------- http://grassomusic.de ------- |
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 18:33:05 +0200, Grasso
put finger to keyboard and composed: Hi George, (suppposed to be) designed to be used - use it. IME laptop's keyboard, pointing device or hinges are going to wear out years before any capacitors or other electronic parts. They will not wear out if the machine is running SETI only. I have experienced many times that elkos (what Germans call them) wear out. On ten-years-old camcorders this is the main reason for failure. Amen to that, although such failure is not the result of 24/7 use. How often do you use your camcorder? Today notebooks become that hot that elkos, even good-quality ones, can wear out much before 10 years of life. The biggest problem is leaky surface mounted electros, at least in older camcorders. I've been told that old Macs had this problem, too. Leaded electros are most likely to dry out if located next to a heatsink. Just my usual knitpicking. Uli - Franc Zabkar -- Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email. |
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All of modern medicine is a scam? That's the funniest thing I've
heard today! You will not laugh anymore when they get you! No, sincerely. We are told that people were the same whereverer you go, hence doctors and scientists could not be total fools and blatant liars, but reality is different. When you research the medical research branche, the first thing you discover is hierarchies and money. That helps a whole lot in making people do stupid things. And when you read some docs on healaids.com, for example a bunch of independant scientists explaining that HIV has never been isolated and treated like other retrovirii have been, and that AIDS blood tests and statistics on AIDS are not worth 2 Cents, you will see what I mean. This world is rotten, and medizine is not an exception. Uli -- ------- http://grassomusic.de ------- |
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