Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:19:49 -0600 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> To: "Bob Willcox" <bob@immure.com>, "Bernhard Beck" <bbeck@mindmaker.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Athlon Thunderbird 700 w. Asus K7M Motherboard vs. FreeBSD 4.2 Message-ID: <031e01c08643$0134c420$3028680a@tgt.com> References: <3A5F1F43.EE70CB3C@inode.at> <20010112161044.A97484@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <009e01c07cb7$132d9e30$3028680a@tgt.com> <3A5F3951.9932EED5@mindmaker.com> <00d101c07cbe$4f1f84b0$3028680a@tgt.com> <3A5F95AF.F8B120D4@mindmaker.com> <20010124141126.A97916@luke.immure.com>
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Yes - I have since found that you are correct. I have found or heard rumor of many people out there (especially on EBAY) selling Athlons as a Thunderbird when in fact it was a classic. Usually, I have found this out when I specifically queried them about it - or they simply refused to answer. Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Willcox" <bob@immure.com> To: "Bernhard Beck" <bbeck@mindmaker.com> Cc: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>; <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:11 PM Subject: Re: Athlon Thunderbird 700 w. Asus K7M Motherboard vs. FreeBSD 4.2 > I can attest to the fact that Slot A thunderbirds do exist. I own 3 of > them (one 900 and 2 700 MHz). I guess I was fortunate that my Slot A > thuderbirds worked properly (all running FreeBSD) in the MBs (MSI and > Abit) that I have, though I have also heard that problems exist with > some MBs > > Bob > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 03:39:27PM -0800, Bernhard Beck wrote: > > According to an article published in c't 14/2000, page 32 (online at > > http://www.heise.de/ct/00/14/032/default.shtml, use Altavista's > > Babelfish to translate), Slot A Thunderbirds do exist. In a nutshell > > among other things AMD slightly changed the bus interface design on the > > Thunderbirds so that you need chipsets like VIA KT133, KM133 or AMD 760. > > But under certain conditions the Thunderbird can also work with a KX133 > > or the Irongate chipset. > > There is a nice table at the end of the article listing a few Slot A > > motherboards and if they worked or not with the two sample Slot A > > Thunderbirds c't had available in their lab at that time. > > Michael's Asus K7M with Irongate chipset is listed as working with the > > exact same BIOS version. > > ... snip ... > > -- > Bob Willcox The reason we come up with new versions is not to > bob@vieo.com fix bugs. It's absolutely not. > Austin, TX -- Bill Gates > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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