Re: [SLE] [OT] Don't buy Asus Motherboards
Hello Wolly Thanks's for your reply. Were did you find this FAQ? I couldn't get in to the knowledge base or NETQ forum... Maybe because of the ASP? If that's the explanation, it's still partially valid. I ran the windows hack for bios 1004 (changing register 52 to EB) and my system ran as well as can be expected of windows ;-) But about 20°C cooler when idle :-( and a lot more stable (because of the reduced heat in the summer). What I don't understand is this, why do other motherboards have the HLT enabled... they can't all be unstable (my wife's Elite motherboard is running a lot better than my Asus...) I hope to see this resolved... Kind regards Guy
Hi all,
Thanks's for your reply. Were did you find this FAQ? I couldn't get in to the knowledge base or NETQ forum... Maybe because of the ASP?
Well, google was my friend an I found the FAQ again. Unfortunately, it is not in english but I quickly translated it for you: http://www.asuscom.de/de/support/techmain/FAQ/mobo_cpu/faq100_cooling.htm -------- - Question: Why is the HLT instruction deactivated in the BIOS? - Answer: There is of course an important reason why the HLT-cooling was deactivated in the code of the mainboard BIOS. If it is active and the system is partly idle, the power dissipation of the CPU changes between 5 and about 60 Watts. Additionally, this change occurs in extremely short intervalls. Of course, these heavy changes have to be compensated quickly and reliably by the power supply and exactly this is the point: Power supplies which are not strong enough or of bad quality cannot react quickly enough to the (steadily) changing demands/circumstances. This can result in system freezes, sound disortion or even to spontanious reboots. This is the reason why the HLT instruction was removed. -------- My comment: Crappy bullshit! Dear Asus-hackers: make the HLT instruction switchable in the BIOS. Disable it for those losers who use one of these crippled power supplies. So, those users who care about the quality of the hardware they put into their boxes can enable it preventing the CPU consuming lots of power and heating up unecessarily. ADDITIONALY, one could add some capacitators/inductivities on the mainboard to make the job easier for the power supply. There are, in fact, mainboard manufacturers using larger capacitator arrays than ASUS does. But maybe, there is even another reason: Maybe, ASUS is having some trouble themselves with their boadrs running instable when HLT is used and they just put forward the because-of-bad-power-supply reason... Yust a guess, though. Can anyone verify it? Regards, Wolly
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