 02/05/2004 01:22 PM
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ceglia Junior Member
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I just installed dual 2800+ Bartons (upgraded from dual 1200 Palominos.... woohoo!! ) on my Tyan Thunder K7 (S2462) motherboard, and I was wondering...
(1) whether the temperature they're running at (average 50 degrees Celsius) is too high, and
(2) whether I needed to increase my power supply (currently 460 watts).
thanks a lot.
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02/06/2004 01:29 AM
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Greyhound Senior Member
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QUOTE (1) whether the temperature they're running at (average 50 degrees Celsius) is too high, and
50°C should be fine
QUOTE (2) whether I needed to increase my power supply (currently 460 watts).
If it is running absolutely stable, there is no reason to upgrade the Powersupply, IMO.
Unless you're planning to add some fast HDD's or some other power-hungry devices...
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02/06/2004 01:43 AM
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ceglia Junior Member
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thanks a lot.
i've got the following 3 hard drives in there now:
18GB Seagate Cheetah 15,000rpm Ultra160 SCSI
36GB Seagate Cheetah 15,000rpm Ultra160 SCSI
120GB IBM Deskstar 180GXP (ic35l120aw207) 7,200rpm ATA-6
other than that, a few cards, USB mouse, USB tablet, USB web cam, and a DVD drive.
you think that's ok?
(oh, forgot to mention.... it's completely stable right now.)
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02/06/2004 10:42 PM
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Pro Kid Senior Member
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I'm not exactly sure what the power rating on the hard drives are. But I don't think its anything above 30watts. Anyway, if you say that your system is running stable right now then you shouldn't have any problems.
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02/19/2004 04:26 PM
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jame0527 Junior Member
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have you had any probelms with the voltage regulars on the s2462..i am considering upgarding to the 2800+ but ive been told to be cautious with the voltage regs...
jamie
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02/19/2004 04:42 PM
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ceglia Junior Member
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sorry, i don't know what a voltage regular is, but now you've gotten me worried! can you post a link to what you heard about the voltage regulars?
all i did was upgrade my bios to the latest revision (2.14) and popped in my processors. everything is working fine so far, although i thought the speed gain would have been more substantial. it's only noticeably faster when rendering. should everything be running twice as fast?
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02/19/2004 05:09 PM
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ceglia Junior Member
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just got off the phone with Tyan tech support, and they said the 2800+ has been thoroughly tested on the s2462, and it is fully supported. they said there are no known issues with the voltage regulators or anything else for that matter.
the only thing they mentioned was to be sure to upgrade the bios to 2.14.... that was all.
in any case, let me know if you hear otherwise.
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