Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:08:58 -0500
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: ntp problems
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On Wednesday 07 December 2005 00:14, Kyle Moffett wrote:
>On Dec 06, 2005, at 16:22, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> That one installed without any hiccups, but I saw where the sign-on
>> said it was DDR400 dual channel ram, whereas before the update it
>> was DDR333 dual channel ram.  As the XP2800 athlon isn't rated for
>> DDR400, I backed into the bios and reset the fsb for 166 mhz which
>> should give me a 333
>> fsb.  But it still says DDR400 at signon.  So I guess we'll see if
>> its now stable at a 400 mhz fsb even if its set to 166/333.
>
>Hmm, this sounds a lot like the BIOS insanity we saw on one cheapo
>Chaintech board.  We knew it was bad when the thing reported in its
>boot display that the CPU was an "Intel Athlon".  Things only got
>worse from there; but sadly there was no BIOS update, and we ended up
>throwing away the $35 board just on general principles :-D.
>
Thats been my impression of anything wearing a chaintech label, and I 
cannot pin a reason on it, just 71 years of experience.  Is that good 
enough?  Dunno Kyle, but when shopping for a mobo, the chaintech stuff 
has always been bypassed.  Some of the tech reports seem to say they're 
ok though.  Another example of YMMV I guess.

Anyway, I did finally get the bios to stop running the memory faster than 
an XP2800, rated at DDR333 can do.  So after a couple of hard crashes, 
it seems to be back among the living.  I had to use the expert group of 
settings though, & me not an expert, not 50 miles from home, nor am I 
carrying a briefcase as I once heard an expert described.

And, acpi is on, and ntpd is happy with the new bios.  Hurrah!

>Cheers,
>Kyle Moffett
>
>--
>There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
>make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the
>other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious
>deficiencies.  The first method is far more difficult.
>   -- C.A.R. Hoare

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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