fwiw, that went ok. the corsair DDR 400
that i got isn't on the S.M. approved list
(for the H8DCE), but it is on Tyan's list.
the bios sees the 2GB of 400 1st, but also
notices the 1GB of 333 and during boot
the post messages show that the 3GB of
memory is running at 333
Wow that's hot for a 90nm.
yes, that's what i've been thinking too,
but i haven't noticed what kind of cpu temps
people post about for their 90nm Opty 940 cpu's
fwiw, my case temp is a fairly reasonable 39C
(as reported by the SuperMicro supplied monitoring
program); and the 550w power supply's cheap watt
meter shows that i'm drawing roughly 105-110w
(with so far: 1 HD, 1 nVidia 7600GT video board,
and the 3GB of low profile registered memory)
Was that an AMD fan from a boxed retail unit?
no. it's an oem AMD cpu, and i put an ASUS
X-MARS combo heatsink/fan on it. when it showed
up, the fan is only .5" thick, 70mmx2 at base,
80mmx2 at top, blows the air down into the
heatsink, and the fins position vertically
when in place on the cpu1 socket, so that half
the warm air hits the 1st stick of cpu1 memory
btw nice ASUS heat sink, with cheap, but effective,
threaded metal holes for the fan screws (in the
metal skirt on the heatsink top)
so i made the mistake of reversing the fan.
(so that the *memory* would run cool! <LOL at myself>)
when i reversed the ASUS fan, i had to file off
about 1/16" of plastic on one side of the 80mm side,
of the ASUS fan, to get it to fit the heatsink's
metal clamp down (the fan sits on top of it all)
the new fan (70mmx2 at base and top, .75" thick)
runs slightly faster and although not as wide as
the ASUS fan appears to move slightly more air
than the ASUS fan, but has only reduced the temp
by roughly 1-to-2C
so ok already, i'll go back to driving the air
down into the heat sink and see what that does
for the CPU's temp
good thing i went to an Ace hardware store,
after getting the 70mm fan, and got two extra
sets of different length screws (just in case
things came to playing around with fans and
which way to blow the air), coz at this point
i've used all 3 lengths
for one thing, slightly better fit and finish.
little things like the heatsink/fan on the
North Bridge being spring loaded (i didn't
notice it at first or i'd have taken it off
for a better look), as well as the heatsink
on the South Bridge being spring loaded
and the dirver CD set up better for Win XP (than
what Tyan's did for XP on my S2875); and the
s/w monitoring pgm being AOK (i had an OK one
on my K6-III Tyan board, but the one provided
by Tyan for their S2875 Opty board is poor)
Now I'm wondering where Dell is going to get their 4S mbrds?
the next 6 months should be especially interesting,
with lots of nice cpu improvements from both Intel
as well as some from AMD
ah, competition!
bill
