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Posted by Freewheeling on 10/07/04 11:56
Wes Newell wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:59:15 -0400, Freewheeling wrote:
>
>> Wes Newell wrote:
>>> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:16:30 -0400, Freewheeling wrote:
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>>>> Hi folks. I've got some problems watching video and DVDs on my system
>>>> and I'm wondering what I need to do to get watchable performance? I
>>>> Motherboard: ASUS A7M266
>>>> Processor: AMD Athlon 1400 MHz
>>>> RAM: 2GB
>>>> Video Card: ASUS AGP-V7100 DVI SDRAM v44.03 (GeForce2 MX Chipset - no
>>>> memory)
>>>> Sound Device: CM18738/C3DX PCI Audio Device (this is the onboard audio)
>>>> DVD Player: Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1502
>>>> Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 205BW (Digital 1024 x 768)
>>>>
>> Problem is, I don't have any idea how to reassign the IRQs. Is there an
>> online tutorial, or something?
>>
> Normally you can assign IRQ's via the bios somewhat. So start there. IRQ's
> are usually assitgned to the pci slots in the MB. Some bioses may or may
> not let you reasssign them. You'll have to check yours.
>
>> Desktop/LX is now defunct. The one possibility left is that the DVD
>> software in Linux has been assigned to the wrong region, so I might
>> fiddle with that a bit.
>>
> You can download about any versio you want and burn the cd, assuming you
> have a cd burner.
Downloaded and burnt KnoppMyth R5C7. Not sure what to do with it. Can I
just replace/overwrite Deskto/LX? That's not much good to me anymore.
>
>> What are the limitations on upgrading with that MB? What are the
>> options? Would I need to change my power supply? I think I recently
>> went from 300 to 350 amps, so it's a little more robust than originally,
>> but it supports all the necessary voltages.
>>
> You would not need a new PSU. 300W is plenty for any K7 cpu. The only
> limitation you have with that MB is the FSB speed. It's limited to 133MHz,
> so you can run any /266 model XP cpu. Even with an older board I had that
> was limited to 100MHz (Abit KT7) I ran a 2100+ clocked at 24x100 for
> 2400MHz. When AMD started hard locking the multiplier it presented
> problems, so you need an older one that's not locked, an XP-M, or have to
> modify a newer XP to make it an XP-M. But off the shelf, any /266 model
> will work. If you have never upgraded the bios, you probaly should first
> to the latest. There's lots of info about upgrading the CPU in the My
> server link in my sigline. Another very informative link is this one.
>
> http://fab51.com/index-e.html
Thanks! The other thing I like about upgrading is that the tax charge
for an "upgrade" is considerably less than for a new system. Just
another way to stay ahead of the guhmint.
>
>> One more thing, I noticed that with the DVD image reduced in size the
>> faltering wasn't nearly as bad.
>
> Less pixel movement that way. Maybe a newer video card is needed, but I
> still think it's a software problem or irq conflict. it doesn't take that
> much cpu/video power to display a standard DVD image. HD is a different
> story. It takes a lot to decode an HD (1080i, 19200x1080) mpeg2 stream,
> but the DVD is only 480i (576x480 IIRC).
>
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