AMD cuts prices again!

[tian.]

apologies for the late reply, but...

lots of lga 775 mobo's worked with core 2 all you needed was an updated bios

that's just bs!

show me one 945 based board (before the revised 945's that came out after C2D) which works with Core 2. How about all the 975 Bad Axe boards before revision 104 or something like that.

Hell, show me one board that only required a bios update to work with C2D.

 

[///MoH]

i believe Intel will be cutting prices on the 22nd of this month.... Perfect.. Time to give my outdated AMD AthlonXP 2200+ a rest

Not really sure wat route to take

Can go C2D and DDR3 OR X2 and DDR2

Wat ya guys think ?

 

[supersunbird]

Yep, the pricecuts have filtered down to SA

 

[killadoob]

shock where is the link showing us how fast it is? or do you have another sample?

if so plz give some benchies

tian the strange thing is you are correct, ever stranger is i saw loads of low end mobo's from gigabyte that worked with core 2 when it came, all their low end board had a core 2 ready sticker on them, i doubt those where 965 chipsets either

 

[eye_suc]

shock where is the link showing us how fast it is? or do you have another sample?

you dont like shockG, huh!

despite price cuts from AMD, dont buy just yet. Intel will be cutting soon if i am not mistaken and AMD will be releasing new stuff (like shock mentioned)

 

[TiredOfWaiting]

I never quite understand "Halfway through 2007"...??

We're already in July, the 7th month.

7 > 6 last time I checked...

 

[acidrain]

I never quite understand "Halfway through 2007"...??

We're already in July, the 7th month.

7 > 6 last time I checked...

I think its the same as SA telecoms use of the word imminent

 

[supersunbird]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2

July 2nd is the central day of the (non-leap) year, so ooooooh 9th July pricecut is a week past "Halfway through 2007", burn them at the stake!!!

 

[Pixual]

What happened to them? Which makes? If you buy an Intel ASUS motherboard and then a no name brand AMD, then of course the Intel will last longer. If you buy an ASUS Intel motherboard and an ASUS AMD motherboard then they are likely to last as long as each other (skipping the VIA chipset that is).

Well the one machine was pretty old, so I forgave it for eventually dying. The other machine is only about two years old and when you switch it on all I hear is this loud, long beeping. At first we thought it was the memory that was toasted, so I changed that and it worked for a little while, but now we're back to the beeping again. It doesn't even enter the BIOS.

I am loath to spend another couple hundred bucks trying out more RAM, because if the board is somehow frying the RAM then it would be foolish to feed it more perfectly good RAM. Unfortunately I don't know if the RAM is now toast because I don't have another machine to try it out on and I can't think of anything more perfectly wasteful than buying another desktop PC now that I am a Mac user.

I would have like to keep the PC for other stuff, like gaming for the kids, but I don't think it would be a good idea.

 

[XCalibre]

No Beeps Short, No power, Bad CPU/MB, Loose Peripherals
One Beep Everything is normal and Computer POSTed fine
Two Beeps POST/CMOS Error
One Long Beep, One Short Beep Motherboard Problem
One Long Beep, Two Short Beeps Video Problem
One Long Beep, Three Short Beeps Video Problem
Three Long Beeps Keyboard Error
Repeated Long Beeps Memory Error
Continuous Hi-Lo Beeps CPU Overheating

 

[Pixual]

So based on what you're saying I have a memory issue. I'm perplexed with this. Why is the memory failing? I have three sticks, 2 x 512MB and 1 x 1024MB. Doesn't matter how I put them in, or how many I put in, the long repeated beep is what I keep hearing.

Could a power surge from the supply unit be at fault? Frying the RAM?

 

[Gnome]

So based on what you're saying I have a memory issue. I'm perplexed with this. Why is the memory failing? I have three sticks, 2 x 512MB and 1 x 1024MB. Doesn't matter how I put them in, or how many I put in, the long repeated beep is what I keep hearing.

Could a power surge from the supply unit be at fault? Frying the RAM?

Unless you have a cheap MB or a lightning strike it's very unlikely, anyway what kind of motherboard, what kind of CPU (as in socket and CPU specs).

Furthermore many, and I do mean many, AMD and Intel motherboards alike, don't like it when you mix different density modules, most motherboards run slower while others just refuse to boot (My experience anyway, had it with a Asus Intel P4 motherboard, and then again with a MSI AMD XP Motherboard, both refusing to boot). My advice, if they are all rated at the same speed and your MB support dual channel memory run the 2x512mb, else you run 1x1024mb.

Regardless test each module separately and see if the machine boots with any/all of them.

Happy testing

EDIT: oh yeah you should also post your Memory stick information if they are name brand. (else we certainly know why you're having problems )

 

[ShockG]

LOL just take my word for it. K0 is fast, AM2 parts wont' get for much longer, but Opteron 2KX does well against Kentsfield

 

[Pixual]

Unless you have a cheap MB or a lightning strike it's very unlikely, anyway what kind of motherboard, what kind of CPU (as in socket and CPU specs).

Furthermore many, and I do mean many, AMD and Intel motherboards alike, don't like it when you mix different density modules, most motherboards run slower while others just refuse to boot (My experience anyway, had it with a Asus Intel P4 motherboard, and then again with a MSI AMD XP Motherboard, both refusing to boot). My advice, if they are all rated at the same speed and your MB support dual channel memory run the 2x512mb, else you run 1x1024mb.

Regardless test each module separately and see if the machine boots with any/all of them.

Happy testing

EDIT: oh yeah you should also post your Memory stick information if they are name brand. (else we certainly know why you're having problems )

Thanks for the advice. I am not sure what the board / chip specs are. IIRC it was an AMD Athlone 3200, or something along those lines. Knowing the company I got it from (PC Zone in Pinetown) it was probably not a good make of MB or RAM. I think the RAM is SAMSUNG and its DDR-400.

What I am going to do is just sell off all the bits and pieces seperately. I wish I could test the RAM though...

 

[Abe]

Knowing the company I got it from (PC Zone in Pinetown) it was probably not a good make of MB or RAM. I think the RAM is SAMSUNG and its DDR-400.

Thats what I was getting at. Don't knock the CPU make as it's probably a problem because of the MB make or chipset. A lot of the cheap MB's have VIA chipsets which cr@p.