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**RJARRRPCGP** · 10-28-2014, 09:17 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by goontron View Post

follow up of my thread here: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=41099
got my new rig built up and running. its a nice unit with a 4 core AMD phenom at the same clock as my old Pentium (left in the) D(ust). it has RAID and hot swapping drive controllers, and the all important IDE port for my quantum bigfoot. now with Se7en pro installed

it also had a graphics card installed and has a 400w Delta PSU.

Code:

*-cpu
     description: CPU
     product: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor
     vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
     physical id: 4
     bus info: cpu@0
     version: AMD Phenom(tm) 9500 Quad-Core Processor
     serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
     slot: AM2
     size: 1100MHz
     capacity: 2800MHz
  *-memory
     description: System Memory
     physical id: 10
     slot: System board or motherboard
     size: 8GB
*-display
        description: VGA compatible controller
        product: G80 [GeForce 8800 GTX]
        vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
        version: a2
        width: 64 bits
*-network
        description: Ethernet interface
        product: 88E8071 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
        vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
        logical name: enp2s0
        version: 16
        serial: 00:1f:e2:3c:1e:e6
        size: 1GB/s
        capacity: 1GB/s
        width: 64 bits
*-multimedia
       description: Audio device
       product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
       physical id: 14.2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
*-disk
       description: SCSI Disk
       product: WDC WD2500AAKX-0
       vendor: ATA
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 1H15
       serial: WD-WCC2EXU90098
       size: 232GB
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
*-disk
       description: SCSI Disk
       product: ST31000528AS
       vendor: ATA
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sdc
       version: CC46
       serial: 5VP96BRN
       size: 931GB
       capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
*-disk
       description: SCSI Disk
       product: QUANTUM BIGFOOT
       vendor: ATA
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sdd
       version: 0G00
       serial: 382900626224
       size: 17GB

i replaced the stock CPU cooler with one from arctic. i got for free since the fan was dead, and mind you the unit didn't even touch a CPU, it still had the layer of compound that the factory puts on the copper surface. a dell tornado fan was put on in replacement.
the main OS is OpenSUSE Tumbleweed running from the WD.

Replace that Phenom with a 9550 (or any that ends in "50") because of an AMD F-up. They're defective!

**Topcat** · 10-28-2014, 09:19 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

....and turn that sorry excuse of a quantum bigfoot into scrap aluminum....

**Sparkey55** · 10-28-2014, 09:24 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by Topcat View Post

....and turn that sorry excuse of a quantum bigfoot into scrap aluminum....

Get a Deathstar. Go out in a big bang.

**goontron** · 10-28-2014, 09:24 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by RJARRRPCGP View Post

Replace that Phenom with a 9550 (or any that ends in "50") because of an AMD F-up. They're defective!

BIOS is patched. as for the quantum: i love the sound of it when Windows does what it does best, thrashes the disk

**Topcat** · 10-28-2014, 09:33 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

They sound like any old slow HDD....sounds like gravel in a coffee can....

**goontron** · 10-28-2014, 09:37 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by Topcat View Post

They sound like any old slow HDD....sounds like gravel in a coffee can....

no, bigfoots have a distinct sound, rocks in a coffee grinder inside a tin box.

**c_hegge** · 10-28-2014, 10:15 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

erm, why does the title of the thread suggest this is an Intel rig?

**goontron** · 10-28-2014, 10:50 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by c_hegge View Post

erm, why does the title of the thread suggest this is an Intel rig?

intel, as in the architecture. x86. if you want to fix that go right ahead.

**RJARRRPCGP** · 10-28-2014, 11:12 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by goontron View Post

BIOS is patched. as for the quantum: i love the sound of it when Windows does what it does best, thrashes the disk

It's not a BIOS bug. It's a defect and AMD pretty much recalled them.

**momaka** · 10-29-2014, 06:25 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by goontron View Post

got my new rig built up and running. its a nice unit with a 4 core AMD phenom at the same clock as my old Pentium (left in the) D(ust).

Nice enjoyable upgrade in performance, yes?

Although, IMO Pentium D is not all that bad. The long architecture and all makes it still handle flash and video encoding/decoding well. Just not very efficient due to high clock speed (for those times) combined with the relatively large manufacturing process (what was it, 90 nm?).

Originally posted by Topcat

They sound like any old slow HDD....sounds like gravel in a coffee can....

Yeah, please don't remind me

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Those Bigfoots make my 5400 RPM IBM Deskstar 305030 seem like some sci-fi alien technology.

Last time I tried to install Windows XP on my 3.2 GB Bigfoot, it took over 2 hours for the setup to finish. No, HDD was NOT set to PIO mode, although it could have been dropping into it due to bad sectors. All I remember is that every now and then, the HDD would make a click-click-beep sound (i.e. sector reallocation), and then go back to normal "rocks in a coffee grinder inside a tin box" trashing operation

.
Ugh what a slow turd

The only thing I find interesting about that HDD is that on the back, there is a hole and a clear sticker on top of it, through which you can see the top (or bottom?) platter and arm for one of the heads. As the HDD initializes, you can see the arm move in a very cool pattern - which is what makes that unique initialization sound of the Bigfoot.

**shovenose** · 10-29-2014, 08:24 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by goontron View Post

intel, as in the architecture. x86. if you want to fix that go right ahead.

Let's face it, AMD makes inefficient unreliable products. Can't fix that as easy as you can fix a thread title! lol

**ratdude747** · 10-29-2014, 08:34 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by shovenose View Post

Let's face it, AMD makes inefficient unreliable products. Can't fix that as easy as you can fix a thread title! lol

TBH there may be a reason most of my operational computer crap is intel (minus my main rig which is twin Operons)... AMD doesn't make junk but for the most part, at least since the core2, intel has made good, solid products.

**goontron** · 10-29-2014, 08:46 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by ratdude747 View Post

tbh there may be a reason most of my operational computer crap is intel (minus my main rig which is twin operons)... Amd doesn't make junk but for the most part, at least since the core2, intel has made good, solid products.

+1

**Topcat** · 10-29-2014, 08:48 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by ratdude747 View Post

TBH there may be a reason most of my operational computer crap is intel (minus my main rig which is twin Operons)... AMD doesn't make junk but for the most part, at least since the core2, intel has made good, solid products.

IMO, AMD's entry level stuff is very inferior to Intel's equivalent. Opteron stuff, yes sir, I'll rock 'em!

**shovenose** · 10-29-2014, 08:50 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by Topcat View Post

IMO, AMD's entry level stuff is very inferior to Intel's equivalent. Opteron stuff, yes sir, I'll rock 'em!

Most definitely! I barely ever see an Intel laptop at work with a bad motherboard. If it is Intel it's an older nVidia one. Just yesterday I diagnosed bad motherboard on a Toshiba that was still under the original 1 year warranty! Yeah, AMD is that bad, and they still haven't fixed their crap.

**goontron** · 10-29-2014, 09:15 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

^ honestly Sun/oracle SPARC could kick intel or AMDs ass anyday.

**c_hegge** · 10-29-2014, 09:19 PM

Re: Goontrons main (AMD) rig V3

The CPUs themselves are rarely the problem. The real problem is that, when the manufacturer goes cheap on the CPU, they naturally cheap out elsewhere too, including on the motherboard.

What I really hate is the E series APUs. I have an ASUS laptop with an E-350 APU right next to me now which I am fixing for a customer. I can't believe anyone would put up with a PC this sluggish. Then again, the Intel Bay Trail based Celerons (N2806 for instance) aren't much better.

**stj** · 10-29-2014, 10:15 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by shovenose View Post

Most definitely! I barely ever see an Intel laptop at work with a bad motherboard. If it is Intel it's an older nVidia one.

you obviously never had any HP NC62xx series laptops then.
the only fix is a reflow, a custom heatsink and losing the wifi.

**RJARRRPCGP** · 10-29-2014, 11:08 PM

Re: Goontrons main (intel) rig V3

Originally posted by stj View Post

you obviously never had any HP NC62xx series laptops then.
the only fix is a reflow, a custom heatsink and losing the wifi.

Let me guess, they're the ones that BSOD at stock clocks without a cooling mat. (Even though that's not normal to have a crash, even at 90 C, when not overclocking)
(and shut downs)

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