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Phenom: Phew! it works
Monday, February 18th, 2008So, the project was originally quite simple. Upgrade the AMD Athlon processor to a Phenom processor.
The Gigabyte motherboard supported the AM2 socket system, therefore replacement of the processor by simple drop in and out. Oh, but computers are never that easy.
After failing to boot with constant long beeps: I decided to purchase an ASUS motherboard. […]
AMD Phenom Phantom on Gigabyte Guts with no Glory">AMD Phenom Phantom on Gigabyte Guts with no Glory
Friday, February 1st, 2008According to documentation, you should just be able to socket replace your AMD Athlon (Socket AM2) with an AMD Phenom. Boot, and watch the bits fly. Well, theoretically.
In my Gigabyte’s case: this was not to be so. The smaller Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H (blah!) is in our Media Center PC. This combination has been working well in […]
Weekend Project: Windows Media Center
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Yes, I know that the correct english spelling of Center is Centre.
Thanks to the generosity of Jeffa, I scored an old Mini-ATX case with power supply. Yeah, being the junior on the team — I get all the hand-me-downs.
Some hundreds of dollars later from AUSPCMarket, and I have my first ever:
AMD based PC (AMD Athlan64 x2 6000+)
Gigabyte […]
