Hi, I've parsed the archives titles but have not found anybody speaking about MSI K8T Master 2 dual-opteron motherboard. Basically, I want to know if someone has tested this board with SuSE 9.1 or SuSE Server for AMD 64. Thanks for the information. Olivier.
Hello, I use this motherboard with one Opteron 244 (I plan to insert a second one in the next months) and with SuSE 9.0. With the help of the Patch CD, I installed on SATA drives without the help of any PATA. It works but the cooler that comes with the MoBo is extremly loud. regards, einar Olivier Delcourt wrote:
Hi,
I've parsed the archives titles but have not found anybody speaking about MSI K8T Master 2 dual-opteron motherboard.
Basically, I want to know if someone has tested this board with SuSE 9.1 or SuSE Server for AMD 64.
Thanks for the information.
Olivier.
I have been discussing this board alot over the last week. What is it you want to know... Try this months archives. I have put alot of information on about it. On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 22:49, Olivier Delcourt wrote:
Hi,
I've parsed the archives titles but have not found anybody speaking about MSI K8T Master 2 dual-opteron motherboard.
Basically, I want to know if someone has tested this board with SuSE 9.1 or SuSE Server for AMD 64.
Thanks for the information.
Olivier.
I agree... You do know that you can turn on automatic fan speed control in the bios.. This takes the fan down to a less ear piercing 2400RPMS... Me I don't mind going deaf so I leave it on full speed =-) On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 08:02, einar wrote:
Hello,
I use this motherboard with one Opteron 244 (I plan to insert a second one in the next months) and with SuSE 9.0. With the help of the Patch CD, I installed on SATA drives without the help of any PATA. It works but the cooler that comes with the MoBo is extremly loud.
regards,
einar
Olivier Delcourt wrote:
Hi,
I've parsed the archives titles but have not found anybody speaking about MSI K8T Master 2 dual-opteron motherboard.
Basically, I want to know if someone has tested this board with SuSE 9.1 or SuSE Server for AMD 64.
Thanks for the information.
Olivier.
Hello, I am aware of the speed control setting in the BIOS. However, when running WinXP (yes, I dual boot) and playing a game, the machine constantly crashed! With full fan speed, everything runs stable. I still have to find out if the crashes came from overheating the CPU (which I doubt) or from the missing air current that was also cooling the memory. I never checked if the box would also crash running linux when under heavy load. regards, einar Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
I agree...
You do know that you can turn on automatic fan speed control in the bios.. This takes the fan down to a less ear piercing 2400RPMS... Me I don't mind going deaf so I leave it on full speed =-)
On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 08:02, einar wrote:
Hello,
I use this motherboard with one Opteron 244 (I plan to insert a second one in the next months) and with SuSE 9.0. With the help of the Patch CD, I installed on SATA drives without the help of any PATA. It works but the cooler that comes with the MoBo is extremly loud.
regards,
einar
Olivier Delcourt wrote:
Hi,
I've parsed the archives titles but have not found anybody speaking about MSI K8T Master 2 dual-opteron motherboard.
Basically, I want to know if someone has tested this board with SuSE 9.1 or SuSE Server for AMD 64.
Thanks for the information.
Olivier.
You probably want to put at least two case fans in the system. The ram is probably the problem... I have samsung dd400's and since putting copper heatspreaders on them the systems been very cool. I have 4 Fans in my machine. 1 in front of the harddrives 1 at the front bottom (inhaller) And two at the rear above atx pannel (Exhaust) My abient system temp runs around 14 -24 degree's celcius. Any hotter and your going to be in trouble. On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 16:23, einar wrote:
Hello,
I am aware of the speed control setting in the BIOS. However, when running WinXP (yes, I dual boot) and playing a game, the machine constantly crashed! With full fan speed, everything runs stable. I still have to find out if the crashes came from overheating the CPU (which I doubt) or from the missing air current that was also cooling the memory. I never checked if the box would also crash running linux when under heavy load.
regards,
einar
Joel Wiramu Pauling wrote:
I agree...
You do know that you can turn on automatic fan speed control in the bios.. This takes the fan down to a less ear piercing 2400RPMS... Me I don't mind going deaf so I leave it on full speed =-)
On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 08:02, einar wrote:
Hello,
I use this motherboard with one Opteron 244 (I plan to insert a second one in the next months) and with SuSE 9.0. With the help of the Patch CD, I installed on SATA drives without the help of any PATA. It works but the cooler that comes with the MoBo is extremly loud.
regards,
einar
Olivier Delcourt wrote:
Hi,
I've parsed the archives titles but have not found anybody speaking about MSI K8T Master 2 dual-opteron motherboard.
Basically, I want to know if someone has tested this board with SuSE 9.1 or SuSE Server for AMD 64.
Thanks for the information.
Olivier.
Am Saturday 29 May 2004 07:32 schrieb Joel Wiramu Pauling:
You probably want to put at least two case fans in the system. The ram is probably the problem... I have samsung dd400's and since putting copper heatspreaders on them the systems been very cool. I have 4 Fans in my machine. ...
On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 16:23, einar wrote:
... , the machine constantly crashed! With full fan speed, everything runs stable. I still have to find out if the crashes came from overheating the CPU (which I doubt) or from the missing air current that was also cooling the memory.
I definitely agree with Joel. Continuative _Hint_ : In some cases, unfortunately the air current around the memory is almost zero :-(( You increase intake and exhaust, but it's like the eye of the tornado. Often this is caused by shielding of the Cages for the devices. In those cases, even the copper heatspreaders are of little use .. What I tried with huge success in these cases: Install an additional internal fan e.g. above the memory sticks (ATx: typically mounted vertically on the MoBo, right top) blowing from bottom to top. Slow and Easy going typically does the task already: 80mm: 5V supply 60mm: ~7,5V supply (they typically won't run below 6,2V) For the latter, you can use a 12V line, reduced by a 27 Ohm resistor (you may want to inject this into a separate Y-12/5V-cable :-). Attend to the power marking ("W" ) on your fan! The resistor has to be able to match it - don't take it too thin. The total cost is cheap: ~10 Euro/$ - and less than half an hour of work. After the case is closed, you probably won't hear it at all, and can exploit the reduction possibilities of your CPU fan. Enjoy! - Manfred
Hello, this sounds like good advice. I use OCZ memory which already has some copper casing. However, I already considered putting some fans into my case. I give it a try in the next weeks and let the mailing list know whether this pays off. regards, einar Manfred Knick wrote:
Am Saturday 29 May 2004 07:32 schrieb Joel Wiramu Pauling:
You probably want to put at least two case fans in the system. The ram is probably the problem... I have samsung dd400's and since putting copper heatspreaders on them the systems been very cool. I have 4 Fans in my machine. ...
On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 16:23, einar wrote:
... , the machine constantly crashed! With full fan speed, everything runs stable. I still have to find out if the crashes came from overheating the CPU (which I doubt) or from the missing air current that was also cooling the memory.
I definitely agree with Joel.
Continuative _Hint_ :
In some cases, unfortunately the air current around the memory is almost zero :-(( You increase intake and exhaust, but it's like the eye of the tornado. Often this is caused by shielding of the Cages for the devices. In those cases, even the copper heatspreaders are of little use ..
What I tried with huge success in these cases: Install an additional internal fan e.g. above the memory sticks (ATx: typically mounted vertically on the MoBo, right top) blowing from bottom to top. Slow and Easy going typically does the task already: 80mm: 5V supply 60mm: ~7,5V supply (they typically won't run below 6,2V) For the latter, you can use a 12V line, reduced by a 27 Ohm resistor (you may want to inject this into a separate Y-12/5V-cable :-). Attend to the power marking ("W" ) on your fan! The resistor has to be able to match it - don't take it too thin.
The total cost is cheap: ~10 Euro/$ - and less than half an hour of work. After the case is closed, you probably won't hear it at all, and can exploit the reduction possibilities of your CPU fan.
Enjoy!
- Manfred
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi einar: On Saturday 29 May 2004 17:07, einar wrote:
Hello,
this sounds like good advice. I use OCZ memory which already has some copper casing. However, I
Umm, which flavor of OCZ do you have? There have been problems in the past with the SPD programming and the PLL's on the model OCZ400512ELERDC-K. I have 2 GB in my system. They are the 4th or 5th set. Eventually they ironed everything out and their tech support people were great. However, at the time I was talking to them (January?) their position was that they did not officially support Opteron, only Athlon64/FX. (Yes, I realize that the memory controllers are identical. You try to tell them.) If these are what you have you might try slowing them down. I don't know if that would help - my mobo's BIOS (Tyan s2885) does not support memory timing adjustment. :-(
already considered putting some fans into my case. I give it a try in the next weeks and let the mailing list know whether this pays off.
Supplemental cooling is not a bad idea either.
regards,
einar
Good luck, - Darrell
Manfred Knick wrote:
Am Saturday 29 May 2004 07:32 schrieb Joel Wiramu Pauling:
You probably want to put at least two case fans in the system. The ram is probably the problem... I have samsung dd400's and since putting copper heatspreaders on them the systems been very cool. I have 4 Fans in my machine. ...
On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 16:23, einar wrote:
... , the machine constantly crashed! With full fan speed, everything runs stable. I still have to find out if the crashes came from overheating the CPU (which I doubt) or from the missing air current that was also cooling the memory.
I definitely agree with Joel.
Continuative _Hint_ :
In some cases, unfortunately the air current around the memory is almost zero :-(( You increase intake and exhaust, but it's like the eye of the tornado. Often this is caused by shielding of the Cages for the devices. In those cases, even the copper heatspreaders are of little use ..
What I tried with huge success in these cases: Install an additional internal fan e.g. above the memory sticks (ATx: typically mounted vertically on the MoBo, right top) blowing from bottom to top. Slow and Easy going typically does the task already: 80mm: 5V supply 60mm: ~7,5V supply (they typically won't run below 6,2V) For the latter, you can use a 12V line, reduced by a 27 Ohm resistor (you may want to inject this into a separate Y-12/5V-cable :-). Attend to the power marking ("W" ) on your fan! The resistor has to be able to match it - don't take it too thin.
The total cost is cheap: ~10 Euro/$ - and less than half an hour of work. After the case is closed, you probably won't hear it at all, and can exploit the reduction possibilities of your CPU fan.
Enjoy!
- Manfred
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Hello, to finish an old mail thread: I added three additional fans to my case (specially silent ones) and I installed a memory cooler (a small fan blowing on the memory banks). And now things work fine. I can reduce the speed of the CPU cooler in the BIOS and my machine runs stable even during the summer heat. So, all in all I conclude that it was the missing cooling of the memory that really made my box unstable. Thanks for the advice. regards, einar Darrell Shively wrote:
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Hi einar:
On Saturday 29 May 2004 17:07, einar wrote:
Hello,
this sounds like good advice. I use OCZ memory which already has some copper casing. However, I
Umm, which flavor of OCZ do you have? There have been problems in the past with the SPD programming and the PLL's on the model OCZ400512ELERDC-K.
I have 2 GB in my system. They are the 4th or 5th set. Eventually they ironed everything out and their tech support people were great. However, at the time I was talking to them (January?) their position was that they did not officially support Opteron, only Athlon64/FX. (Yes, I realize that the memory controllers are identical. You try to tell them.)
If these are what you have you might try slowing them down. I don't know if that would help - my mobo's BIOS (Tyan s2885) does not support memory timing adjustment. :-(
already considered putting some fans into my case. I give it a try in the next weeks and let the mailing list know whether this pays off.
Supplemental cooling is not a bad idea either.
regards,
einar
Good luck, - Darrell
Manfred Knick wrote:
Am Saturday 29 May 2004 07:32 schrieb Joel Wiramu Pauling:
You probably want to put at least two case fans in the system. The ram is probably the problem... I have samsung dd400's and since putting copper heatspreaders on them the systems been very cool. I have 4 Fans in my machine. ...
On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 16:23, einar wrote:
... , the machine constantly crashed! With full fan speed, everything runs stable. I still have to find out if the crashes came from overheating the CPU (which I doubt) or from the missing air current that was also cooling the memory.
I definitely agree with Joel.
Continuative _Hint_ :
In some cases, unfortunately the air current around the memory is almost zero :-(( You increase intake and exhaust, but it's like the eye of the tornado. Often this is caused by shielding of the Cages for the devices. In those cases, even the copper heatspreaders are of little use ..
What I tried with huge success in these cases: Install an additional internal fan e.g. above the memory sticks (ATx: typically mounted vertically on the MoBo, right top) blowing from bottom to top. Slow and Easy going typically does the task already: 80mm: 5V supply 60mm: ~7,5V supply (they typically won't run below 6,2V) For the latter, you can use a 12V line, reduced by a 27 Ohm resistor (you may want to inject this into a separate Y-12/5V-cable :-). Attend to the power marking ("W" ) on your fan! The resistor has to be able to match it - don't take it too thin.
The total cost is cheap: ~10 Euro/$ - and less than half an hour of work. After the case is closed, you probably won't hear it at all, and can exploit the reduction possibilities of your CPU fan.
Enjoy!
- Manfred
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Darrell Shively -
einar -
Joel Wiramu Pauling -
Manfred Knick -
Olivier Delcourt