Recent content by silicontundra

Hi Q, I got anomous boot issues and BIOS beeps for memory using a mobo that did not have the latest BIOS. In my case with a Gigabyte K8N Pro, which was delivered with one release older F11 (1/2K4). Stuffed in a Mobile Athlon 64 3200+ 1MB L2, CG rev core. Initally was using 1 stick 512MB Corsair...

Solved! I was able to finally get a stable system. On the wierd engineering sample 1MB CG Athlon 64 mobile CPU, used a small piece of copper sheeting about the size of the huge die and thin layers of white stuff with the ThermalRight SLK-948U pressing down on the whole stack. At 1.45v, I am...

Hi Bar81 and everyone, I'm a newbie to AnandTech forums, Athlon 64, and this great thread (been a AT lurker for couple years). I bought a very unusual 3200+ DTR CG proc on eBay. It looks normal, but has a ring around the periphery of the package. I have not seen any reference to this package...