Tyan 2466 - AMD Dual Goodness

VicodinVicodin Chicago
edited June 2004 in Trading Post
//TRADED// to SimGuy.

Great dual board. It's the one that has the USB issues but it shipped with the pci USB card, which is inlcluded also.

Ran like a champ w/two modded XP2400+'s. (Simple modification - you connect one bridge to make the chips identify as MP's) I've since cleaned off the bridges and I'm running the chips in other boxes.

Here's the deal, though... I don't really want money.

I'd like to trade the motherboard for a color Palm PDA... even a low end M505 would be fine. (oh look, compgeeks happens to have a refurb one for 99bux - hint hint)

//EDIT//

Wow, I felt like Missy Eliot when I typed that.

(cough)

Alrighty - I still want the Palm but the deal has been restructured. The board AND 1g of reg pc2100 for some comparable value combination of the following...

usb 2.0 pci card, color PDA (Palm OS - M505 would work), decent HSF combos for these suffering AXP's, an 1800+ or above amd proc, generic power supply 350w or above, pc case (nothing elaborate)

Lemme know.

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  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited May 2004
    SO what you saying is a dual motherboard for a $99 Palm?
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited May 2004
    If someone wants to go that route... then yes.

    Maybe someone has one sitting around collecting dust.

    ...but I'm glad the lines I typed weren't that hard to read between.

    Fold on.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited May 2004
    Grrrr, what a tease!!! I want to but I know I shouldnt.
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited May 2004
    Look at it THIS way...

    You do it and what is the worst case scenario?

    I tend to doubt you would have any problems dumping it for 100.00 even 6mos from now.

    (nudgenudgenudge)

    Fold on.
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited May 2004
    so temmpptttiinnnng must get credit card back in wallet ...
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited June 2004
    Bumpity bump bump w/new proposal.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    You have any pictures of this motherboard & memory I could look at? :)

    I've got a retail M505 with USB cradle sitting on my shelf upstairs that's looking for a new home...

    I used it for 2 months before it sat on the shelf, never to be looked at again (replaced it with an IPaQ 3950).

    Thanks :)
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited June 2004
    Sure... freshly snapped.

    Lemme know if you need anything else.

    Fold on.
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  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Any insight you can give me into how this thing O/C's?

    I assume I can't use modded Barton 2500's in this thing @ 133 MHz FSB and have to use XP-266's? What about Thorton's? Or am I religated to using T-Bred B's & under?

    (Forgive my n00bish questions, but I've never built a dual-AMD rig before) :)
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited June 2004
    Not noobish - I'm not all that versed myself.

    Best resource is to google it or ask Tex, I believe he had a similar setup.

    I DO know that it isn't very overclockable... very slight BIOS adjustments for fsb and none for multipliers.

    Even with the FSB mods, it didn't like to be pushed. Ran like a champ at defaults, though. Also, you're fighting a heat issue... dual proc - lots of heat.

    Not sure about Bartons. Most peeps just mod 2400+ xp's and run dual 2ghz.

    Fold on.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Thanks for the advice! :)

    YHPM
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Once again, YHPM. :)
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited June 2004
    YGPM back.

    This is shaping up to be the most elaborate trade in Short-Media history. :eek2:

    Fold on.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Indeed it is! It's going to cost an arm & leg to ship this stuff, but it's worth it for this mobo & ram! :)

    Once again, YHPM! :)
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited June 2004
    ...and right back at ya.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    YHPM - HDD List Included :)
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    HDD's:
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited June 2004
    SimGuy, you can run the mobile XP's in dual boards, but some boards (MSI K7D for sure) require you to cut 1 L3 bridge for proper SMP operation. I'm not sure about this board though. You can always pinmod the multiplier and vcore you want with the mobile XP's and I've heard that there is a program out there that lets you adjust the multi in windoze too, but I don't remember what the name of it is.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Thanks for that mudd :)

    I think I'll just pick up a used pair of XP2000 T-Bred's and run with that, but it's good to know I can toss in the mobiles if I ever see the need. :)

    I take it that it's the same with Barton's then? I can pinmod the multiplier & vcore I want, drop the FSB to 133 and run those (even with the new locked Barton's)?
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited June 2004
    AFAIK, with the new locked Bartons you can do some mods to them to make the board treat them as mobiles and can use that windows app to change multipliers, but not by pinmodding. The mobiles are really unlocked so pinmodding works fine. With older unlocked Tbreds and Bartons, you can connect the right-most L3 bridge to enable smp and then hard code the bridges or pinmod them to the multi you want to use.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    There are locked T-Breds?

    BTW Vicodin, I tested all the HDD's and they all come back working 100% except the Conner CFS425A. I can hear the platters & heads scraping together, so it's no damned good.

    Feel free to scratch it off the list (unless you still want it)? :)
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited June 2004
    SimGuy wrote:
    There are locked T-Breds?


    yeah, there were some made past the week 40/03 time frame and were locked. :(
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Humm. Didn't know that. I'll make sure to watch out for those ones.

    Vic, YHPM - Re: 423 Motherboard. :)
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2004
    The traces are very visible underneathas far as I have heard.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Vic, once again YHPM :)
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited June 2004
    Yes on the broken one.

    Hell, I wish they were ALL broken.

    (smile)

    btw...

    //DONE DEAL//

    ty SimGuy.

    Fold on.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Okay, here's the finalized list of everything:

    Palm M505 & Cradle
    2x 64 MB PC800 RDRAM
    Intel i850GB Socket 423 Motherboard, RDRAM
    Intel Pentium 4 1300 Willamette, Socket 423 (Pending Test)
    NoName Socket 423 Heatsink
    NEC 4 Port USB 2.0 PCI Card
    7x 420 MB HDD's (Various Manufacturers)
    Panasonic 3.5" Floppy Drive
    NoName Mid-Tower Chassis (4x 5.25", 8x 3.5")
    NoName 300W PSU

    -FOR-

    Tyan Tiger MPX Dual Athlon Motherboard
    1 GB Crucial PC2100 Registered ECC DDR

    Once I've got everything assembled & tested, they will be shipped to you. I would expect no more than 14 days from now until I've got all the parts, at which point they will be tested/shipped to your location. :)

    Cheers for a wonderful trade so far! :)
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2004
    Vic, YHPM once again :)
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    You are welcome to share trading details with anyone who may inquire...

    however, please negotiate and provide your details through PM or email. OK? Thanks.
  • VicodinVicodin Chicago
    edited June 2004
    In actuality, I think the details were more to describe the ridiculousness of the trade itself.

    ...but I see what you mean.

    Aye aye Cappy.

    Fold on.
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