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Recent content by BossBri

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    unlocking the multiplier/cache on a Thorton

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    mixing brands in an SLI setup

    So, can I do it? I don't want to do anything crazy like mix different chipsets, but can I combine (for example) a Leadtek 6800 GT with an eVGA 6800 GT? Aren't most cards are produced by the same people and just rebranded by all the vid card companies anyway? If that's so then cards with...
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    will it POST with no CPU?

    My question is: what will a mobo do if you try to boot with no CPU? I know it won't finish post, but will it try to start then fail or just never initialize? My specific motherboard is an epox 8k5a2+ (kt333 chipset) but I suspect that doesn't matter. I ask because this motherboard appears...
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    Data migration from a RAID5

    if you have an old system lying around you could put the new array into that, put a minimal OS install on it, then use the NIC to transfer the files from the old system to the new system. Once all the data is transferred pull the new array out and drop it into the new system. Just use a...
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    RAID 5 on Epox mobos!

    That's another draw to raid 5 for me. You get the security of 0+1, but you can do it with one fewer drives. Question is, can it be as fast?
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    looking for a laptop's motherboard

    That could be trouble. First off its virtually impossible to offer much help without knowing what brand laptop you have. Most laptops are using custom made boards cut specifically to allow components to be jammed into tight spaces, so there aren't often standard replacement boards that you can...
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    RAID 5 on Epox mobos!

    Epox has released some RAID 5 drivers for two of their motherboards, the 8KDA3+ for socket 754 and the 4PDA5+ pentium 4. The article is up over at theInq: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19474 I think this is HUGE! I've been wanting to play with RAID 5 for a long time, ever since I had...
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    FX-53 Sudden Slowdown!!! (and very cool!) help >.<;

    AGGGGG THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!!!! usually somebody has a problem, and all you have to do to solve it is run Adaware, but this is a true-blue mystery. You've done everything that I would've suggested (and with a few spare components that I don't have) and I'm dying to know what's actually...
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    a suggestion for the [H]

    I didn't really know where to post this so I figured I'd go somewhere with someone who might actually care/have a suggestion. First: What's the deal with the [H]'s RSS feed? Do I have an old address or are the articles on it a few days behind? The address I have is...
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    locked 2500's?

    Barton core derivatives after week 39 are locked too. By that I mean the new Thorton core chips that are really just Bartons with half the L2 cut off. I got a 2400+ Thorton for Christmas made in week 43 and I wasn't able to unlock the multiplier or open up he extra L2 cache like I was hoping...
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    "superlocked" Athlon XPs

    I've read that all Bartons made after the 39th week of 2003 have a locked multiplier. Does this apply to all Bartons or just a few speed grades(the things I read referred specifically to the 2500). Since Thortons are just Bartons with half teh L2 disabled I guess that this applies to them as...
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    What are the "Thortons"?

    how do you do the L2 mod to make it into a Barton? I've got a Thorton and I've been trying to open up the extra L2 cache by connecting the L2 bridges, but I can't seem to get it to work.
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    unlocking the multiplier/cache on a Thorton

    so i got a new XP 2400+ for Christmas. I've booted it up and I can confirm that it is a Thorton core CPU (as reported by CPU-Z). So of course the first thing I set out to do is to try and unlock the thing. I haven't kept up with the unlocking thing on the newer CPUs so I did what worked back...
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