Asus ships the motha of all platforms for freaks... the storied A7M266-D!!!

[andreasl]

This is what HardOCP has to say about the thermal protection on the ASUS A7V-266-E motherboard:



<< Something Asus did bring to the table with this board is the CPU temperature monitoring feature. Before you get excited, while this is a great feature, this does not monitor the on-die diode now present in Palomino cores. Instead, it uses the much more familiar diode placed in the bottom of the CPU socket. >>



Now I don't consider Kyle's site to be the ultimate authority in matters beyond comparing Detonator drivers on GF3 cards, but I think they are correct in this issue

A7V266-E Review

 

[Leokor]

<< 64-bit PCI slots are backwards compatible and also support 32-bit PCI cards or peripherals. >>



64-bit/33 MHz slots are backward compatible, but 64-bit/66 MHz are NOT! You can see it with your own eyes that they have a different geometry.

Leo

 

[formulav8]

<< Hmmm...lets see:

1) Enermax 550w PS
2) Asus A7M266-D
3) Dual 1900's w/Dual PAL 8045's w/AS2
4) 2 gb of UNREGISTERED Crucial PC-2100 non ECC!!!!
5) Ti500
6) Dual X-15 36lp's striped
7) Sony F520

...hehe talk about a freakin' number cruncher >>




You getting a dual athlon system?

 

[Pariah]

"<< 64-bit PCI slots are backwards compatible and also support 32-bit PCI cards or peripherals. >>"

Backwards compatible with 32bit 66MHz cards, not standard 32bit 33MHz cards. I don't see what all the hype is surrounding the MPX. It's not an all new chipset, it's the same 762 North Bridge found on the MP's with a new 768 South Bridge which basically only add support for 66MHz PCI and possible the thermal diode. From a features standpoint, it looks like a step backwards from the original MP chipset. No one uses 66MHz slots, the only cards you will find using them are fibre channel cards. Those slots are worthless and leave you with only 3 useable PCI slots, which aren't even 64bit. So in essence the MPX is a more limiting platform, which could potentially decrease performance of your system if you have 33MHz 64bit SCSI/LAN cards that have to be used in 32bit slots.

Also, good luck using Crucial in these boards, if their flaky behavior with the Tyan boards is any indication, might want to avoid the MPX-Crucial combo as well.

 

[Viper GTS]

<< "<< 64-bit PCI slots are backwards compatible and also support 32-bit PCI cards or peripherals. >>"

Backwards compatible with 32bit 66MHz cards, not standard 32bit 33MHz cards. I don't see what all the hype is surrounding the MPX. It's not an all new chipset, it's the same 762 North Bridge found on the MP's with a new 768 South Bridge which basically only add support for 66MHz PCI and possible the thermal diode. From a features standpoint, it looks like a step backwards from the original MP chipset. No one uses 66MHz slots, the only cards you will find using them are fibre channel cards. Those slots are worthless and leave you with only 3 useable PCI slots, which aren't even 64bit. So in essence the MPX is a more limiting platform, which could potentially decrease performance of your system if you have 33MHz 64bit SCSI/LAN cards that have to be used in 32bit slots.

Also, good luck using Crucial in these boards, if their flaky behavior with the Tyan boards is any indication, might want to avoid the MPX-Crucial combo as well. >>



Thanks for the PCI info, I don't think I'll be going MPX any time soon. My MP is just fine thank you.

I have had no trouble with my system, & I use Crucial memory. I plan on upgrading to 1 GB soon (adding two more 256 sticks), if I have problems then I'm sure I'll report it here.

Viper GTS

 

[Hanpan]

<< "<< 64-bit PCI slots are backwards compatible and also support 32-bit PCI cards or peripherals. >>"

Backwards compatible with 32bit 66MHz cards, not standard 32bit 33MHz cards. I don't see what all the hype is surrounding the MPX. It's not an all new chipset, it's the same 762 North Bridge found on the MP's with a new 768 South Bridge which basically only add support for 66MHz PCI and possible the thermal diode. From a features standpoint, it looks like a step backwards from the original MP chipset. No one uses 66MHz slots, the only cards you will find using them are fibre channel cards. Those slots are worthless and leave you with only 3 useable PCI slots, which aren't even 64bit. So in essence the MPX is a more limiting platform, which could potentially decrease performance of your system if you have 33MHz 64bit SCSI/LAN cards that have to be used in 32bit slots.

Also, good luck using Crucial in these boards, if their flaky behavior with the Tyan boards is any indication, might want to avoid the MPX-Crucial combo as well. >>



64bit 66 mz is a different voltage. It has nothign ot do with the actuals keys. Those are there so that you cannot insert cards that don't work at that voltage. But many cards are wide voltage and work at both.

 

[AGodspeed]

This looks like an extremely awesome board. Hell, I'll take any MP/MPX board. I need dualie power.

Btw, good job Tex, now you've completely turned off your PMs to me, you've become tired already? Lol

 

[Pariah]

"64bit 66 mz is a different voltage. It has nothign ot do with the actuals keys."

I didn't mention anything about the keys, but regardless, it's not true that all 66MHz 64 bit slots are 3.3V, there are some 5V ones as well, which is why MB makers need to get together and decide on some standards instead of everyone using something different.

 

[BatmanNate]

<< "<< 64-bit PCI slots are backwards compatible and also support 32-bit PCI cards or peripherals. >>"

Backwards compatible with 32bit 66MHz cards, not standard 32bit 33MHz cards. I don't see what all the hype is surrounding the MPX. It's not an all new chipset, it's the same 762 North Bridge found on the MP's with a new 768 South Bridge which basically only add support for 66MHz PCI and possible the thermal diode. From a features standpoint, it looks like a step backwards from the original MP chipset. No one uses 66MHz slots, the only cards you will find using them are fibre channel cards. Those slots are worthless and leave you with only 3 useable PCI slots, which aren't even 64bit. So in essence the MPX is a more limiting platform, which could potentially decrease performance of your system if you have 33MHz 64bit SCSI/LAN cards that have to be used in 32bit slots.

Also, good luck using Crucial in these boards, if their flaky behavior with the Tyan boards is any indication, might want to avoid the MPX-Crucial combo as well. >>




I also use a Tiger MP system, and have 4x256 (1 GB) of Crucial PC 2100 Registered ECC DDR. I've been running without hiccup for several months now.