Allenstein OctaPC(8-core) and Quadzilla(4-core) *OS Update

[polf]

Originally Posted by Jeff_C

I'm using two #OS2350WAL4BGH quad cores in my S2927A2NRF board with no problem.

hello Jeff! many thanks for the confirmation!

I thought they did - but when Tyan told me they didn't i thought maybe i had missed something.... that is really bad customer service.. and i haven't heard anything back from them.

[affliCted]

Does anyone have an Intel based dual quad core machine up & running? Im looking into building one & would love to see what is known to work. Thanks!

[jrides]

Long time (years) lurker, but new to posting. I have been following these configurations for yrs now. These threads and the work the people put into testing configs, is outstanding.

Keep up the good work!

[polf]

Originally Posted by polf

on the tyan website they say the 2350 is compatible but mine doesn't seem to work... maybe i have the wrong stepping code thing but i can't find any info on this...

cheers

just an update on my situation - the BIOS didn't update correctly - tried again and it's fine now.

so another thumbs up for the Tyan S2927 with the 2350 quad cores.

many thanks for the info I was given here :)

[Jeff_C]

Tyan just posted a new BIOS version for the S2927A2NRF this morning. Here's the description:

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2008/11/06S2927_v203v2.03
Problem Fix Description:
- Updated AMD AGESA code to v3.3.0.0
- Updated MCP55 NVMM version to v4.082.13.
- Added L2 command capability when using the AFUDOS BIOS flash utility
- Updated CPU Micro coding
- Updated the method in which Chassis intrusion functions and displays information during POST
- Updated the Fan failure method and information displayed during POST
- Fixed an issue where the system would not recover from a S3 wait state when using RHEL 5.2
- Updated the PWM Control functions
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Does anybody know what these updates will do? I would assume that it's important t keep AGESA & CPU micro coding up to date. MCP55 handles disk & PCI bus access, right?

Anybody tried this version yet? Do you plan to?

[Jon E.]

The latest on Shanghai chips...

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/47557-1.html

and here:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=212002246

[d3drocks]

i jsut read the title. 8 core cpu?
why the HELL would you want that?
Ide MUCH rather have a 10 ghz single core (theroy ppl, dont come saying things) then a bunch of 2 ghz cores.
multi-coreing only exists because people failed at making faster single cores. you wont get close to 8x the speed even in theroy.

[pezguy]

Well all theory aside go out and buy a 10 Ghz CPU then. Let us know how you do. I would like one as well.

[getz76]

@d3drocks,

Aren't you the guy who has a 20-minute boot time for Windows XP?

[kevinb511]

Just about to upgrade my Quad (Tyan 2927) to an Octo with (2) 2347 chips. Will I need to reinstall Windows and the chipset drivers as well, or is updateing the BIOS all I need to do?