Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 16:00:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: Jamie Norwood <mistwolf@mushhaven.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Lockups with -Stable on Athlon Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0105071556450.3042-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20010507152915.B95852@mushhaven.net>
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(Forwarded to -stable, due to relevance to a prior comment of mine.) On Mon, 7 May 2001, Jamie Norwood wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 03:19:36PM -0400, Chris BeHanna wrote: > > AMD specs a 400W power supply for a T-bird. I don't know why the > > other OSes work fine, but I would not try much more in the > > hair-pulling department until you upgrade to an in-spec. power supply. > > Antec makes a nice one with a bottom intake that can be had for around > > $100, including shipping (that's what I'm running). Your 250-watter > > can then power your kids' Windoze box. > > Holy shit. Do you have a link on this spec? I just put a machine together > for my uncle with a 250w PS and a 1.33Mhz Tbird, but it was a windoze box... http://www1.amd.com/athlon/npower/index/1,1712,,00.html Looks like I spoke out of turn. *Some* mfgrs. power supplies are OK at 300W. *NO* 250W power supplies are listed. > www.coolerguys.com has a great 431wPS that I have in my personal system. > Has the downward fan, yet is far quieter than the 300w Antec it replaced, > for 99.99+shipping. Hmm. I bought Antec based upon a power supply review I read about two years ago, in which an Antec 300W power supply came out on top in terms of system stability when powering a K6-2 500Mhz chip. -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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