Re: Reliable Athlon 64 motherboards -- turn off Cool'n Quiet

On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 19:33 -0500, Peter Arremann wrote:
> Also got a K8N Neo4-F with a 3000+ and a K8NGM2-FID with a X2 4400.

I've been deploying all sorts of nForce4 series since last year,
including the C51/NV44 GeForce 61x0/nForce 4x0.

> None of those have any issues... The Tyan K8WE is also stable - as such I'd 
> say the nforce boards are pretty stable in gerneral.

Well I'm sure the nForce Professional series is tested to higher
tolerances than just the normal nForce series.

ONE THING TO CONSIDER:  Turn _off_ AMD Cool'n Quiet in the BIOS!

Wait for newer kernel hacks to support it better, as well as updated
BIOSes to tame it better.

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