Recent content by MrEMan

Hello all, Anyone else get the notice from TC Computers about the price reductions on Athon XPs? From http://www.tccomputers.com/static/amd_pd_111102.php?src=5027 The retail versions including fan and heatsink, and 3 year warranties (which according to AMD's site are voided if you use any...

Does anyone know if the IDE master and slave channels are still dependent, or are they running separate signal timings? In other words will a high speed ATA133 hard drive be slowed down if a CDRW, DVD or LS-120 SuperDisk is attached to the slave channel? Also, is the hard disk only slowed down...

KF, Thanks for your comments regarding CPU temperatures. I still would encourage EPoX and other board manufacturers to display both temps on the BIOS screens, and also to provide a utility to display both temperatures real-time in Windows and LINUX. Only then would we be able to perform an...

Insane3D, The FAQ for the 8K5A2 on their site states the following: "AMD processor temperature detection. Regardless of AMD processor type, the processor temperature is detected via the onboard motherboard thermal sensor." Is this incorrect/outdated, or does it just apply to the temperature...

There are two reasons I haven't chosen either the 8K5A2 nor the new 8K9A, those being that Via is rumored to be readying a VT400A, and also because of EPoX's decision to back off on reading the on-die thermosensor in the AthlonXPs and newer Durons due to confused users returning perfectly good...

Hello everyone. I emailed EPoX tech support yesterday to inquire as to whether or not the new 8K9A KT400 boards actually utilize the Athlon XP/newer Durons on-die thermosensor for either emergency shutdown and/or for the BIOS CPU temperature status display. As you will see in their reply...

Chris Tom at AMDZone has a link to yet another 8K5A2+ review over at PC Arena ( http://www.pc-arena.net/Review_full.asp?ReviewID=162 ). I also noticed that NewEgg is now listing the 8K5A2/2+ boards again (http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduct.asp?description=13-123-176&depa=1). Apparently...

CyNics I never stated that I knew for sure which heatsinks would fit and which wouldn't (I haven't purchased one as of yet). All I claimed was that the photos of the various versions of the 8K5A2/2+ showed quite a bit of difference in the spacing between the CPU socket and the northbridge...

While reading thru the earlier posts I noticed that Athlonstein mentioned that his 8k5a2+ came with the rectangular northbridge heatsink. I would have preferred that EPoX would have continued using that version due to the limited area between the socket and the heatsink. Some reviewers/posters...

I see that Chris Tom of AMDZone/SocketA has posted his review of the 8K5A2+. You can view it at http://www.socketa.com/reviews/epox/8k5a2+/ .

To all those who have recently purchased EPoX motherboards from MWave, do you happen to know if they are selling the post-September 1, 2002 boards which now come with a 2 year warranty from EPoX? EPoX support informed me that warrantys status can be checked by serial number at...

Insane3D, If you take a look at MWave's description of the 8K5A2 board at http://direct.mwave.com/mwave/doc2/a16116.html you will see the earlier 5 PCI slot version of the board. MWave has since corrected their description (but not the photo), while a few days ago NewEgg's photo showed the...