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fraz
30-05-2002, 04:40 PM
I just got one to run a celeron tualatin 1.1 in for a while untill i get a few more bits for a killer sys that im nearly finished

Anyway, this mobo is pretty gay, no northbridge cooling (it gets very hot) and it has no holes to mount anything decent.
i think it might melt if i pump it up to 133fsb
It also has no voltage adjustment in the bios but wome wire will fix that;)
sandra scores in a few hours/days
GooGlo
30-05-2002, 04:44 PM
Got some more details on that mobo? e.g model?

No NB cooling? That is messed, Someone screwed up....
whetu
30-05-2002, 04:48 PM
geez fraz... you of all people should have a spare heatsink lying about... and knowing you a tube of superglue and and a wicked smirk on your face ;)
Mr ABIT
30-05-2002, 04:49 PM
u sure it doesnt just have passive cooling .. :confused:
fraz
30-05-2002, 04:49 PM
It is a CA64-TC
via 694t/686b
5pci, 1agp, 1isa(shared)

but the mem scores are promising tho
fraz
30-05-2002, 04:51 PM
this is at 11x110=1.21gig
fraz
30-05-2002, 04:52 PM
110fsb 2-2-2-5/7 256meg
fraz
30-05-2002, 04:57 PM
geez fraz... you of all people should have a spare heatsink lying about... and knowing you a tube of superglue and and a wicked smirk on your face
dont tempt me man :)

1. i only just started messin with it yesterday
2. Its in a really gay position (like your mobo but directly below cpu - about 15mm south, 20mm west of first ram slot, 5-10 mm east of some caps and regulators
3, im 2 lazy
4. no money

At least it was only $150 and it goes ok, think i got somewhere round 2500 on 3dmark2001 with no tweaks and no oc :)
whetu
30-05-2002, 05:01 PM
so the kind of mobo you'd get for your mama?
fraz
30-05-2002, 05:02 PM
check out these temps tho :)
GooGlo
30-05-2002, 05:12 PM
*shrugs*

You get what you pay for...

Some of those numbers arent to bad though...

Nice temps :D Whats cooling that?
Deviant
30-05-2002, 09:06 PM
I had a DFI, it had pretty good overclocking feature, good benchmark scores, no northbridge cooling other than passive heatsink, stable and reliable

until

I went from Athlon 1.4 GHz to XP1600+, and the damn thing would crash all the time, I'm talking every 2-5 minutes, it just didn't like the XP CPU.
Humantuckshop
30-05-2002, 09:37 PM
Originally posted by Deviant

I went from Athlon 1.4 GHz to XP1600+, and the damn thing would crash all the time, I'm talking every 2-5 minutes, it just didn't like the XP CPU.


Where there no BIOS updates available that fixed the problem? :eek:
GooGlo
30-05-2002, 09:56 PM
Sounds like a mobo incompatibility. Only other thing it could have been would be PSU related. What was powering it Deviant?

You dont really hear much about these Boards.
_N_
30-05-2002, 10:31 PM
it sounds like a good mobo, you just need to do a bit of work on it and you'll be sweet,

I got some chipset heatsink here, do you wan't one?
fraz
30-05-2002, 11:27 PM
I got some chipset heatsink here, do you wan't one?
im keen, have to try out this 166mmx hsf i got off a mate.
what kinda ones you got?? as i got no mounting holes
GriffiN
30-05-2002, 11:40 PM
Fraz - chuck a post in buy&sell to see if someone will donate you a heatsink :)
Sure someone must have a cheapar5e one lying round somewhere.
Wibber
31-05-2002, 01:30 AM
awwww you avatar is so cute!!!