Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:37:17 -0600 From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> To: "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: <00d101c07cbe$4f1f84b0$3028680a@tgt.com> References: <3A5F1F43.EE70CB3C@inode.at> <20010112161044.A97484@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <009e01c07cb7$132d9e30$3028680a@tgt.com> <3A5F3951.9932EED5@mindmaker.com>
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I have done alot of looking for one myself - and I have always come back to the conclusion that the cheap internet vendors were just flashing keywords - and when you pressed them on it - you wouldn't get an answer - just an updated web page with Thunderbird removed. I have yet to find an actual Slot A thunderbird. There is an actual architectural difference that won't allow it to run with the current Slot A chipsets. L2 cache related I believe. I am willing to bet good money that Mr. Bretterklieber does NOT have a Thunderbird - but instead a regular Slot A 700 MHz Athlon. Tom Veldhouse veldy@veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernhard Beck" <bbeck@mindmaker.com> To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net> Cc: "Michael Bretterklieber" <mbretter@inode.at>; <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 11:05 AM Subject: Re: Athlon Thunderbird 700 w. Asus K7M Motherboard vs. FreeBSD 4.2 > AMD made a few Slot A Thunderbirds. As far as I know they were meant for > the OEM market (so that the system integrator has to make sure it works > with their environment), but some CPU's made it into retail. There were > various incompatibilities with the existing Slot A motherboards. The CPU > may work in one Slot A motherboard, but not in others. > c't (a german computer magazine) published an article about this last > year. > > Bernhard > > "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > > > > I wasn't aware that they made any Slot A Thuderbird processors. I believe a > > Thunderbird will only run with the KT133 chipset (or better) or the AMD-760 > > chipset and not the AMD-750/751 chipset. Are you sure that CPU is what you > > think it is? > > > > Tom Veldhouse > > veldy@veldy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Malone" <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> > > To: "Michael Bretterklieber" <mbretter@inode.at> > > Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.org> > > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:10 AM > > Subject: Re: Athlon Thunderbird 700 w. Asus K7M Motherboard vs. FreeBSD 4.2 > > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:14:11PM +0100, Michael Bretterklieber wrote: > > > > > > > I have problems with my Athlon Thunderbird 700 on an Asus K7M > > > > Motherboard > > > > (Bios 1009) and FreeBSD 4.2. > > > > The system is very very slow, like on an old 386. I have this problems > > > > since I updatet from an Athlon 500 to this Athlon Thunderbird 700. I > > > > have on the same Harddisk Win98 and Win2K and they work without > > > > problems, fast and stable. > > > > This situation is disastrous for me, because I had to work under > > > > FreeBSD, so I hope, that somebody can help. > > > > > > I wonder if it could be a problem with the BIOS not setting up the > > > MTRR registers correctly. I have seen problems (on SMP machines) > > > where the BIOS was not setting up the MTRR registers on some of > > > the CPUs weren't caching any of memory. FreeBSD has a work around > > > for this in the SMP case, but maybe not in the single processor > > > case. > > > > > > I'd try looking for a BIOS upgrade, as it may be a problem with > > > the old BIOS not initialising the new processor. > > > > > > David. > > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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