Wooohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[voogru]

I finalally got My Mobo and CPU!!! The CPU is Very Small a lot smaller than I seen In the Pics. The Mobo Looks Pretty Cool and Its Fairly Big I cant Wait till I get this Thing Running! (Still waiting for the Case) Then I need all the cooling Memory Hdd Video Card and some Other goodies too Get it running!

If you want ill Post My own Pics Of the Mobo Just In case your thinking of buying The same mobo.

also Mine Came with all the DipSwitchs (I think) The MultiPlier Asjustment ANd The CPU bus freq. switches.

I dunno of any other switchs

-voogru

[jaida]

what mobo, cpu did you get??? im gonna guess t-bird and kt7


btw hope to see some pics and have fun them new toys are always great to play with http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

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[voogru]

I got The asusA7v and The Tbird 1Gz http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

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[voogru]

I have a quick question.
Whats The Voltage Setting For a Athlon 1000?
And where can I get all sorts Of info About this Type Of stuff.

Thanks

-voogru

[CujoRbd]

Well, here's where you'll find voltage-settings: http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/techdocs/pdf/22651.pdf (just look under the 'Contents' page and select "Voltage Identification (VID) Settings" on page 3.)

And here is where you'll find all sorts of info like this: http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/techdocs/


I hope these help you out!


Cujo

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[superraton01]

also: www.socketa.com (http://www.socketa.com)
(dont know how to make this a link.
okay.......HOW?)

[Savant]

yea, I'd like to see pics of it
Savant

[voogru]

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Its a little Blurry Ill have more better ones later on

-voogru

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[Missing the point]

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Ya got a } where a [ should be.

[Richard_Cranium72]

MTP, what's the board between the CPU and the ports ?

[voogru]

Thatsa riser Board so you can Have Bigger HeatsinksHeres another Pic.

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It shows you the all Dipswitchs i got more coming Probally in about an hour or 2.

-voogru

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[voogru]

WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just got the Case and Its Looks Pretty cool (black!) And Can I get into the BIOS without the CPU? or get any video output? The reason is I wannna see if the Mobo works and I dont have cooling for the CPU and i dont want to Overheat it.

Or should I take a chill pill and calm down and wait for the cooling?

Thanks!

(pics on the way!)

-voogru

[Richard_Cranium72]

Uuhh, er, ,,
Voogoo, why is your pic and MTP's the SAME ??

[Warthog]

I think MTP was trying to help Voogru http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

Warthog

[jl123]

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This is also an Asus A7V(mine). http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif But it has a Duron 600@1000mhz. The riser card is there to clear out some capacitors that usually come around the socket. This allows for a wider heatsink to be used. But like the FOP32 and FOP38(they are the same but with a different fan) you don't have to worry too much about capacitors because of it's thin base that clears the capacitors. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

~Joel

[Richard_Cranium72]

Hey Guys, do ya have to bolt these things down to the floor to keep um from taking off like a HOverCraft ??

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[justy]

The riser board contains the voltage regulation circuitry. This generates core voltage to a max of 1.85v.
You can do a mod on this to increase voltage output, but not for the faint hearted, confidence required.

All the best, Justy.

[Mungla]

I'm interested to know how watercooling works with the SocketA CPU's? Anyone out there try it? Sometime next year, once the newer Thunderbirds come out, I hope to move from Intel to AMD (yes, i'm moving over!).

[voogru]

Pics!!!!

Enjoy!

The Laminated so If you drool over them you can wipe it right off http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

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-voogru

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[CujoRbd]

Well, just to let you all know, voogru had to jet. He keeps getting these beeps when he tries to boot up and so it won't POST at all.

Listen here: http://www.geocities.com/voogru/sound.wav

He says that that sound just keeps repeating over and over again when he tries to boot.

Also, whenever he plugs the puter in, it just starts to boot up (leading, of course, to the inevitable beeping). It's an ATX PS and Mobo, so maybe that's it? I couldn't tell him much, as I'm not terrible familiar with ATX myself.

You can post here if you'd like, or e-mail him @ voogru@softhome.net or voogru@hotmail.com


If you need any more info, you'll have to get it from him whenever he returns.

[shocksyde]

i like that case.

shock

[voogru]

NOTE: Theres No CPU in the Mobo So I believe That May Just Be the Problem.

(Theres no CPU in there because I dont have any cooling and I dont want a fried CPU)

Thanks,

-voogru

[johnqp]

The "beeps" are probably from the POST (Power On Self Test) If there is an error at board level that prevents you from booting to a interface for trouble shooting then the BIOS communicates the problem to you through a series of coded beeps that you would have to look up for definition.
With no CPU in, I'd say there's a definite error at board level.

[voogru]

Ok this is from the Asus Manual.

Asus BIOS Beep Codes
One Short error While displaying Logo- No error During POST

Long Beeps In an Endless Loops- No Dram Installed or detected.

One Long Beep Followed By three short beeps- Video Card Not Found or Detected

High frequency Beeps when system is working- CPU overheated system running at lower frequency

Im gojnna look for a PDF manal for you guys to look at if you want.

[darrelld]

voogru,you might want to put a heatsink and fan on that processor. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[voogru]

I dont got one yet and the cpu is not in the mobo when I was trying to get into the bios and I dont think its possible to get into the bios without the CPU but if there is any problems with the mobo I want them fixed or Ill have to replace the mobo (which will take about a week! or more!)

I hope theres nothing wrong with this mobo.

[voogru]

You can get A manual Here ftp://ftp.edmonds.ctc.edu/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/kt133/a7v/a7v-103.pdf

Its the same rev. as the one I have (1.03)

-voogru

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[Savant]

Err... you can't run it with no cpu, it won't do anything but beep. (guess you noticed that)

is it just me or are there 4 IDE ports on that board?

[voogru]

so I guess the mobo is fine?

And yes there are four IDE port with support for up to 8 ide devices

2 ATA/100
2 ATA/33/66

-voogru

[Savant]

now thats cool, I need one like that http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif I have 4 devices on mine already...(4 max)

[Savant]

but can you put lesser (ata 33/66) devices on the 100 port?

[voogru]

I think it Backwards Compatible!

[voogru]

ok I havent Bought a cooler Yet and need to know whick one you reccomend This cpu is not overclocked Nor will I be overclocking it at all

Which one should i get?

GlobalWin
FOP-38
$26.99

GlobalWin
F0P32-1
$20.99

Socket A/462
Super Orb
$23.99

Also which One it Fairly Easy to Install? I dont want to crack my CPU core and I will also be getting Artic Silver Thermal Paste

Thanks!

-voogru

[Techie Dude]

Yeah, you can put the older devices on the other IDE ports. I`ve got a few HD`s running on mine and they work just fine!

Can`t run CD-Roms and things like that, manual says HD`s only, or at least recommended!

If you can`t afford a newer board, the Abit BE6 has thesame IDE setup (8 devices). Suppose if you already had a CPU and other hardware you were happy with already, you could just change te Mobo. Dunno what`s different about the BE6-II, but the BE6 works fine for me.........

Till I feel the urge for 1000mhz+! Hee hee.....

[Techie Dude]

Yeah, you can put the older devices on the other IDE ports. I`ve got a few HD`s running on mine and they work just fine!

Can`t run CD-Roms and things like that, manual says HD`s only, or at least recommended!

If you can`t afford a newer board, the Abit BE6 has thesame IDE setup (8 devices). Suppose if you already had a CPU and other hardware you were happy with already, you could just change te Mobo. Dunno what`s different about the BE6-II, but the BE6 works fine for me.........

Till I feel the urge for 1000mhz+! Hee hee.....

[voogru]

Dum dee Dumm dumm Bump

[JimG]

Hey, voogru . ..
Quick question for you: What exactly is the board that's attached to the last expansion slot? I noticed there's a ribbon cable going to a header on the mobo. I've never seen that before, and I'm just curious.
That's one awesome machine you've got!

[voogru]

Thats a 3 Usb Port extesion But I moved it to the Top where the PCI1 slot is (I wont be using the PCI 1 slot Because Im Using an AGP video card.

I may move it Back down tho. I dont know yet

-voogru

[jl123]

Hey! Aren't those the cases that Alienware uses?!?!? Alienware (http://www.alienware.com/)

Where did you get that case from? http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif I want the silver one though like the one on the main page of the Alienware site. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

~Joel

[randy48]

Voogru looking good dude http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif By the way, I couldn't help but notice those "pretty shoes" of yours under your bed http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif Come on, tell us a story now... http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[CujoRbd]

That's probably his mom's room, Randy. Now don't go getting ideas here. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif


Just to let you know, Joel, his isn't actually alienware; it's one of those alienware clones. He told me where he got it, but I don't remember off hand. I'm sure he'll be along later today and he'll tell you all about it. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

And I agree with you, Joel. The silver one is pretty cool. I don't remember what it was exactly, but I remember hearing about this spray that you could put on it that would make it look "metallic." I like it the way it is, but when I saw the pic of that guy's case, it was even more awesome than the one at alienware's homepage. I'll look around and see if I can find it; I'll post back if I do.


Later.


Cujo

[voogru]

I got it at a-pro http://www.a-pro.com Mine the most expensive one on the list $143.00 The one with a 350watt ps. The only thing I dont like about it is the side panels are a little tricky to put on and take off at first. overall I like it A lot And I like to know where they get the coloered Cases http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif I would have gotton Sacer silver http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif too late tho.

Heres the model Number
CS-860PX and its in Medium towers

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[voogru]

Also I did some tidy work on the inside Ill take some Fresher Pics no longer is that IDE cable In duck Tape I took off the tape an Put Zip ties instead.

More pics on the way!

[voogru]

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif Sad news I wont be able to Put more pics till Late Saterday Or sunday Im going to Merit Badge College(Boy scout thing) Im doing the Computer Merit Badge(duh) and the electronics Merit Badge I dont have time too take pics Im leaving in about 15 Mins. sorry tho.

cya l8r

-voogru