Chipset descriptions

Hi

Does anyone know where the chipsets are details, technical specification etc
for example the nforce chipset.

Justin

Justin Barnes wrote:
Does anyone know where the chipsets are details, technical
specification etc for example the nforce chipset.

What sort of details? Things such as low-level software and hardware things
are (in my experience) only available under NDA, so even if someone had them
they wouldn't give them to you. Some things, such as PCI configuration
registers are somewhat available, though there usually are significant
numbers of "reserved" bits.

However, if you just want to know details like electrical characteristics or
pinouts (for example if you want to hook up a signal analyser to a board)
then it's probably all in the datasheet. Which, however, is not publically
available for the NF2

Finally, if you're just interested in general details (such as "built in"
functionality) then any number of review sites will have this sort of thing.

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My question really relates to which chipset locks the pci & agp bus, thereby
helping with overclocking. Where is this information stored?

"Michael Brown" wrote in message
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Justin Barnes wrote:
Does anyone know where the chipsets are details, technical
specification etc for example the nforce chipset.

What sort of details? Things such as low-level software and hardware
things
are (in my experience) only available under NDA, so even if someone had
them
they wouldn't give them to you. Some things, such as PCI configuration
registers are somewhat available, though there usually are significant
numbers of "reserved" bits.

However, if you just want to know details like electrical characteristics
or
pinouts (for example if you want to hook up a signal analyser to a board)
then it's probably all in the datasheet. Which, however, is not publically
available for the NF2

Finally, if you're just interested in general details (such as "built in"
functionality) then any number of review sites will have this sort of
thing.

--
Michael Brown
www.emboss.co.nz : OOS/RSI software and more
Add michael@ to emboss.co.nz - My inbox is always open

The NF2 locks it - but then, I suspect you already knew that ... even if you
don't quite believe it.
Are you trying to settle an argument ?
'Cos I can settle it for you.
The PCI and AGP busses are fully independent, ie - of FSB and one another
.... no dividers, just on their own busses.
And that's official (Scumball Electronics)

"Justin Barnes" wrote in message
...
My question really relates to which chipset locks the pci & agp bus,
thereby
helping with overclocking. Where is this information stored?

"Michael Brown" wrote in message
...
Justin Barnes wrote:
Does anyone know where the chipsets are details, technical
specification etc for example the nforce chipset.

What sort of details? Things such as low-level software and hardware
things
are (in my experience) only available under NDA, so even if someone had
them
they wouldn't give them to you. Some things, such as PCI configuration
registers are somewhat available, though there usually are significant
numbers of "reserved" bits.

However, if you just want to know details like electrical
characteristics
or
pinouts (for example if you want to hook up a signal analyser to a
board)
then it's probably all in the datasheet. Which, however, is not
publically
available for the NF2

Finally, if you're just interested in general details (such as "built
in"
functionality) then any number of review sites will have this sort of
thing.

--
Michael Brown
www.emboss.co.nz : OOS/RSI software and more
Add michael@ to emboss.co.nz - My inbox is always open

Justin Barnes wrote:
My question really relates to which chipset locks the pci & agp bus,
thereby helping with overclocking. Where is this information stored?

The only one I know of is the nForce2. The information is stored in my head
:-p

What CPU are you looking to use? If it's a Socket A, nForce2 is your
option.

Ben
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