[mythtv-users] Help me size next cpu, Athlon 2800+ MP enough
for high quality/filters?
papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu
papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu
Tue Feb 10 10:50:03 EST 2004
> Hmm, maybe your issues are more related to the jacked XP not being
> SMPable?
I actually pseudo-"burned-in" each cpu individually beforehand. Before
modding the L5, I put each one in separately, fired up linux and compiled the
kernel (with -j2) 10 times in a row. That was enough to convince me that the
cpu/ram combo was OK and not DOA. The ECC bootup delay was present even in
that configuration. I didn't try the PCI card issues with a single CPU, but
I'm pretty sure it's just an incompatibility between IRQ sharing. With 2 of my
three pci cards, it won't POST. With 1, it boots, but the NIC only slightly
works... losing interrupts, etc all the time.
-Cory
>
> I can recommend the ASUS Dual Athlon board, don't know the name at the
> moment, it's the one with the AMD chipset. That's the machine that's
> heating my office, being used as a 24/7 number cruncher and workstation.
> No problems since it was installed.
>
> Necessaties for a dual athlon:
>
> -ECC RAM, especially when filled to the brim
I almost cheaped out on that, but it wasn't that much more for ECC.
Nothing worse than flakey ram.
>
> -Really good ventilation, especially when combined with a high end
> graphics card
I hacked my tower case with a 6" 120V AC fan at the top to suck air
through. Unfortunately, it sounds like a gas turbine firing up, but it gets
the job done!
-Cory
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