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teebo - 21 Jul 2007 23:18 GMT

As I like to have a 65nm-processor in my new computer
and the motherboard I looked at didn't supported that,
I'm looking for another one. The ones AMD list at their page
as capable of stepping G1-processors (65nm) are the following:

Anyone have tried or otherwise know something about any
of these, and/or how they work with (fully patched) win98se ?
(or the chipset they use etc)

Asus
CROSSHAIR 1.04G ATX nVidia NF-590-SLI
M2N-NVM 1.00G uATX NVIDIA GeForce 6150
M2N-SLI Deluxe 1.01G ATX NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI
M2N-VM DH 1.02G uATX NVIDIA MCP61
M2N32-SLI Deluxe 1.02G ATX NVIDIA C51XE
M2N4-SLI 1.02G ATX nVidia nForce4 SLI
M2NBP-VM CSM 1.01G uATX NVIDIA NVS210S-N
M2NPV-VM 1.00G uATX NVIDIA GeForce 6150
M2R32-MVP 1.02G ATX ATI RD580

Biostar
TForce 550-A2 1.0 ATX nVidia NF-550-N
TForce 570 U 0.95 ATX NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra
TForce 590 SLI Deluxe 1.2 ATX nVidia NF-590-SLI

ECS
761GXM-M 1.0 uATX SiS 761 GX
AMD690VM-M2 1.0 uATX AMD RS690C
RS485M-M 1.0 uATX ATI RS485

Gigabyte
GA-M51GM-S2G 1.0 uATX NVIDIA GeForce 6100
GA-M55SLI-S4 1.0 ATX nVidia nForce4 SLI
GA-M55plus-S3G 1.0 ATX NVIDIA GeForce 6100
GA-M57SLI-S4 1.1 ATX NVIDIA MCP55P
GA-M59SLI-S4 1.0 ATX NVIDIA NF-590-SLI-N
GA-M59SLI-S4 1.0 ATX NVIDIA NF-590-SLI-N
GA-M61PM-S2 1.0 uATX NVIDIA MCP61P
GA-M61VME-S2 1.0 uATX NVIDIA MCP61V

Jetway
M2GT6-PTD 1.0 ATX NVIDIA NF-6100

MSI
K9AGM (7242) 1.0 uATX ATI RS485
K9AGM2-F(MS-7327) 1.1 uATX AMD RS690
K9AGM2-FIH(MS-7327) 1.1 uATX AMD RS690
K9AGM2-L(MS-7327) 1.1 uATX AMD RS690V
K9N Diamond(MS-7226) 1.0 ATX NVIDIA nForce 590
K9N Platinum (MS-7250) 1.0 ATX NVIDIA nForce 570
K9NBPM2-FID (MS-7252) 1.3 uATX NVIDIA QD-NVS-210S-N

WinFast
6100M2MA-RS2H F1.0 uATX NVIDIA NF-6100

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teebo - 28 Jul 2007 20:07 GMT

after I wrote this I have found out that the motherboard
I looked at first (ASUS M2V, with VIA K8T890 chipset)
do support the AMD64 3800+ stepping G1 65nm (ADH3800DEBOX)
so I guess I buy it anyway.

Only problem is that the bios must be flashed to a new
version first to support stepping G. Will it be possible to
use my processor when running the (bios-builtin) bios upgrading?
or do I have to temporary put another (allready supported)
processor in to do the flasing...?
will the webshop I buying it from do it for me?

(there is another motherboard ASRock ALiveSATA2-GLAN that
have same chipset that I might consider too, but I haven't
read much about it yet, if it has support for for G1 without
flashing bios etc)

But it is of course still interesting to know about the
win98-compatibility of the other motherboards/chipsets
that I listed in the previous post :-)

2007-07-22 00:18:17 teebo <no@mail.no>:

> As I like to have a 65nm-processor in my new computer
> and the motherboard I looked at didn't supported that,
[quoted text clipped - 50 lines]
> WinFast
> 6100M2MA-RS2H F1.0 uATX NVIDIA NF-6100

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MEB - 29 Jul 2007 03:25 GMT

| after I wrote this I have found out that the motherboard
| I looked at first (ASUS M2V, with VIA K8T890 chipset)
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
| processor in to do the flasing...?
| will the webshop I buying it from do it for me?

IF [emphasis if] the shop is selling both the processor and the board to
you, they would be the ones to flash the BIOS.
IF [emphasis if] you have told them you intend to use the board with that
processor they can hardly sell you a board which does not suit the intended
use. I WOULD, however, first get them to explain who is liable should the
flash fail. It should be their responsibility. A reputable dealer would have
a much easier time returning a failed flash [fried board] than you would.
Make sure the board and processor is stable BEFORE removing it from the
store, they should be able to run it or do burn-in at the store.

| (there is another motherboard ASRock ALiveSATA2-GLAN that
| have same chipset that I might consider too, but I haven't
| read much about it yet, if it has support for for G1 without
| flashing bios etc)

I would find a board with native [original] processor support if possible.
Make sure BEFORE you purchase the board and processor, that there are
drivers for your intended use. That's ALL intended use [printers, USB
devices, scanners, video, hard drives, etc.] Also, that the intended case
has excess power [potential future use] AND lots of cooling.

| But it is of course still interesting to know about the
| win98-compatibility of the other motherboards/chipsets
| that I listed in the previous post :-)

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