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<H2><A NAME="s5">5. Other</A></H2>
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<H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 Knoppix</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Yesterday (8/28/2003), I tried to boot with a Knoppix cd (3.2) and found out that the computer froze during the SCSI probes.<BR>
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I encountered the same problem with a more recent version (3.3).
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<P>Here is a quick way to prevent this:
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<P>When you get the knoppix prompt, add noscsi and your lang settings and press enter:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
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<PRE>
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boot: knoppix noscsi lang=fr
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>lang=fr is only to ensure that my language will be used even though I overrode the append line.
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<H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 Notes about parallel port networking (PLIP) and floppy bus</A>
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</H2>
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<P>I recently found out several important hardware flaws on this mainboard.
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For example I could not get PLIP to work properly, if anyone has, let me know!
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I used a grey laplink parallel cable (also known as Null Printer Cable) a friend sold me and followed the
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<A HREF="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PLIP.html">PLIP Howto</A>. I could watch activity on the pins using a dos tool, but nothing went through, it even gave a warning:
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<P><EM>modprobe plip</EM>
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<P><EM>tail /var/log/messages</EM>
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<PRE>
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kernel: plip: parport0 has no IRQ. Using IRQ-less mode,which is fairly inefficient!
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kernel: NET3 PLIP version 2.4-parport pj.oc.irm@ebiing
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kernel: plip0: Parallel port at 0x378, not using IRQ.
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>Karl said:
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<P><I>"I've found there is only one parallel port mode which actually assigns
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an IRQ in real life (the bios believes differently) I think its EPP but
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i could be wrong. I haven't used PLIP before but i thought that this may
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help a little."</I>
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<P>I still get the same warning, let me know if it ever worked.
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<P>So I had to go on with floppies, since the box didn't have a cdrom drive, and there, I found out that the 486 had a much faster writing speed, more than 10 seconds of difference writing exactly the same image to the the same floppy...
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<H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3 Notes about mainboard replacement</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Contribution of DR hab. Janusz S. Bien
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<PRE>
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> My computer returned from the service with the mainboard replaced. In
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> principle this is still ECS K7S5A, but seems to have a different sound
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> chip.
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I have now (with kernel 2.4.27, see below):
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Jan 31 10:51:47 galicja kernel: i810: SiS 7012 found at IO 0xd800 and 0xdc0=
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0, MEM 0x0000 and 0x0000, IRQ 11
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[...]
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Jan 31 10:51:47 galicja kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 codec, id: CMI65 (CMedia)
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Earlier it was
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Nov 23 06:42:36 galicja kernel: i810: SiS 7012 found at IO 0xd800 and 0xdc0=
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0, MEM 0x0000 and 0x0000, IRQ 11
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[...]
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Nov 23 06:42:36 galicja kernel: ac97_codec: AC97 Audio codec, id: ALC38(Unk=
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nown)
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> The result is that with Knoppix of 2003-11-19-EN I have sound from
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> xmms and xine, but there is no sound fom xawtv; actually I hear a kind
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> of white noise.
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> My HD installation - Woody with the kernel upgraded to 2.4.20 -
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> behaves in an opposite way: I have sound from xawtv, but no sound from
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> xmms and xine.
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I just upgraded the kernel to 2.4.27 and situation is now worse: I
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have no sound in xawtv, too.
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>If you have a similar situation, please have a look at the Alsa drivers.
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<H2><A NAME="ss5.4">5.4 Links</A>
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</H2>
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<P><B>Warning</B>: If your board is working fine, then don't fix it. Anyway
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here are the cool links:
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<UL>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="http://www.ecsusa.com/ecsusa/www.ecs.com.tw/download/bios.htm">Elite Group (new BIOS)</A></LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="http://forum.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=27">Overclockers Work Bench</A></LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="http://forum.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4& amp;t=001477">ECS K7s5a FAQ</A></LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="http://k7s5a.free.fr/">french guide for the K7S5a</A></LI>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/k7s5a.htm">Elite groupe most recent bioses</A></LI>
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</UL>
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<H2><A NAME="ss5.5">5.5 Sensors.conf for the K7s5a-pro</A>
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</H2>
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#Thanks to Art Wagner for this contribution (ten.ysaekaepsh@rengawa)
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chip "it87-*" "it8705-*" "it8712-*"
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# The values below have been tested on Asus CUSI, CUM motherboards.
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# Voltage monitors as advised in the It8705 data sheet
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label in0 "VCore"
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label in1 "Vcc2.5v"
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label in2 "Vcc3.3v"
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label in3 "+5V"
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label in4 "+12V"
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label in5 "-12V"
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label in6 "SB 2.5V"
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label in7 "SB 5V"
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label in8 "V battery"
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# vid not monitored by IT8705F
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ignore vid
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# If 3.3V reads 2X too high (Soyo Dragon, for example),
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# comment out following line.
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# compute in2 2*@ , @/2
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#
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compute in3 ((6.8/10)+1)*@ , @/((6.8/10)+1)
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compute in4 ((30/10) +1)*@ , @/((30/10) +1)
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# For this family of chips the negative voltage equation is different from
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# the lm78. The chip uses two external resistor for scaling but one is
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# tied to a positive reference voltage. See ITE8705/12 datasheet (SIS950
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# data sheet is wrong)
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# Vs = (1 + Rin/Rf) * Vin - (Rin/Rf) * Vref.
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# Vref = 4.096 volts, Vin is voltage measured, Vs is actual voltage.
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# The next two are negative voltages (-12 and -5).
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# The following formulas must be used. Unfortunately the datasheet
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# does not give recommendations for Rin, Rf, but we can back into
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# them based on a nominal +2V input to the chip, together with a 4.096V
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Vref.
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# Formula:
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# actual V = (Vmeasured * (1 + Rin/Rf)) - (Vref * (Rin/Rf))
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# For -12V input use Rin/Rf = 6.68
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# For -5V input use Rin/Rf = 3.33
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# Then you can convert the forumula to a standard form like:
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# compute in5 (7.67 * @) - 27.36 , (@ + 27.36) / 7.67
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# compute in6 (4.33 * @) - 13.64 , (@ + 13.64) / 4.33
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#
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# this much simpler version is reported to work for a
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# Eltite Group K7S5A board
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#
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compute in5 -(36/10)*@, -@/(36/10)
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# compute in6 -(56/10)*@, -@/(56/10)
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compute in6 (4.33*@) -13.64 , (@ +13.64) / 4.33
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compute in7 ((6.8/10)+1)*@, @/((6.8/10)+1)
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#
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set in0_min 1.6 * 0.95
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set in0_max 1.6 * 1.05
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set in1_min 2.4
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set in1_max 2.6
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set in2_min 3.3 * 0.95
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set in2_max 3.3 * 1.05
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set in3_min 5.0 * 0.95
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set in3_max 5.0 * 1.05
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set in4_min 12 * 0.95
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set in4_max 12 * 1.05
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set in5_min -12 * 0.95
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set in5_max -12 * 1.05
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set in6_min 2.5 * 0.95
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set in6_max 2.5 * 1.05
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set in7_min 5 * 0.95
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set in7_max 5 * 1.05
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# Temperature
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set in0_min 1.6 * 0.95
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set in0_max 1.6 * 1.05
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set in1_min 2.4
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set in1_max 2.6
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set in2_min 3.3 * 0.95
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set in2_max 3.3 * 1.05
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set in3_min 5.0 * 0.95
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set in3_max 5.0 * 1.05
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set in4_min 12 * 0.95
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set in4_max 12 * 1.05
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set in5_min -12 * 0.95
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set in5_max -12 * 1.05
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set in6_min 2.5 * 0.95
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set in6_max 2.5 * 1.05
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set in7_min 5 * 0.95
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set in7_max 5 * 1.05
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label temp3 "Processor"
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set temp3_over 70
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set temp3_hyst 25
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label temp2 "Mainboard"
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set temp2_over 70
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set temp2_hyst 25
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ignore temp1
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# Fans
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label fan1"Processor's Fan"
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set fan1_min 1800
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ignore fan3
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ignore fan2
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</PRE>
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</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<H2><A NAME="ss5.6">5.6 Some words (About BIOS)</A>
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<H3>Alvaro</H3>
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<P>Using a modified BIOS, I was able to successfully overclock my Athlon 1000Mhz
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to 1050Mhz flawlessy, but
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when I messed with hdparm (30Gig Western Digital hard drive) using <EM>hdparm
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-c1 -X66 /dev/hda</EM>, I managed to corrupt my filesystem, so beware.
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<P>
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<P>If you are a real tweaker, you might want to change your BIOS Logo and stuff,
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some people tried that and it worked OK, some others
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not, so they had to flash their BIOS again (blindly with a bootdisk and a
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working bios in it) to make the board work again. It is really up
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to you. Search Google or OC Workbench and you'll be on your way.
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<P>
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<P>Good Luck! :-)
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<H3>Karl</H3>
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<P><I>"Also i recommend you try using either the HoneyX bios or the CHEEPOman
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bios for the k7s5a instead of the official release, it gives you more
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control although some problems with non-atapi CD drives (my dvd goes
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crazy in linux with cheepoman)</I>
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<P><I>The cheepoman bios also fixes several issues which ECS has still not
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attended to.</I>
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<P><I>These bios roms are unsupported by ECS please bare that in mind, also
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they are meant for overclocking more than anything else, overclocking in
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such a way as you don't need a pencil ;)"</I>
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