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- Subject: Re: Recommendations for a PC to support Linux and X386
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- From: system@kryton.UUCP (Scott Beckstead)
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 01:31:48 PDT
- References: <PK.92Aug27115812@talitiainen.cs.tut.fi>
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- pk@cs.tut.fi (Kellom{ki Pertti) writes:
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- > In article <6080@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> tdunbar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Thomas Dunbar) wr
- > avoid DTK motherboards
- >
- > Do you know what is wrong with them? I have a DTK based machine, and I
- > keep getting unexpected hd interrupts a lot. Could the motherboard be
- > the cause?
- > --
- > Pertti Kellom\"aki (TeX format) # These opinions are mine,
- > Tampere Univ. of TeXnology # ALL MINE !
- > Software Systems Lab # (but go ahead and use them, if you like)
- >
- >
- > --
- The Company I work for makes co-processor boards for the PC and Macintosh.
- The problem we had with DTK mother Boards is that their power distribution
- sucks big time. So when the speed goes up or the ambient temp goes up
- they tend to start to brown out on some of the bus slots. Other than that
- I hear they are pretty good.
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- So if you move all the hard disk controller cards closer to the power input
- or make sure that the HD controller is the first board that power gets to
- it should be OK.
- Scott
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