upgrade time again :)

King of Snake · Post by **King of Snake** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:26 am

After doing some research here in the techforum, I've bought a Gigabyte K8NSC-939 and Athlon 64 3200 to upgrade my current ASUS A7N8X/Athlon XP2600 setup.

Are there any things I need to keep in mind when installing this new system? From the thread a bit below this one I conclude that I don't really have to worry about standard pc mode anymore and can just install as ACPI right?
Can aynone tell me which slots on this mobo should I be using for my 2 Creamware cards?

King of Snake · Post by **King of Snake** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:13 am

anyone?

Shayne White · Post by **Shayne White** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:48 am

I tried Standard PC with that board and the nVidia drivers didn't work. I think you have to install as ACPI. Don't worry, it works great.

Shayne

King of Snake · Post by **King of Snake** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:41 pm

thanks. I've installed it normally (so with ACPI) and everything is working fine. This must have been the easiest upgrade i've ever done

And it's so much faster, and somehow a lot quieter too! I haven't installed my Creamware cards yet. Shayne, can you tell me which slots i should use, or doesn't it matter?

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:06 pm

I always find it's necessary to try a card in each slot to check what IRQ it uses. I often find that slots 1 and 5 share with each other, and 3 or 4 usually has a unique IRQ. I'm using slots 1, 3 and 5 in my Nforce3 DFI board.

King of Snake · Post by **King of Snake** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:28 pm

Thanks, I've put them in 1 and 5 and they share irq 18. It looks like this upgrade has solved my problems with PCI overflow errors while loading reverbs as well!
Happy Happy Joy Joy!

darkrezin · Post by **darkrezin** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:36 pm

Yep I was astounded with my Nforce3 setup, not only for PCI but also for improving the responsiveness of the Scope app. It works as fast as a normal Windows app now

I never had such speed or stability with any intel system I've used.

Aries · Post by **Aries** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:53 am

Shayne PM sent

King of Snake · Post by **King of Snake** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 12:03 pm

Hmm, well it seems i was too hasty with my conclusion about the PCI error, since it seems to have returned. I guess the old Pulsar I board is really the weak link in that aspect...

*edit*
now that i've added a Pulsar II to my setup i haven't seen the PCI error return o/

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