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I've run _every_ iteration of the "Thunder" Athlon MP, later Opteron |
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boards going all the way back to the very first MP board, and dual P3's |
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before that. |
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ALL the tyan AMD boards I've /ever/ bought (at least 50) are still in |
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heavy use, all running Gentoo. |
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My newest desktop is the n6650W, and again no issues. |
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Specific to you, I just installed a S3992 with 32g (16x2g) ram and 12 |
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SAS Drives on a PCI-X card as a postgres machine no problem. |
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The Athlon MP boards are slated for replacement only because they |
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require ATX-GES power supplies and they aren't really available anymore, |
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plus in comparison they use alot of juice. |
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As Duncan mentioned many "tweaks" are not available with these boards. |
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They are meant to be servers, and as such stability is the rule. |
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Many have run multiple sets of CPU's, and the worst failure has been of |
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the CMOS batteries. I've replaced it in the early MP boards at least |
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5-6 times each. |
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dave |
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