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Post Thu Sep 26, 2002 11:11 am
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Post Thu Sep 26, 2002 11:11 am
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You haven't mentioned trying a new power supply...


Post Thu Sep 26, 2002 12:52 pm
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Ohh.. ok.
I suggested real proprietary, a friend, (I'm only mantainer) to change power supply, but, due to complexity of operation, he didn't change it yet. I'm still waiting he decides to do this substitution.

Meanwhile, I found this post that I didn't see.

Please, do you confirm that i440LX=i440EX ??
Thx

Post Thu Sep 26, 2002 1:38 pm
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They are not exactly the same. Let's say that the EX is a castrated LX.
Maximum RAM support is reduced, and maximum supported DIMM slots too, apart from other "castrations".

Post Thu Sep 26, 2002 3:54 pm
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Most probably no ECC support and less PCI slots too. But these chipsets are 100% compatible from the software point of view - it's impossible to detect if you have LX or EX (the same thing for BX/ZX - with the exception that ZX is officially 66MHz only although runs fine even over 100MHz on boards that support that).
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Post Thu Sep 26, 2002 4:06 pm
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ZX officially 66? http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/440zx/
Doesn't look like it...

Post Thu Sep 26, 2002 7:56 pm
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Sorry, that was ZX-66 :oops:
But - do you see "ATA/66 HDD support in UDMA mode 2" on the Intel page? That's BS :!: The PIIX4E supports UDMA2 which is UDMA/33.
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Post Thu Sep 26, 2002 9:21 pm
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But it does correctly specify:

Can interface with ATA/66 HDD in UDMA mode 2: Takes advantage of increased spindle rates, higher densities, and disk caching enhancements of the latest Hard Disk Drives operating in UDMA mode 2.


...says "can interface", not "operate at"...

Post Thu Sep 26, 2002 9:48 pm
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Nice trick. Someting like: "Buy our new ISA IDE controller. It can interface all new drives upto UATA/133 and use 48-bit LBA for HDDs over 128GB. Even in 286 machine. You need only BIOS update :lol: "
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Post Fri Sep 27, 2002 9:42 am
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Ok, thanks to all. You're a bible page.

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