A fond farewell to the T-Bird

[BunnyStroker]

After finally running into software that my Athlon 1.4 GhZ T-Bird simply was having trouble running (The Sims 2, Thief😀eadly Shadows, *ANYTHING* involving DVD encoding) I finally decided to upgrade.

My trusty T-Bird served me admirably from August 2001 until now, September 2004. Now I've upgraded from it, and an Ep0x 8k7A+ that was limping along after a few nearby lightning strikes from:

<b>
Ep0x 8K7A+
512 MB PC2100
Athlon 1.4 GhZ TBird</b>

To:

<b>MSI K8N Neo Platinum
Athlon 64 3000+
512 MB Corsair PC3200</b>

...and I got it to post correctly on the first boot .

I'm really enjoying this zippy new processor. On a related topic, anyone know any guides on how to properly enable this alleged "Cool 'n Quiet" technology? I have it enabled in the BIOS (V 1.4) and have run the AMD CPU driver utility but the AMD PowerNow! dashboard still shows me consistently running CPU at 100%, even when no significant processes are running.

<b>1.4 Ghz AMD T-Bird underclocked to 1 Ghz...just to be safe!</b>

 

[BunnyStroker]

...I'm also enjoying how this new Athlon 64 w/retail fan, heatsink doesn't double as a a hairdryer+space heater like my old Athlon T-Bird+Thermaltake fan did.





<b>1.4 Ghz AMD T-Bird underclocked to 1 Ghz...just to be safe!</b>

 

[Spitfire_x86]

How cooler it runs compared to your old T-bird?

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[BunnyStroker]

Steady 48-50 C vs. Constant 59-61 C.

<b>1.4 Ghz AMD T-Bird underclocked to 1 Ghz...just to be safe!</b>

 

[endyen]

Believe it or not, your cpu temps may be reported incorrectly. Many of the A64s idle around 35c. You may need to update your bios.