Barton close?

[Colin]

A friend just let me know that there's a beta bios for the Abit NF7-S supports the Barton! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>Here's an what the readme file says...<BR><BR><br><br><< <i>Beta BIOS release 1.3 beta 3 for NF7-S v1.0<BR><BR>Release information:<BR><BR>[ENGLISH]<BR><BR>0. Please use AWDFLASH 8.23D or later to update NF7 series BIOS. With <BR>incorrect AWDFLASH version, the GUID will be erased, and leads to <BR>IEEE1394 peer to peer function failed. AWDFLASH 8.23D is included in <BR>this BIOS package.<BR>1. Fix CPU temperature misreading (too high) issue.<BR>2. Support AMD Barton CPU.<BR>3. BIOS Compile Date: 1/7/20 </i> >><br><br><BR><BR>Boy, I can't wait! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0">

[Polykranopalous]

<br><br><< <i>Boy, I can't wait! </i> >><br><br><BR>Me neither. yet another cool thing that is coming out and i can only dream about getting!

[Colin]

Haha... Ya, that's true...<BR><BR>I'll probably get myself one, I'm use to giving up food for my computer parts. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Polykranopalous]

<br><br><< <i>I'm use to giving up food for my computer parts. </i> >><br><br><BR>I would do it too if I really wanted something, but right now it aint too important, I've gone without lots of things (like a good vcard, im stuck with radeon 9000 64mb - its a decent card though). Maybe one day Ill get Abit NF7-S supports the Barton, by the time i get it it'll be antique.

[Colin]

The Radeon 9000 is a perfectly fine videocard Polykranopalous! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>Haha, you got a nice rig, don't worry about it! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

Who cares about Barton<BR><BR>Hammer!!!!<BR> Hammer!!<BR> Hammer!!<BR> Hammer!!!!!!

[Polykranopalous]

<BR><< <i>Haha, you got a nice rig, don't worry about it!</i> >><BR><BR><BR>You call duron 900, 256mb sdram with a r9000 is a nice rig...well not for gaming, for newer games... i gonna upgrade the old beast one day, im thinking of getting ddr ram (id have to get a new mobo), but I think of it this way, if i upgrade and get rid of my sdram, I can smash the sdram....always wanted (since this morning) to see how many peices it would smash in? <BR><br><br><< <i>The Radeon 9000 is a perfectly fine videocard Polykranopalous</i> >><br><br>yeah itll due for a bit, until i decide to buy a new one

[Avid6eek]

Your system specs aren't too bad.....for an e-machine.....lol, just jokin

[Polykranopalous]

<br><br><< <i>for an e-machine</i> >><br><br>im gonna have to smack u in a minute, and theres a reason....<BR><BR>For like 3 years I had a friggen emachine... it was a 500mhz (i think PI), 64mb ram, a 4mb cheap vcard, 20gig hd (dont know what brand)....Anyway about a year and 4months ago I got sick of playin games on that slow peice of sh!t so i bough my own (mine is the duron 900) and than just a few months ago the video went on the Emachine...I talked my mom in getting a new computer instead of repairing it.... To replace the e-machine i got a Duron 1.3, 256mb sdram, 64mb card (cheap kind), 20gig hd and also I got mine which is what I play all my games on, but its not on the internet<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">.<BR><BR>Yes you could say I was teased by mostly compsnake for having that emachine in my house. I kept the case/mobo and anything else in that emachine, for one day I plan on smashing it

[Avid6eek]

lol

[Polykranopalous]

forget to mention (i guess i could have editted my message, too late) the 2 computers I got now are not, let me repeat that ARE NOT e-machines.

[Avid6eek]

What motherboard do you have in your Duron system? Do you know you can buy an Athlon XP 1800 for like sixty bucks and it'll make your system perform a whole lot better.

[Polykranopalous]

<br><br><< <i>Do you know you can buy an Athlon XP 1800 for like sixty bucks and it'll make your system perform a whole lot better. </i> >><br><br>of coarse i know that...i just gotta find out what my mobo can take...in the book it says it uses Athlon/Duron processors....On the book it says M810 series or something like that... i am planning on buying xp1800 or whatever they baord can handle

[Canadian-Guy]

yeah I just bought an Athlon xp 1700 for almost exactly 100 bucks ($100.05) Canadian with tax <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> all I need is some ddr ram now...

[Colin]

Polykranopalous you really need to overclock your processor dude! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> <br><br><< <i>M810</i> >><br><br>That sounds like a PC Chips/Houston/PC Wave mobo... Does your motherboard look like any of <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.pcchips.com.tw/product/k7.html">these</a>? If so, your mobo is using the SiS730 chipset and it should support the Palomin XP's for sure... T-Bred's I don't know. <br><br><< <i>yeah I just bought an Athlon xp 1700 for almost exactly 100 bucks ($100.05) Canadian with tax </i> >><br><br>Hey Canadian-Guy! Welcome to PCStats! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>Nice! That chip should be a pretty good overclocker as well1 <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

If you do have a PC Chips/Houston/PC Mobo and you try to overclock your going to reduce the life expectancy of your board from a year to a few weeks. In all seriousness your board should support the Athlon XP, but it isn't the kind of hardware I'd overclock on.

[Colin]

<br><br><< <i>If you do have a PC Chips/Houston/PC Mobo and you try to overclock your going to reduce the life expectancy of your board from a year to a few weeks. In all seriousness your board should support the Athlon XP, but it isn't the kind of hardware I'd overclock on. </i> >><br><br>Ya, I'd have to agree on that... But then again, if it breaks it's a good excuse for Polykranopalous's folks to buy him a new board! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Polykranopalous]

<br><br><< <i>But then again, if it breaks it's a good excuse for Polykranopalous's folks to buy him a new board! </i> >><br><br>my parents will say it aint needed, so I gotta buy it all, but thats alright cause ive got enough money to get a new mobo, processor and maybe new soundcard.<BR><br><br><< <i>Does your motherboard look like any of these</i> >><br><br><BR>Mine looks like the M825LU v3.x, but my mobo only has 2 ram slots which are for pc133-100.<BR><br><br><< <i>Polykranopalous you really need to overclock your processor dude! </i> >><br><br>I'd love to, but its a cheap mobo and doesnt overclock.<BR>

[Colin]

Polykranopalous do you happen to know what chipset your board uses?

[Polykranopalous]

Yes, actually I do, let me double check it with the manual, if i can find it.......o gee the book is beside me... it uses the T-Bird chipset

[Colin]

Polykranopalous, there is no such thing as T-Bird chipset... Your board is a budget board, I'd expect it would use maybe the SiS 730 or VIA KM144 or something like that.

[Polykranopalous]

<br><br><< <i>there is no such thing as T-Bird chipset</i> >><br><br>Oh so now you calling me a liar?<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif" border="0"> its quiet alright, i can take a little abuse here and there, you just watch your back! j/k<BR><BR>Well in the book, i scanned it quickly and it said "The mainboard uses the T-bird chipset with intergrated....blah blah. So i assumed that, but o well.<BR><br><br><< <i>Your board is a budget board, I'd expect it would use maybe the SiS 730 or VIA KM144 or something like that. </i> >><br><br> (Gee first you critisize that im a liar, now you make fun of my board calling it a "budget board", what next? j/k)Yeah its a very cheap ************************ty board, thats why I have nothing wrong with getting a new mobo, but this time Ill be smart(well the pc was pre-built and back in those days I didnt know jack************************) and get an average board maybe around $170cdn

[Colin]

Polykranopalous <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>LOL, no I would never call you a liar! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0"> <BR><BR>Oh I know! Did you download SiSoft Sandra? If you load it up, go to Mainboard Information and then scroll down to chipset. What does it say there?

[Polykranopalous]

Oh yeah I forgot about that program, even though i was in it last night, its pretty helpful..it says:<BR>Model - unknown<BR>im gonna shove Sandra(sounds like a strippers name) on a cd and try on my computer....it tooo says unknown, damn you Sandra!!! back out on the streets you go until you can provide me with a better service

[Colin]

Polykranopalous haha, you're hilarious dude! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>Oh well, that sucks. I'm very surprised Sandra was not even able to the chipset! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

[Polykranopalous]

<BR><< <i>Polykranopalous haha, you're hilarious dude! </i> >><BR><BR>it shocks me too, maybe its some kind of gift... theres only one way to find out, but..im too lazy to find out.<BR>Maybe Sandra doesn't like cheap chipsets? damn it...o well than that means when i upgrade my computer I'll have the sdram and mobo to smash - smashing stuff is a lot funnier than selling it for money, it provides people with hours of good ol' entertainment.<BR>Im gonna go and fool around with Sandra and see if I can get her to talk (tell me chipset)

[Colin]

Remember when you talk to women you have to be nice! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Polykranopalous]

ha, maybe I shouldn't have told her that she belonged in the kitchen and no where else?<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0">

[Colin]

LOL Polykranopalous! You need to improve your skills with women! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

[Polykranopalous]

Yeah i know.... I didn't think forcing her in my drunk with that gag on was a good idea, so I had to kill her to fit her in (she kept squirming)....You know it's pretty difficult to get a 400 pound chick in the trunk of your car these days.