I've put another release of sys_basher, rev 1.0.5, on the web. I wrote sys_basher to test the stability of my new Core2 system. It does extensive memory diagnostics, disk I/O tests and floating point tests. It uses pthreads to run from 1 to 256 independent threads so it's capably of keeping all of...

Greetings! I would like to upgrade my HTPC system lowest cost and get highest performance and use as many components from my present system. Note I am only look at upgrading my MB and CPU. Hopefully to tie me over for total new system including Quad core blue ray etc. when the prices come down in...

Hi all! I currently have a drive with WinXP/Vista in dual-boot. This drive is connected to a Abit AB9 Pro motherboard (Intel® P965 / ICH8R Chipset). Is it possible to migrate this single drive to a RAID1 setup without losing any data? (I already have installed a 2nd drive, identical to the...

Hi, I received the above from newegg recently and noticed a tiny piece of plastic was floating around in the packaging. Further inspection revealed it was a "pin" type piece on the underside of the board which seem associated with the pci connectors above. They all poke through the board except...

I've just put a new version of sys_basher on the web, http://www.polybus.com/sys_basher_web/ sys_basher is a multithreaded system exerciser and benchmarking tool. It run's extensive memory and I/O diagnostics as well as floating point tests. I wrote it because there didn't seem to be a good way...

If this is not the correct forum, please let me know. I have monitored a disk drive as a PC comes out of hybernation, and I see that the system is doing single-block reads. Is there any way to change this so multiple-block reads will be done? K.

Hi Apologies if this is posted in the wrong group, if so could you point me in the right direction. I've just built a new home server; operating system is Server 2003 R2 standard. Motherboard is an Intel DQ965GF with a Core2Duo 1.86 and 2GB DDR2 Kingston RAM. I've been doing some testing before...

Hi, I'm having difficulties with setting up RAID on an Intel Desktop Board DG965OT. I have a perfectly fine working system when using SATA configured as IDE emulation in the BIOS. I want to use the RAID features but when I change in the BIOS to SATA configured as RAID the system becomes...

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I'm in the market to purchase a DELL XPS. The desired processor is Core 2 Duo. I'm torn between the T7200 and the T7600. The fundamental difference between the Core 2 Duo T7200 versus the Core 2 Duo T7600 surrounds the Frequency ( 2000 Mhz ( 7200 ) versus 2333 ( 7600 ) ) and the Multiplier (...

Hello all, I need a bit of advice. I am looking into replacing the current server that I am using. I think I am going to purchase the HP ML350 series server. However, when it comes to the processor to get I don't know which would be better. A fast Dual Core Xeon 5160 (3.00GHz, 1333FSB), or a...

Hello, The quad core is a bit pricey. Does the Core2 support a second core 2 processor on the same system?

If it is possible to overclock an Intel CPU, so that will overheat until there'll be a nuclear meltdown, then Intel CPUs should be outlawed as possible WMDs. I mean, every raghead terrorist in the world could simply nuke a city with an easy-to-get Intel CPU. Our own technology may be dangerous for...

Just built a new system (Intel D975XBX2 and E6700, 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2-800, Nvidia 8800GTS) running a clean install of WindowsXP MCE. The performance and stability is awesome. The only problem is that the Sigmatel audio chip is barely picking up sound from the mic, even though I turned on the...

I've bought this server: IBM eServer xSeries 236 with two XEON. On the IBM site, it seems that the server supports only 32-bit processors with Intel EM64T enhancement. On the Intel site, the two processors (one with S-Spec: SL7ZE and Core Stepping: N-0 , and one with S-Spec: SL8P5 and...

Hi all, I have a D865PERL non raid motherboard. I installed XPH on it just fine on a SATA drive. Now I want to add an IDE hard drive. I made it master and booted uip XP but XP doesn't see it. Is there anything in the cmos that I need to change so XP can see the new IDE drive? I don't want...

I built my first Intel computer in years. I have the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300 and Intel Desktop Board DG965WH. My CPU temperatures range from 42 to 49. I upgraded from an Athlon 64 3700+ which usually ranged from the 30s to low 40s. I have not gamed for a very long time since I just...

Hello. Can anyone point me to articles/white papers or outline the differences between these two CPU-families? I can see that the Core-series are newer and more expensive than the D, but the frequency is lower. What may be the advantage with Core-DUO? E.g. in graphics context.

hey all, I'm working on a simple program to detect the mother board's sound card (ac97). This program just takes the vendor and device id number and checks to see if that device is present. On both a very old computer (~1996) and a much newer one (~2005) my program says no ac97 found. It could...

I am looking at two 3.6GHz Intel P4 processors with 800MHz FSB, but although they look to be the same, they are numbered 640 & 641. Also, one is 90nm and the other is 65nm. I have no idea what these numbers mean, so could someone explain them to me? Aren't these two processors the same? Which one...